Making all the little widgets work together...

As many current owners of vintage mustangs will tell you, there is no telling what happened to the little car previously or why. If only these cars could talk! A little history that I know about my mustang was that it was a race car. I don't know the wins or loses or even if anyone notable raced in or along side of the fastback. What I do know is people are resourceful. Maybe not correct, but resourceful. For example the little mustang was hit on the front right, not hard but in an accident. When it was put back together, they used 1967 parts! Try explaining that at the auto part store! Lately I have been tracking down small stuff to work the bugs out. For example on a '65 mustang, there is a threaded rod that comes off the clutch pedal into the Z bar at the top then at the bottom, there is supposed to be a fixed rod that connects to the clutch fork. In '66 there was an adjustable rod that connected to the clutch fork. Will it work if they get it wrong? Yeah, but keeping the top and bottom adjusted properly is just a bit too much! The correct part cost $7 today and back in the day was probably a dollar. Still a dollar saved ... There's a lot to getting the little mustang up and running and it takes a little bit longer  correcting other people's remedies!