Mike65
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5 hours ago, Machspeed said:WOW! That's a major life change! Good for you, Mike!!! I don't know how you were working at of that single car garage, so the new shop will be great. I think eventually you'll find it too small though....LOL! Can never build them big enough!
Thank you, it was a long time coming. I was not really working on the Mustang in the one car garage, I would always roll it outside into the two car wide driveway to work on it.
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On 12/26/2022 at 10:48 AM, Machspeed said:Hey Mike, thought by now you'd be done with your car. Seems you were making fast progress on it when I last saw it. Did you have a sidetrack project too...LOL!
I was going along fine when in the middle of 2020 my wife & I decided to move out of NJ to an area that had better weather & less taxes & cost of living for our retirement years. We purchased a house in southern Virginia just west of Martinsville about 10 minutes from the NC border. We spent the next year every couple months running from NJ to southern Va to renovate the house to get it ready to move into. We moved in August 2021, got both bathrooms redone & had a 2-car garage put up for the Mustang & my wife's motorcycle, my old Ranger died & we had to go looking for a newer truck for me, so yes there were some sidetrack projects. Now it is time to get back working on the Mustang, all I need now is a lift for the garage.
This is how the house looked when we purchased it.
New 24x25 Garage
Our 21 Bronco Sport 4WD, 05 F150 2WD, 99 Explorer Sport AWD in front of the new garage & renovated house.
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I am also running the Kelsey-Hayes style 4 piston calipers & everything bolted to the stock drum spindles.
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On 12/22/2022 at 6:38 PM, Vicfreg said:shop is looking really great MIke. I am semi-retiring end of January, so will be around this year. For sure headed to Carlisle this year and probably a couple regional Mustang Shows.
Are you close to Richmond, or where, in Virginia?
Thanks Vic. I am officially "semi-retired" as I will only be working about 20 hrs a week starting the new year for some Mustang money. My wife & I live just west of Martinsville in the town of Horsepasture. We are about 10 minutes from the North Carolina border.
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Shemp when I wired the interior of my 69 Coupe with the AAW kit I used the GM connector. If you need a pic I can get you one tomorrow.
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That will not happen, my wife likes the green. We searched all over NJ when we lived there to find one in that color.
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8 hours ago, Grabber70Mach said:Shop looks nice, bet you'll be pleased with the extra space compared to before.
Thank you, the extra space is great. It is nice to finally be getting the shop organized the way I want so I can get back working on the Mustang again.
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That is some nice work there Vic.
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I have not posted here in a couple years, & the Mustang took a back seat to home renovation. Now that the house is where we want it & we got the garage/shop built the work will continue on the Mustang. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.
New garage/shop with our spare truck 99 Explorer Sport, my newest DD 2005 F150 regular cab 2WD, & my wife's DD 2021 Bronco Sport. We did not plan to have them all red it just worked out that way.
The Mustang & my wife's Kawasaki Motorcycle in their new home.
Inside complete interior spray foam insulated & the lower area is painted the brightest whit we could find to help with lighting. We have 4 LED lights in the ceiling fixtures, & 4 (2each side) LED light fixtures.
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Good luck with the new project.
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WOW, great work so far Viperpete. That is a lot of sheet metal work, & I thought I did a lot on my 69 Coupe. Keep up the great work, & keep posting progress pics.
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Looking good Vic.
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Nice work Ridge, can't wait to see more of this project. I love these old trucks.
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Contact the seller from the link I posted & ask him to get you measurements of the radio. I put an AM/FM stereo from IIRC a 71 TB in my 69 Coupe & it fit fine, so I would think it should fit your 70.
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I say no also. This is something like what you would need. This one in the link happens to be a AM/FM 8 track player.
1973-73 Ford Lincoln Mercury AM FM 8 Track Radio WORKS! | eBay
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Vic I am planning on using the 70 Mach-1 hood stripe w/o the shaker on my 69 Coupe.
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Welcome. Nice to have someone else save another 69 Coupe.
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Vic I know this is an old thread but I finally got the garage set up & I am ready to get back to work on the Mustang looking at your pics you stated you used a 2 1/2" header back system from Pypes. I have a system I purchased to put on the Mustang that includes tail pipes, turbo mufflers, & intermediate pipes, I just need an h pipe.
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Congrats Vic, that is a huge step forward.
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Nice score Bob. I would love one of those.
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Nice looking Mustang.
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On 4/28/2022 at 1:35 PM, skidmarky said:I just remove the rotor in the distributor.
That is what I always did.
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Phil, so sorry to hear of the cancer & I am glad all is going well for you now. Every time I go to my urologist he checks my PSA so we can stay on top of any future problems.