Drivetrain that is. Donna has a C4 transmission. That is an automatic with 3 forward gears and 1 reverse gear. When we rebuilt the rear-end, we put in 3.00 gears instead of the original 2.73. I could show you the math, but the short story is that at 70 mph Donna will be running over … [Read more…]
7 years, 5 months, 10 days. That’s how long it’s been since we brought Donna home. That first day (February 24, 2018) we had dreams of driving her around town soon. We were in for a little disappointment. After over a year of dismantling and planning, Donna finally went to get body work done in … [Read more…]
Well, It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us. We are still here, and as of last weekend we are still working on Donna. We will detail the paint and body journey soon. For now, we will just say “that took longer than we thought it would…” Donna is back in her garage and … [Read more…]
Pics of Donna during the first phase of bodywork. And Butter the dog…
Being OCD comes in handy sometimes, but in some cases it can be really difficult to deal with. Things get caught in my head and I can’t let them go until they are right or done. Wheels. Not fancy wheels, just plain stock steel wheels. Simple, right? Wrong. Turns out Mustang buyers had some options … [Read more…]
Today was an important day for Donna. She finally moved to the shop of the guy who will be doing the body work and paint. She left her space in the garage… and got loaded into an enclosed trailer for the trek to Piedmont… Once she was safely loaded and tied down, we drove out … [Read more…]
In addition to being Easter weekend, we also got some work done for Donna. Because of the holiday, my son was able to work on Friday, then we continued into Saturday. This weekend saw us disassemble the 8 inch rear end. It was obvious from the start that Donna’s rear end had not been opened … [Read more…]
Not much work getting done on Donna. We are waiting for the body guy to take her. Meanwhile we have made some decisions about the drive train which led to ordering a lot of parts to be ready to rebuild the C4 transmission and the 8 inch rear end. Donna was born with a Select Shift … [Read more…]
well, for us it was next to not having anything else we could really do. So we cleaned up and organized Donna’s current home. Hopefully she will be going to the Body shop next week…
At the most recent OKC Auto Show we were able to talk to some guys who were displaying year correct license plates on their vintage cars. We ask what the procedure for that was and they opened the secret door into the mystery of DMV in OK. It seems you can apply to display a … [Read more…]
There’s a famous quote by author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that says “Perfection is achieved when there is nothing left to take away.” Well, maybe a few things left, but basically Donna is stripped bare. Today we got the heater box and blower assembly out, removed the remaining brake and fuel lines and took out the … [Read more…]
as in, “let’s take off all our clothes…” Well, not clothes really, but everything not welded onto Donna, which is kind of like clothes. It has been way too long since we last worked with Donna. Life just kept getting in the way, but over this Christmas break (school wise), I took vacation and we … [Read more…]