We got the Rally Pac back Jack!

Recently I had the original factory installed Rally Pac rebuilt by the Tach Man (www.tachman.com). The wires were previously cut and butchered, the clock knob pulled completely out of the housing and light in the clock melted the diffuser.  It looks great and works perfectly, thanks Gary the Tachman! 

Scrub, Scrub, Scrub....

Since I am changing my interior from black to light blue, I need to remove the paint from the interior fastback panels.  To do this, get several cans of Easy Off Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner that contains Lye.  Hat, gloves, face mask and goggles are required.  Spray heavily in eighty degree weather or better, let soak for a couple of hours and keep applying to keep it wet - the paint will bubble up. Then scrub and rinse off with lots of water.  So far I have removed no less than four different coats of paint (black, white, silver blue, green and primer in between) and the wood grain texture remains intact! The fiberglass is a light tan color, so you see I still have a lot of work to do!

Anticipation, is making me wait....

From This:

To This:

Spring has arrived and I'm usually on the road driving my Mustang!  Ah well, hopefully time will fly by and I will have the car back soon.  No progress this week, but I'm dreaming of the fastback above that I saw this past weekend at the Wild West Pony Show in Mesquite, Texas.

Adding a Larger Radiator!

It's interesting to note that in 1965 the Mustang had a 18" wide radiator, in 1967 it was 20" wide and in 1968 it was 24" wide - all for the same small block motor!  Driving in Texas during the summer and running the A/C can be hard on an old car, but now is the time to change out the radiator for a larger unit.  More information can be found www.mustangsteve.com

I Found an Easter Egg!

After soda blasting all the paint and bondo off the right rear quarter panel, my painter informed me that it is unsalvageable and  has to go. Thankfully my friend Paul who restores fastbacks holds onto stuff and has a complete and original FoMoCo rear quarter panel complete with frame rails, trunk extensions and torque boxes!

This is my friend Paul, I had to arm wrestle him to get the original sheet metal - Thanks Paul!  All the old stuff I pull off my fastback will go back to Paul as he is restoring an early 1965 R-Code Shelby GT350!

Paul is amazed at all the room in my trusty parts hauler (it's a Fjord Saab 900 Turbo) with the quarter panel tucked neatly inside. Note the two GT350's in the corner!