Hey guys - Thought I would say "Hi" and introduce myself.
I have been lurking around searching out subjects that interest me and trying to solve the unanswered questions about my car. I really like this site a lot and have followed a bunch of threads with keen interest. I also post at the "Mustang 428 Cobra Jet Registry."
About me - I grew up in Plymouth, Mich. My grandfather worked for Ford at the Valve plant in Northville, Mich. most of his entire life. My favorite of the cars he owned was a baby blue 66 thunderbird with a new engine option - the 428. My aunt got her dad to order her a brand new 1966 six banger mustang coupe. Was a big deal back then. At that time I liked the 66 bird better than the stang, so much that sometimes he would let me sit on his lap and drive it! He was the best. I was 7 yrs old.
I now live in Southwest Missouri, out in the country in the Ozarks where I have a shop for working on cars and other madness. I'm retired Navy avionics tech, self taught gear head and sheet metal mauler.
I've owned a few mustangs in the past. All 67 and 69 cars. I own two mustangs at present - My car is a San Jose built 1969 mach 1. Color is B5 - Royal Maroon with the black out hood treatment. It's a 428 cj 4spd close ratio with a 3.50 traction-loc. pwr steering, pwr disk brakes, am radio, tinted glass complete. It was built 02/18/69. Kevin Marti says the car is 1 of 3 out of 299,036 mustangs built in 1969.
The wife's car is a 1967 "A" code convertible with air cond. and deluxe exterior. We found it rusting away in Dallas, Tx. It's a restomod so enough said...
My goal is to make the car better, so it can compete in a concours driver class. The Mach 1 has been a great driver and looks good enough to place or be a runner up in the local midwest mustang shows. I enjoy driving the car a lot, so I'm not sure how realistic I am to be able to keep the car competitive at a higher level.
Nice talking with and meeting all of ya.
I'll be posting soon with some questions and I'll try not to be so wordy...
