jfried

It's with mixed emotions that I've decided to put my 69 convertible up for sale / ebay. Car is located in Toronto, Canada. The car is an excellent driver, has 99k miles, featuring: - 302 V8 motor, mated to a C4 automatic transmission, no issues starting, you could daily drive this car. - Blue vinyl interior, complete with center console - White vinyl power top - Power disc brakes added up front - Rim blow steering wheel - AM Radio - 17 inch eagle alloys polished torque thrust style wheels. I also have a set of 14" Mach1 Style Rally Wheels, which can be swapped upon buyer's request. - Deluxe Marti Report Link to the ebay listing. So far no bids, if somebody from here wants to make me an offer before I get any bids, I'm willing to sell for $24,500. http://www.ebay.com/itm/291670104350?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

It's ebay's "Global Shipping Program"..... Seller offers free shipping within US (whether they realize it or not, another story)... Ebay shows you the cost for them for them to act as a middle-man. You pay sales tax + shipping fees to pitney bowes. The nice thing about it -- is no UPS brokerage fee when the item shows up.

Did you do the power rack as well? or manual?

Great. Seems like that's the direction I'm leaning... they seem to be the best price out there when you consider that everything is included. Which ididit column did you use?

I've read that a borgeson box doesn't work with a tilt column, is that true or a myth?

Interesting... what tilt column did you use? any regrets with the system? How did it impact turning radius?

As far as I understand, the car is completely as equipped in 1969 from a steering perspective... no tilt... manual steering.

Did you convert to power at the time?

Does anyone here have experience with the rack & pinion retrofit kits out there?

Yeah, I'm leaning towards modernizing.... the question is, Yeah, I'm leaning towards modernizing with Rack & Pinion, but also am getting a bit of sticker shock on the price tag... Seems like the rack kits are approximately $2000, add a tilt column and it's another $500, plus what else is required to fit a power rack to a non-PS car?

That's too bad.. can you give me the quick rundown? How much fabrication was involved? Did you put in a power rack, or manual rack? Was your car power or manual before? Did you have to replace the steering column? Also, I may have access to a rack from a 2005 Mustang... would that be an appropriate base?

I guess this is a real newbie question, but what is a "J car" rack? Is it a power rack? or just rack & pinion?

Thanks Bob, I guess I should've put that info in as well. My mechanic skills are pretty much limited to bolt-in installations, and I don't have a lift... if I need to get my mechanic to do the conversion though, that is something I'm prepared to do. In terms of money, my preference is to not spend $2000 after it's all said and done, but I want to do it right, and put something in something that I'm not going to be pulling out in a couple of years. I don't care at all about originality, as my eventual / gradual plans are to resto-mod the car into a pro-touring style. Also, if I can find a system that helps eliminate the "slack" in the stock system, I certainly wouldn't mind that as well. Jason

Hello All, I'm new to the Classic Mustang world, having just picked up a 1969 302 Automatic Acapulco Blue Convertible! It's an older restoration (~10 years) but has been kept in impeccable shape. The car is a pretty base car, but was upgraded with power brakes (front discs) when the restoration was done. Having now completed some reasonable driving with the car, one thing that I think requires some immediate attention is some form of power steering... so my question is, what are the common / reccomended retrofits? I know there's a couple of electric kits out there for ~$1500, the Saturn Vue electric retrofit for ~$200, and I'd imagine a bunch more using traditional power steering pumps. My goal is really to improve everyday street livability, and also hopefully gain a tilting column in the process.

Thanks for all the help guys. Here's what I've got: Dash tag is visible, matches. (I guess i just didn't notice it before) Door tag is obviously visible, and what I was going off initially. He's got an album of the restoration of the car, including a picture of the vin from when the fender was off. I'm reasonably satisfied, even though I am still having trouble understanding why somebody would put a total v6 drivetrain into a v8 car...