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Well I thought I had left some papers at work.  So I decided to make the drive in to pick them up, 62 miles round trip.  Turned out I hadn't, they might be with a co-worker.  All was not lost however because, you guest it, I drove the G.T.500 and took my son with me.  Gorgeous spring day, temps in the upper 50s with plenty of sun, beautiful stereo sound from the exhaust and the tapping of the lifters.  Gotta love the sound of a 427 when rowing through the gears.  What more could somebody want?  Just doesn't get much better than this...

Dang!  That image reminds me of the evening news when I was in high school.  We killed so many of them, they killed so many of us.  Vietnam was some nasty bussines in it's own right.  Now we're fighting a different type of war but the numbers are just as frightening.  Everyone stay safe, stay healthy.

Love the color/wheel combination!  Now sit back and enjoy

Guess the point I was trying to make was that I lucked into having something laying around that I could use.  I'll have to admit that I didn't even know that a real tool existed though I probably should have.

The last time I replaced the turn signal switch I used an old ball point pen refill I had laying around to remove the pins from the connector housing.  Worked perfectly.  The one I used was made of brass (I said it was old).  Unfortunately new refills are made of plastic and I doubt they would do the trick.  I did save it and put it in my tool box.

Anyone notice the side stipe lettering on the first picture.  Compare it to the picture Eric posted.  I wonder what drove that change?

Quote from: gt350hr on March 27, 2020, 10:54:32 AM
   Royce my chemist friend said nothing about the "octane" characteristics at seal level. As you mentioned that can't change. He said the fuel was "formulated" for "altitude above sea level" with specific additives to perform better "up there" than at sea level. He also mentioned it was "good for a year in the ground" unlike "highway gas". With him having a PHD in chemistry , I took his advice.

On reason aircraft piston engines make such good power on takeoff is that they have an an extra control that you don't see in an auto engine, a mixture control. On takeoff, the pilot sets the mixture to full rich. This control also allows the mixture to be set for best power at altitude. Back before the introduction of 100LL, avgas had two octane numbers such as 80/87 or 100/130. The lower number was for the lean setting and the higher number for, you guessed it, the full rich setting. IIRC, avgas is also formulated to burn well at a somewhat lower RPM than mogas. Airplane engines operate at pretty much a steady state RPM once they get to cruise altitude. Full power is generally only need during climb, whereas in a car you are constantly changing RPM in traffic and only get to a steady state condition while in cruise on the open road. So two different formulations for two different usages.

It was a pretty nice day here in eastern PA and since we needed a few things i decided to turn the 500 into a grocery getter.  Felt good to have it out on the road for a couple of hours.  Didn't need a jacket, just a T-shirt and drove with the windows open.  I did have to fill it up but only paid $3.219 a gallon for Sunoco 93.  Still can't understand why everyone is hording paper products.  Do they think all the paper plants are going to shut down?  But it did feel good to go through the gears even if I never got it into 5th (TKO600).  I love driving that dinosaur.

More like a nightmare.  I'm not a big fan of radical mods.  I don't even like Elenore.

I pray that is anything but a real Shelby.

I would replace the bushing as both the idler arm and the pitman arm are unique Shelby parts.  Theyr are different in length from the standard Mustang parts.  DO NOT mix the two together.  I think the bushings are the same however.  Some forty years ago when I replaced the one in 817, Moog had a roller bearing replacement which I used.  It's been fine ever since as there was no rubber to rot away.  I'm sure that part has long since been discontinued...

I agree, the rear seat dimensions are all the same.  It should pretty much be a drop in.  The originals were rivited to the interior fiberglass quarter panels.  Not wanting to desicrate my virgin inner quarters, I build a couple of brackets out of aluminum extrusion.  The brackets were screwed in to the fold down hinge.  Two oval head Phillips screws and finishing washers (hardware store stuff) per side hold the tray to the brackets.  The only thing else I did was to fabricate a block and attach it to the rear lip of the tray (centered of course) to keep the rear trap door from rattling around.  I got my tray from Branda. You can see the finished result on my G.T.500 opening page on my website.

Quote from: The Going Thing on March 11, 2020, 11:04:36 PM
I fixed the hot "arse" issue another way. Dynamat.  The entire vehicle except the trunk was done. I didn't want it to be seen but it made sense to do during the restoration.

I like the package tray idea. It keeps folks guessing. 

shelbydoug,

I made the same decision to put a '66 package tray in my '67 G.T.500 to prevent my 235R-60-15 tires from hitting the fender lips.  That also took care of passengers burning their backsides when the seats got too hot from the mufflers which are located directly under the rear seats.  Turns out that the rear seat dimensions are all the same from '65 though '70 for Mustangs.  I've used this setup for many years now with no issues.

Fair67,

Check with Cobra Automotive for replacement shoes and pads that are an upgrade from stock but don't need to heat up to stop the car.  They sold me a set last year which I'm very happy with.  And they didn't break the bank either.