Author: Ron Feathers

This week, Connor and I flushed the power steering pump. As we put the car back in the garage after a short drive, the pump seemed to be leaking. It was obviously overheating, and boiling over through the pump mechanism itself. I fear that there may be something wrong with the lines as well, but…

We made our first repairs, fluid checks, part replacements, and got the car registered and transferred this week. The parts we purchased from Summit were: The total for our fist Summit Racing order was $283.38 Plus about another $100 for fluids, car wax, rubbing compound.. It turned out that the car was on a PNO…

The top goes up and down fine, but after about three times, the driver’s side cylinder decided to start leaking (a lot!), so we replaced both sides. I haven’t done this before, so we had to do the YouTube thing to figure out how to remove the cylinders. No one had done a good job…

The majority of the car is in decent working order, but there are few items that need to be addressed. Among these early fixes are the center caps on the rims, and the quarter panel “Mustang” script, and the Hydraulic cylinders for the convertible top. The rims that came on the car are AMERICAN RACING…

We picked up our 1969 Mustang Convertible on Friday, March 15th. Our neighbor, Kris, drove us to the seller’s house, and we stopped at Native Fermentations for a pint on the way home. Here are the details for the car: VIN: 9F03F111075Model Year: 1969Body Style: 2-Door Convertible, Standard Bucket Seats Exterior Paint: Royal Maroon Interior…