Did you get that big goofy grin that you just can’t help like I did? I am sure I am one of the few people that are staring at the new shiny clean wires under their hood like they are Christmas lights.
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Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 10:14 PM
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Subject: [Classic Mustang] Re: Finally
That's great news! Shoot us some pics.
I fired mine up too, I still need brakes and some other stuff,
but see's alive after a 20 year sleep!
Mike
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>
> Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I am so
happy! I
> drove my car to today for the first time in forever without
anything messing
> up. Over the past 3 months or so I have been slowly replacing all
the
> wiring. They had gotten old and brittle and some melted under the
dash.
> When I started looking at those, I realized how bad all the wiring
was.
> Well, it is 44 years old. I thought I had it all last week and
then the
> battery was dead. I went back to get one more little set of wires
that went
> to the alternator Saturday. One of those broke in half when I
touched it.
> I had the alternator tested and it worked, but the bearings
sounded bad in
> it. I went ahead and got a new one. I haven't replaced it in
about 19
> years. I traded the battery today and got a replacement at no
charge due to
> the warranty. Now, it is drivable again! I need to replace the
steering
> gear box and rebuild the 4 speed that used to be in it and then
it's all
> cosmetic stuff. Well the motor has well over 300,000 on it, but
still has
> 60 pound of oil pressure idling and sounds great. It's never been
built, so
> I think I'll see how long it will go.
>
> Mary Ann
>
>
> www.sellthefarm.
>
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