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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…]

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…

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…]

Donna has a new temporary home. We moved her out of the fleet area and into a “private” garage. As we continue to “undress” her, we think she will appreciate the privacy. Mostly though we wanted to make sure we weren’t in the way of the guys in fleet. This will make it easier for … [Read more…]

We got some more work done today. Including getting Donna up on the body dolly. It feels like it’s going really slowly. We are taking our time to make sure we take pictures and mark and bag all the parts we are removing. We are already getting the feeling that we will not remember where … [Read more…]

Some serious work got done today. By the end of the evening Donna was sans engine, front rolling gear and rear end. Along the way the radiator, fuel, coolant and electrical connections for the engine, parking brake, hydraulic brake lines, and misc other bits and pieces were removed. The boys started working with Cody before I … [Read more…]

Well, it’s been a while since Donna got any attention. We made an attempt to get Donna onto the body dolly while she was in the driveway… We got the front end jacked up high enough to get the dolly under and mounted. Then we looked at the rear end and realized we were going … [Read more…]

Weather, schedules and lack of parts have kept us from getting much done. We have continued to clean up parts, paint or powder coat, and try to be prepared for a break in the weather and our lives. That break came today. We had already put the Upper Control Arms in a few nights before. … [Read more…]