June 22nd, 2010 | 
Author: June 22, 2010
Dear Ford and Mustang Enthusiasts,
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The 1st Mustang Parts Give-Away @ Carlisle was a huge success! Below you'll see the 29 winners and what they won at Carlisle this past weekend (and had to take home with them by Saturday).
We hope you can have the chance to win next year, that's right, it will be even bigger and more FREE parts/products will be given away! We will also start giving away FREE stuff online too, so check back often!
Now to the winners…
(Disclaimer: these photos were NOT taken by our amazing editor/photographer Tom Shaw…and we thought camera's did most of the work!)
Michael Irvine - "Big-Blocks Behind the Barn"
Rob Winnicki - New City, NY
California Pony Cars – set of reproduction '66 Shelby Wheels
Bill Andresen - Chester Springs, PA
Tremec Transmission – $500 Certificate
John Christian – Bristow, VA
Kelsey Tires – Goodyear Power Cushion HP Blue Dots
David Davis – Blytheville, AR
Design Factory Art – '70 Boss 302 Print
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Larry Schaeffer – We need your info!
Holley – Carburetor
Miguel Garcia – Bayside, NY
C & S – Quick Latch – GT Hood Pins
Dawn Schilling - Mechanicsburg, PA
Clean Tools – Absorber/Glosser Gift Pack
Kenny Fischer – Richmond, VA
Ansen – Shelby Black Valve Covers
Tim Hammond – We need your info!
C & S – Quick Latch – Low Profile Hood Pins
Michael Weis – ????????
Drake Automotive – Sequential Tail Light Kit
Kevin O'Hara – Longwood, FL
Design Factory Art – Mustang GT/CS Print
Stuart Griffiths - Concord, NC
California Pony Cars – Rotunda Bullet Mirrors
Bill Hamilton - Charleston, SC
Clean Tools – Absorber/Glosser Gift Pack
Jim Snyder – Greenville, PA
Mr. G's – $40 Gift Certificate
Bill Svetz – Ansonia, CT
C&S Performance – Quick Latch – Twist Lock Hood Pins
Kathy Patterson - Westwood, MA
TMI – GT Interior
Dustin McCann – Kittery, ME
GMP – Aluminator 4.6 DOHC Supercharged Motor, 1:4 scale
Brian Engisch – Frenchtown, NJ
Design Factory Art – '68 Bullitt Mustang Print
Joe Viola – Sunset Beach, NC
Rare Parts – Tie Rod Ends for '64-'66 V8 Mustang w/ power steering
Tina Johnson - Red Creek, NY
Mr. G's – $40 Gift Certificate
Darrell Bush – Moneta, VA
California Pony Cars - '67 Big-Block Fan Shroud
Travis Atherton – Mercersburg, PA
Ansen – Shelby Valve Push-in Breathers
Timothy Thomas - Clakendon, PA
Ansen – Shelby Valve Push-in Breathers
Ron Warner – Smightsburg, MD
Design Factory Art – '70 Boss 429 Print
Dale Springer – Valley Lee, MD
California Pony Cars – Hood Lift Kit
Design Factory Art – '70 Boss 302 Print
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Richard Lacourse Jr – Weare, NH &
Jacky Brown – Portsmouth, NH
Clean Tools – Absorber/Glosser Gift Basket
Howard Thompson
Drake Automotive – '65-'70 Front & Rear Shocks
Mark Roman – Pylesville, MD
Drake Automotive – '65 Mustang Rally Pack for V8 6,000 rpm
James Dahlgren – Southington, CT
…and here are several more companies that are participating in the Mustang Parts Give-Away at All Ford Nats @ Carlisle! Stay tuned to hear what they will be giving away. More to come…
Rare Parts - Concours tie rod ends
Looking for Concours ready tie rod ends for your 1964-66 V8 Mustang with power steering? Well, Rare Parts, Inc. out of Stockton CA. now manufactures an exact replacement in house.
Micheal Irvine Studios – Limited Edition Canvas
Limited Galle
MSRP: $1500.00 USD
Tremec Transmissions – $500 Gift Certificate
Good towards the purchase of any Tremec aftermarket manual transmission. Eligible models include the T-5 5-speed, TKO 500 & 600 5-speeds, and the new T-56 Magnum 6-speed, and more!
Drake Automotive – 4 items!
1. 1965 Mustang Rally Pac (Black/chrome, V8 6000RPM) – Scott Drake is happy to announce that our 1965 Rally Pac is now available to compliment our already popular and extensive line of 1966 Rally Pacs. We offer a V8 version in 6000RPM and 8000RPM, with either a black or chrome hood (4 versions total).
