Need to vent some frustartion so Ill just type it all out.My best friends roommate had this 65 Mustang coupe he told me he would sell me for 2000$.The only catch was the car was in storage for 2 years and about200miles away, and the motor had been rebuilt but was siting next to the car.I had seen the car before and theres no body damage,good interior.All it really need was the motor put in it and a paint job.I tow the car back to my house and start the long drawn out process of putting the motor back in.I couldnt find any of the right bolts to use so I had to get all new ones(glad I work in a shop).I had to replace the fuel tank,all gas/vacum/water hoses.Starter had a big dent in it from something and it proved to be bad,had to get a new fuel pump because it leaked,removed all the old "do-it-yourselfer" wiring that somebody botched,re-wireded the taillights,replcaed all lights in the car,replaced passenger side door hinge and window regultaor,fixed pass. 1/4 panel window(POS plastic bearings were broke,dashlights didnt work,re-wire'ed horns,PCV gromet was old and cracked.Then I finally got to start it up.But I didnt have the keys so I had to hot wire it.got it running and got the keys(2 weeks later) and could nevber get the car to stop smoking.Finaly got to drive it and it kept cutting out.Found out the vacum modulatorhad a leak and tranny fluid was getting in the intake.Replaced it, took it back on the road and TaDa it still smokes like a frieght train.Get it inspected and taged then check the compression to see if thats the problem.I get 45psi on a cylinder then 56 on another.So I pull the motor back out and founf that someone tried to hone the block by hand to .060 .So I end up with a new block from the machine shop after already finding another and finding out it a piece of crap.Get the block and had to replace the crank,bearings,pistons & wrist pins,timing chain,camshaft and lifters. End up with all new everything for the motor except for the heads and valve components.Yeeeaaaahh.But wait I start to put it together yesterday and find out I left some parts at my buddys house.Hes out of town and the power to his house had been knocked out by a storm.Get inside and have to dig under a 3 foot pile of clothes someone put ontop of my parts.get home start assembly and it starts raining.Get back out there after it starts and when I got to put on the brand new water pump on fo the bolt holes in the timing chain cover crack and a big piece of metal chips off. So now I need a new timing chain cover.There was alot more details to make it worse but then this story would be 4 pages long.
