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    STUCK USING ROCKER PANEL CLIPS - Please advise!

    I rivited the plastic rocker panel clips to my 67 coupe. But the rivit pulls them in so tight, the little prong isnt far enough away from the body to engage the rocker panel. How to make it work???? Do I need to put washers behind the clips to keep it away from body? Or some kind of...
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    Windsor Heads on 302

    I pulled the valve covers off my 68 verts' 302, and it says in big letters across the tops - WINDSOR Now I know what a windsor engine is but i thought they were only 351's, not 302's. It also has a beautiful set dark cooper colored jewel like roller rocker arms, look top quality, maybe...
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    Headlights blink on and off

    I put 100 watt H4 bulbs in my 67 coupe, and now every time I put the lights on , they work for about 10 minutes and then just blink on and off. Is the bulb too high a wattage or is is something to do with the switch?
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    Lights dont work on my 67

    Rear lights do, as do brake lights, but front head and parking lights dont work. Changed the bulbs in the front headlights to those "Street Glow" H4 bright lights you get at AutoZone or JC, and their 100 watt. Would that have anything to do with it? All the connections are made, and i...
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    Stalling and oil pressure problem

    I dont know if the two are related, but here goes- When I start my 67 289, I have good oil pressure- after about 10 minutes or it warms up it drops to nothing on the gauge and stays there, unless I come to a stoplight and rev it up a bit, then it goes up, but right back down again...
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    Any way to take apart seat belts?

    I have 2 that are rusted and you cant pull the belt thru. Does the cover snap off somehow so i can free it all up and get them to work again? this is off a 67 coupe.
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    Interior assembly on 67 Coupe

    Im gonna put the sound deading in my car tomorrow, but then Im wondering if the rear panels go in before the carpet or vise versa? Also i want to screw in a piece of .040 sheet metal with fireproof caulk on the rear panel to trunk, can i screw it in from the interior side or should it go in...
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    67 Strut Rod Bushings

    I read that I shouldnt change my strut rod bushings to poly. But I thought I read here somewhere that you can put them on one side, and keep the rubber on the other side. Im wondering which side to put them on, in front or on the rear side of the strut . I have a brand new set and id like...
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    Can someone decode this for me?

    8TO3J (or 5) 104807 76A 12A 31H 15 5 W Thank you very much 68 Mustang convertable
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    Found another one today

    My job takes me all over the place and into all kinds of neighborhoods. So what do I see today, parked in a driveway with outdated Florida plates? A 68 Mustang convertable. in primer. I pulled over in a hurry and knocked on the door but nobody home . So I left a card with the Please...
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    Took my 67 to Maaco yesterday

    And after driving it there and the brakes going out I dont care if they paint it pink with purple polka dots and dust in it. I had my car running fine, what happened, I blew a brake cylinder? Car pulled severley to right when brakes applied, then pedal kept fading and going down- had to pump...
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    Can someone explain this car to me

    posted about a 65 I found, but might have said its a 66. Anyway took a good close look at it today 65 Fastback Factory power front discs Factory trumpet exhaust 4 speed 289 4bbl from factory original console original rally pak gauges no power steering no plexiglass (thought it...
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    Big thumbs up for CJ Pony

    Just wanted to say that I was in the market foe a front valance panel for my 67 coupe, usually I just pick up the phone and call NPD, I did many years of comparison shopping when I built my 72 camaro, and usually they had the best prices, and I got the stuff two days later, almost always...
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    Go ahead and shoot me...

    but I found another Mustang today, went to do an estimete and there it was in a warehouse, with a whole bunch of junk around it, but not on it, a very beautiful 66 Mustang Fastback, that was restored 10 years ago. It is not a GT but has a rear GT valance with correct exhaust tips, and...
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    I offered the lady

    $1200.00 bucks for her 70 Mustang convert. She said she will talk to her husband. (divorced) I informed her as nicley as I could without insulting her that the car needed 5 grand to make it nice, and id offer more but its a six. Im thinking theyll go for 15 to 2 grand, Ill pay either, but...
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    Opinions Please!

    I want to know if any of you guys would do what Im having done and that is to paint the interior doors , dash, and rear arm thing covers the same as the outside of the car. It is a 67 coupe and Im just looking to make it as clean as possible. Im a little limited as far as color combos because...
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    How do you remove gauge panel? (67)

    I got the right camera case off, over the glove box (pita) the soft trim strip off the dash (PITA) and the center AC vents out, but Im stuck on the gauge Camera case. I took out the 3 screws on top, also how does the dash pad come off? This is on my 67 Coupe.
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    Vacume Block on 289 intake

    Any body know where the smaller vac port on the vac block thats sits behind the carb goes? I looked in a diagram and it only shows where the big port goes. Dunno where the liitle one goes to. Anybody know? Car has air.
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    Fired her up today after 6 months

    Just got done after about 11 months of floor pan replacement new brakes, fuel lines, gas tank, bushings, shocks, rust removal and body panel welding. Took me 2 months to clean and paint and polish my engine bay, and the other day I put on my new headers and dual exhaust system. It was a...
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    Found a 70 Mustang convertable

    This is another how much is it worth post. My friend went to his mothers house the other day and the mother told him there was a Mustang in a driveway a few houses down, and to ask me if I would be interestred in it. (they know I have a Mustang) Well I am, so I went to go see it. No one was...