Today was an epic day.
The young lady behind the wheel, after she successfully learned to drive a car with a manual transmission, is the daughter of Capt. Ron, the previous owner of the car. I have no words for the emotions. We were both pretty moved by the experience.
Also, that’s 3 young people I have taught to drive a manual car in under a year! I don’t know why, but that makes me happy!
She is aware of how much work has gone into the car. She was terrified to drive it at first, but she relaxed pretty quickly.Does she have any idea what she's driving or does she think they all rolled off the assembly line that good? LoL
When I was sitting thinking about it, that’s 3 people that will be here long after I’m gone that will be telling someone not even born yet about how I taught them to drive a car with a manual.At 39 I re entered the dating pool after a divorce...... I had a Merkur XR4Ti 5 speed beater car that alot of the women I " dated " all wanted to drive... I was surprised at how many could drive a manual and drive it fairly well.....
Most told me their fathers had taught them how to drive a manual as their first driver when learning to drive.. I have always deduced that it was a man preventing their daughters from getting stuck in a ' caulk or walk" situation.....
Read it a while back that a manual transmission is the best theft deterent for a car there is.....
Did you get that off of Matt Armstrongs site??I have one of those "save the manuals" t-shirts. You wouldn't beleive the amount of random folks come up to me and strike up conversation over it.
Did you get that off of Matt Armstrongs site??
That’s a beautiful car. Even though my ‘86 looks like ‘87 and up, my dash is ‘86, and I’d love to do that Dakota upgrade. Looks awesome man!!This is my '85.
It's got 4 lug '93 Cobra repops with 245/45/17 Nitto 555's, T-Bird/'93 Cobra rear calipers on NRC brackets, Tokico Blues front and rear along with Tokico springs, new OE style upper control arm bushings in the diff, MM Heavy Duty lowers and a set of take off factory style uppers I've had around for years. In the front I did new factory style A arms, swapped to aero 73mm calipers and slotted rotors, adj prop valve, Ranchero MC, gutted stock prop valve, MM bump steer kit, added MM CC plates and put on a 03 Cobra rack with the MM steering shaft. Also has MM full length subframes and Stifflers jacking rails. Next up is a 13" 4 lug kit with early style PBR Cobra calipers from FoxbodyBrakes.com.
Some other details are that I did "almost full exhaust" by swapping the DS header for a stock 86 and up piece, Dynomax X Pipe and Dynomax 2 1/2" cat back with welded mufflers. I've got some JBA shorty's, a set of FMS X307s w/56 cc chambers, a TF Stage 1 cam, Quick Fuel 650 4150 style carb w/annular boosters and a Weiand 7515 that need to get on there.
Inside I did a Dakota Digital cluster. Everything else is pretty stock for now. I've got SVO style seat foam and TMI covers with the double stitch which should spruce things up a bit more.
Sorry if I went into a little too much detail for this thread. I was on a roll so I just kept going... lol
Yes. It was optional to buy their dimmer knob.Are those dimmable?
Thanks for the kind words! I really like the cluster too. There's another company out there that make a pretty nice looking set up too. NVU. I almost went with their set up but I knew the DD name and had some prior experience with DD products. Below is one of NVU setups and a link to their 4 eyed options..That’s a beautiful car. Even though my ‘86 looks like ‘87 and up, my dash is ‘86, and I’d love to do that Dakota upgrade. Looks awesome man!!
What do you cover the R&L vents and the heater controls when using this dash?Thanks for the kind words! I really like the cluster too. There's another company out there that make a pretty nice looking set up too. NVU. I almost went with their set up but I knew the DD name and had some prior experience with DD products. Below is one of NVU setups and a link to their 4 eyed options..
87-93 Fox Mustang custom dash gauges cluster
87-93 Fox Mustang custom dash gauges clusternewvintageusallc.mybigcommerce.com
The text says 87-93 but the link goes to four eyed stuff.
I can't wait to do the next round of mods. I also want to add a '84 style hood scoop. At some point it will need paint too and I hope I can spend enough to do it right.
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