GOvert
15 Year Member
let's see if my contribution will wake up Zookeeper's thread......
In 1985 at the age of 24 and 22, me and my 22 month younger sibling purchased a 2 acre chunk of land with an old metal shop building on it in a rural area to work on our old Mustangs without the constant interference from nosey neighbors who should have subscribed to cable to keep them occupied. The former owners husband was a heavy truck mechanic at local Ford Dealer down in the big town or small city of Huntsville that we moved from. Ford man's old shop, good karma. it wasn't long before old Mustang owners passing by found us and the time spent on our own shifted to customer Mustangs. Not a bad thing as far as income goes but really cuts into the time that one has to work on their own projects. around 1988 the first running 1965 2+2 crossed our path and we purchased it. A now Poppy Red (later found out that it was formerly Wimbledon White from the factory) 1965 2+2 with a standard black interior. It had a smoking and I mean smoking visually 200 6 cylinder engine and a C-4 automatic. No extras. No AC, no power steering etc. It wasn't too long after that that we put a headliner in a guy's 67 coupe that recently had a Fred Jones 6 cyl installed. He drove it home and before he could get to his driveway someone pulled out in front of him and as a result it was totaled. To make a long story short, we ended up with the salvage and used the 200 in the 65. It ran great ! and I was impressed with the power of a 1bbl that a little 200 could put out. I think around 100 horse power.
A lot of time was spent in the old 'stang driving it locally but a memorable trip was a 4.5 hour drive down to Auburn (War Eagle) to our Sister's graduation in 1990. We just knew that we were going to have a flat tire on the way. We loaded up our best 2 4 lug 14" spares and a floor jack. It all just fit in the compact FB trunk. Less than 2 hours into our trip, we were passing a Motorhome complete with a small car "in tow" and all of a sudden we blew a RR tire. The inside of the vehicle filled with tire smoke like something you would see watching a NASCAR race on TV, Brother exclaimed "You got it?" and I hollered back "Oh yeah" .I remember the Mustang shifting enough to the left that we were in the grassy median and i'm turning right by now to climb the vehicle back up on to the pavement. We stopped on the shoulder on the right side of the interstate, I-65 and much to our surprise the tire was still inflated. Now it resembles a Fox Body mini-spare. We had lost the entire tread and busted open the wheelhouse during this little incident. We weren't far from one of the many Cullman exits and we quickly drove to the closest one, pulled into a convenient store, popped the trunk open, pulled out the jack, breaker bar and one of the spares and did a tire change in about 1.5 minutes. Not Nascar fast but faster than most people around here change one. I remember a small audience and then we were quickly on our way. The rest of our trip went well with nothing else to report with the exception of it was a long drive coming back the same night.
There is more to this Mustang's story that I can't tell right now but I will continue at the latest a week from now. Stay tuned !
In 1985 at the age of 24 and 22, me and my 22 month younger sibling purchased a 2 acre chunk of land with an old metal shop building on it in a rural area to work on our old Mustangs without the constant interference from nosey neighbors who should have subscribed to cable to keep them occupied. The former owners husband was a heavy truck mechanic at local Ford Dealer down in the big town or small city of Huntsville that we moved from. Ford man's old shop, good karma. it wasn't long before old Mustang owners passing by found us and the time spent on our own shifted to customer Mustangs. Not a bad thing as far as income goes but really cuts into the time that one has to work on their own projects. around 1988 the first running 1965 2+2 crossed our path and we purchased it. A now Poppy Red (later found out that it was formerly Wimbledon White from the factory) 1965 2+2 with a standard black interior. It had a smoking and I mean smoking visually 200 6 cylinder engine and a C-4 automatic. No extras. No AC, no power steering etc. It wasn't too long after that that we put a headliner in a guy's 67 coupe that recently had a Fred Jones 6 cyl installed. He drove it home and before he could get to his driveway someone pulled out in front of him and as a result it was totaled. To make a long story short, we ended up with the salvage and used the 200 in the 65. It ran great ! and I was impressed with the power of a 1bbl that a little 200 could put out. I think around 100 horse power.
A lot of time was spent in the old 'stang driving it locally but a memorable trip was a 4.5 hour drive down to Auburn (War Eagle) to our Sister's graduation in 1990. We just knew that we were going to have a flat tire on the way. We loaded up our best 2 4 lug 14" spares and a floor jack. It all just fit in the compact FB trunk. Less than 2 hours into our trip, we were passing a Motorhome complete with a small car "in tow" and all of a sudden we blew a RR tire. The inside of the vehicle filled with tire smoke like something you would see watching a NASCAR race on TV, Brother exclaimed "You got it?" and I hollered back "Oh yeah" .I remember the Mustang shifting enough to the left that we were in the grassy median and i'm turning right by now to climb the vehicle back up on to the pavement. We stopped on the shoulder on the right side of the interstate, I-65 and much to our surprise the tire was still inflated. Now it resembles a Fox Body mini-spare. We had lost the entire tread and busted open the wheelhouse during this little incident. We weren't far from one of the many Cullman exits and we quickly drove to the closest one, pulled into a convenient store, popped the trunk open, pulled out the jack, breaker bar and one of the spares and did a tire change in about 1.5 minutes. Not Nascar fast but faster than most people around here change one. I remember a small audience and then we were quickly on our way. The rest of our trip went well with nothing else to report with the exception of it was a long drive coming back the same night.
There is more to this Mustang's story that I can't tell right now but I will continue at the latest a week from now. Stay tuned !