Just curious.
How did MustangGurl2695 end up with a 94 Honda Civic as a first car daily driver?
My first car back in 84`,when I was 19,...(I know this is way out of touch today),
was a 1972 Mach 1 Mustang with a 351C-4V,C-6,that I came across locally.It was rough and needed work,both body and mechanical,but ran ok.
For $500 at the time,it was mine
.My father and I patched up the body,fixed up the mechanical things and I was mobile.
It was funny...some,(most),but not all of my friends at the time who were into wimpy crap boxes like VW Beetles and other compact pieces of crap thought I was crazy for buying such a car...until they went for a ride that is,and couldn`t believe how quick it was after stepping out of their crap boxes.
Had the engine rebuilt in 86`,and added the 4V high compression quench heads,750 vac sec Holley,Edelbrock F351-4V intake,headers,Accel electronic distributor,kept the CJ factory cam, and put a shift kit in the C-6.
It was a fun car which I drove until 1990.
Believe it or not,I still have the car.
It`s been sitting in my grandparents cottage garage since that time,and taken out for a spin in the warmer months on the back roads,and ran ok,up until a few years ago,when the long term storage and very limited use took it`s toll,and the engine is suffering from sticking valves and lifters.It fires up right away,but turns into a sonic boom machine,backfiring and missing like a sob,and blew both muffers up
.(it`s not bad gas,I`ve added stabilizer to the gas over the years and ran the small amount out every year,and even threw a rebuild kit in the carb at one point.
The car needs a full restoration all around,but is not a total disaster/write off,even though it needs a lot of work.It`s rough,but restorable.
Hopefully one day it will be back on the road,funds permitting.
Sorry for the long post,but it`s new years and I`m ripped out of my head and relating a personal experience
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