Here's a fun one. What's been your most expensive mistake while working/using your Mustang? Accidentally broke the windshield, day dreaming and had a fender bender?
Lets hear some stories.
Lets hear some stories.
What's been your most expensive mistake?
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Here's a fun one. What's been your most expensive mistake while working/using your Mustang? Accidentally broke the windshield, day dreaming and had a fender bender?
Lets hear some stories.
Lets hear some stories.
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I bought a Lincoln Versailles rear end for my '65 fb and after completely overhauling and narrowing it, installed it and found out it was still too wide. All new gears, brakes, guts, etc. I got frustrated- sold it for $800 in 1 hour on CL, and bought a spanking new Currie complete axle for $3k. After installing and plumbing it, I bolted my new Coy's wheels back on... and found out the axle is 1" wider than stock. I could almost kill the Currie rep as he GAURANTEED me it was a direct fit application!! My second set of custom built wheels will be here in 6-8 weeks... (another $2k!) I'd trade you for your broken windshield in a heartbeat!!!!!!!
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Our '67 vert!
Mind you we bought this as the sun was setting, knew nothing about Mustangs at the time, and my wife got all emotional about it since her mom had one. As time has passed, the expenditures have piled up and continue to do so. Now the motor is pretty much in need of a rebuild (1qt per 100 miles), the power top is in the state of malfunction (motor, cylinders or both), the body could use a de-bondo-izing (this is why you look under Mustangs in solid daylight) and a repaint. $12k purchase price + rear springs, shocks, water pump, new rebuilt cylinder head, new exhaust, new power top lines, and much more to come, I'm sure!
Still nothing like owning a classic convertible though!
Mind you we bought this as the sun was setting, knew nothing about Mustangs at the time, and my wife got all emotional about it since her mom had one. As time has passed, the expenditures have piled up and continue to do so. Now the motor is pretty much in need of a rebuild (1qt per 100 miles), the power top is in the state of malfunction (motor, cylinders or both), the body could use a de-bondo-izing (this is why you look under Mustangs in solid daylight) and a repaint. $12k purchase price + rear springs, shocks, water pump, new rebuilt cylinder head, new exhaust, new power top lines, and much more to come, I'm sure!
Still nothing like owning a classic convertible though!
1966 Convertible, Nightmist Blue, currently has 250 I6, T5, 3:1 open diff
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Putting the 351, cable clutch and power brakes in. Then there was the time that I destroyed an original Shelby GT350 dash tach ...
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HA! Beat me to it lol
So far, only part I've ruined/had to repurchase has been a toe board.
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Restoring a vintage car while having OCD!!
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Thinking that people would actually stop at a red light.
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I did something like this.Driving out of my garage with the door still open:
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I still don't know why I forgot to close the door :-(. Luckily the door could be saved....
Just to let everyone know: On a C4 tranny the shifter holds the transmission in Park, so if you start the car with the shift linkage dis-connected... the transmission could, AND probably WILL drop into reverse. Of course I had the door open as the car went flying backwards out of the garage with me sitting sideways in the seat and my feet hanging out of the open door (*idiot*). Luckly I got the ignition turned off shortly after the door caught the wall and before I got hurt.
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Buying 5 cars from my brother then buying 3 mustangs within last year. ROFLMFAO. ALready had 5 cars. I am a hoarder hehehe
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66candy, you saved that door? I am seriously impressed
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Thinking I could just remove stock Inake bolts on a 67 and swap them out for shiny stainless ones. Huge leaking occurred. Led to a very expensive top end replacement and head rebuild.
Buying a 67 vert years ago from a dealer at Carlisle. Looked a minter but a total mechanical and structural disaster. I should have given him 15.500 and went away with no car. I would have saved money
Putting a 671 Blower on a 351 in my 68 coupe. Took an amazing car and made it an explosion prone (3 times) useless hunk
Selling my 68KR for 38k. A year later it was 100k more to get into the club
Peter
Oh boy what a thread
Thinking I could just remove stock Inake bolts on a 67 and swap them out for shiny stainless ones. Huge leaking occurred. Led to a very expensive top end replacement and head rebuild.
Buying a 67 vert years ago from a dealer at Carlisle. Looked a minter but a total mechanical and structural disaster. I should have given him 15.500 and went away with no car. I would have saved money
Putting a 671 Blower on a 351 in my 68 coupe. Took an amazing car and made it an explosion prone (3 times) useless hunk
Selling my 68KR for 38k. A year later it was 100k more to get into the club
Peter
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