There’s “committed to the bit” and then there’s “David Tracy”.
Yes, get the rodent Stuff(TM) out of there, but then rent you a U-Haul trailer and push the FC up on it and use the Lexus to tow it back to David Tracy Mangy Jeep World Headquarters.
I’m not at all convinced trying to drive this thing off-road in its current…
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The Lobo badge did in fact appear on the 10th-gen (1997-2003 in the US) trucks. I’ve never seen one on a 9th-gen (which really dates back to the 1980 MY - refreshed for 1987 MY and 1992 MY, but still largely the same truck except for various cosmetic and systemic updates — and the Twin I-beam castings dated to the…
True enough. I’m planning a major upgrade for my ‘65 that involves major structural reinforcement and a full cage to handle somewhat more than triple its original power output and major increases in suspension and braking load from Big Fat Sticky Tires(TM) for this very reason.
Because once I do that, I’m driving the…
Yeah, I know. Color me skeptical about the tear-out strength of those anchors, but maybe?
That kit looks rather generic and not vehicle-specific. Nice “we don’t make any claims nor bear any responsibility if you get hurt/killed using our stuff” disclaimer at the bottom, too.
Yeah. See my separate reply about that very thing. A ‘68-’69 collapsible column should retrofit okay, or one of the aftermarket units such as from ididit.
My ‘65 coupe has a number of modifications from pure stock for drivability and safety concerns, and while it’s been off the road a bit longer than your brother’s, the next update will involve dual-circuit brakes.
Hi. ‘65 Mustang owner (since 1983! Still in my garage) and mechanical engineer here.
There’s no real good place to anchor a shoulder belt on a ‘65 Mustang hardtop coupe, owing to the absence of a full-height B-pillar and roof rails not designed to take that kind of load mid-span. I could probably come up with some…
Just FYI, there’s at least one LS-swapped one in the wild, because OF COURSE THERE IS:
“They’re only making a few of these, and they’re only going to dealers as a special reward.” - Sales Mangler at David McDavid Ford in Fort Worth trying to convince me to drive 4+ hours each way to give him “between $15k-20k” in ADP (which, conveniently, was about 15-20% of MSRP) on a GT500 they happened to have that…
Jeez. They walked you from a mainline dealer to a BHPH lot? Holy kickbacks, Batman.
This exact car was bid, no sale, to $18,750 on Bring A Trailer in mid-January.
See my direct response to Tom about my experience here in Texas.
The sales mangler’s demented game of “Telephone” is the *biggest* of my car store piss-off buttons.
If you’re the sales mangler, and you’re taking over negotiations from your salesweasel, COME OUT OF YOUR FISHBOWL AND TALK TO ME DIRECTLY.
My most recent purchase was very nearly torpedoed by the sales mangler at Red…
In early 2009, the woman who is now my wife wanted a new Mustang, and liked the ‘08 Bullitt. After a bit of searching, we found a leftover new one listed at Randall Reed’s Planet Ford in Spring, Texas. She called and confirmed they still had the car and it was available before we drove over there.
We drove up in my ‘99…
On the F150 Platinum purchase in mid-2019, I had already told the F&I guy I was intending to get a Ford ESP for it (so many electronic gizmos on that, just replacing the infotainment system will make back the 72month/125k mile bumper-to-bumper ESP plan price and then some, so easy bet there), and he didn’t try to…
Houston is so not-far above mean sea level that there’s not a lot of buried storm sewers in the older parts of town, and the roads themselves are designed to be the stormwater path. In fact, some of the freeway system (notably the US-59/I-69 corridor across the south end of the downtown area) is designed to be a…
Ah, yes, that guy. Who drove past no fewer than 3 TV minicam crews set up upstream of a flooded underpass, then asked if he should get out of his sinking car...
Huh. I never heard anything about my stuff, but I was totally unsurprised by that.