the Ranchero disaster & Brand X update

Well it's been over a year since I updated this, the side lined exxon valdez has not been a priority for too long, time to give it a fitting title and get some stuff done to it, I've joked about it being a used part magnet so I think I will call it 'the junk pile' cause it is a mash of parts and stuff from other stangs, trading with others, duct tape and old T shirts.
I've been side tracked with a couple home projects, actually adjustments to stuff that after I thought it was done years ago needed repair or readjusted, or just not finished.
Then there is Brand X, I have a love/hate relationship with that truck, it's old, wiring is brittle, drum brakes that WILL send you into oncoming traffic at anytime. It's a beautiful truck but needs some stuff dealt with. I've tried, with very little success to deal with the binders but one day they are fine, the next time I drive it I have trouble keeping it between the lines,
Other things get in the way, one grandbrat has a car, they think I'm available for repairs on the cheap, that I don't mind so much, there is no 'father figure ' so that's my job.
I have two vehicles that I'm helping straighten out that others started and either couldn't fix or didn't finish the work.
Then there is Stangnet, my happy place. Looking for stuff and helping confuse members with bad comedy and misleading advice.
Then there is the 'girl at the end of the couch' that had some medical issues that the doctors danced around for almost two years, milking the insurance company without actually doing anything to remedy the issue, finally got one that did some 'doctoring' and we think she is on her way back to her old self. She needs a vacation. Poor kid's been miserable for over two years.
Now I'm getting caught up and will be working on the junk pile. I
Stay tuned.