MSRP: $384.95 – $399.95
2. 1965-70 Mustang Shock (Front) – Scott Drake is proud to officially announce our own version of a performance oriented High Pressure, Nitrogen-filled Gas Shocks for the Classic Mustang. After more than 2 years of Sales and Road Testing we are confident these Shocks are worthy of your Mustang.
MSRP: $39.95 (each)
3. 1965-70 Mustang Shock (Rear)
MSRP: $39.95 (each)
4. 2005-09 Mustang Sequential Tail Light Kit - Easily add style to your Mustang or Shelby with this easy to install Sequential Tail Light Kit from Drake Muscle Cars. This kit includes two complete harnesses to replace your stock ones with no cutting or splicing required.
MSRP: $159.95
March Performance - TBA
Custom Autosound - TBA
Custom Auto Accessories - TBA
ECS – TBA
Mustang Shop of Connecticut - TBA
Classic Inline - TBA
GMP – TBA
Absorber – TBA
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Here's a list of the parts (so far, more to be added!) that will be displayed AND given away at All-Ford Nats @ Carlisle from June 5th-7th, 2010. You will be able to find our booth space in front of the food court at spaces D103-D106. Hope to see you there! Now for the current list…
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MSRP: $254.00 pai
3. Califo
Concours co
MSRP: $139.95
4. TMI P
Full 1987-93 Fox Mustang Inte
5.TMI P
65-66 Pony Spo
6. TMI P
84-86 Mustang GT Inte
7. Kelsey Ti
Goodyea
ONE SET to Give-away!
8. Ididit Inc.
1 Steel Tilt Mustang Column di
MSRP: $499.00
9. Mr. G's
(2) $40 Gift Certificate's – good for any of our thousands of fasteners. Can also be used toward rechroming(vacuum metallizing) of your dash, our screw kits, underhood bolt, nut, or u-nut.
10. Design Factory Art
1970 Boss 302 – The ultimage Mustang of the muscle car era, in Calypso Coral. Print is 12" x 24", is signed & numbered as 1 of 2500 prints.
(photo to come soon)
MSRP: $40.00
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High Winds Hit Russo Steele’
A powerful squall line swept through
With the sale underway, the storm intensified through the late afternoon, and just after sunset, gusts ripped the north tent from its support poles, leaving them to crash down onto the hundreds of cars parked beneath, awaiting their turn to cross the auction block. Some cars were heavily damaged by the falling metal tent poles, some over 30 feet high. Other cars received relatively minor damage – dents, missing trim, scratches, and broken glass. The tents were unoccupied, having been evacuated earlier in the evening.
Many cars suffered severe damage like this
As the storm worsened, the sale was interrupted and the sale tent also evacuated. The north tent was blown off the grounds and onto the adjacent
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The Russo and Steele auction operates with two 800-foot long
tents. The north tent blew down and onto the 101 Loop highway,
backing up traffic, and the other partially blew down and then
onto the cars that were under the north tent. Photo: Russo and Steele
Mike Patak of Mike’s Classic Cars in Blair, Nebraska, brought a ’66 Shelby, and a ’68 Mustang GT with a 428 Cobra Jet engine sold through Tasca Ford in Rhode Island, along with two full-size Fords to sell. One of his big Fords, a rare ’62 406 car, sustained body damage, broken windows, and paint damage, while the Tasca Mustang got away with a missing rocker panel and hubcap.
“They’re telling us to turn it in to our insurance company,” Mike told us.
“Haggerty Insurance was there immediately with 35 adjusters,” said Fred Koenig, who had two cars for sale. Fred told us that Haggerty did not try to minimize the claims with its policy holders, and assured them that the cars would be fixed to their standards.
Early damage estimates were $1.5 million, or an average of $5000 for each of the 300 cars in the tent, but some experienced restorers expect the final cost to be much higher. Russo and Steele requires cars for sale to be covered by insurance.
After clean-up on Saturday, the sale resumed Sunday and was extended through Monday.
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Garage Sale: Buy & Sell in December Mustang Magazine
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OK, I’ve spent quite a bit of time busting Collateral Damage for its many faults. No malicious intent there, it’s just that we’ve all experienced frustration of cars that don’t work right, and Collateral is such an easy target.
So is there anything I like about the old relic? Well-meaning moms across the country say that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
But that would wipe out the politics, comedy, and the news industry.
But back to the topic. As I’m enduring the car’s bad habits, which have been well cataloged here and in my issue #4 editorial, I also appreciate:
The Steering Wheel. Mustang’s Deluxe wheel, with its three metal spokes, genuine imitation wood-like plastic, is a beaut. I’ve always noticed steering wheels, the driver’s perpetual interface with his car, and the Mustang Deluxe wheel is an all-time great.
Racing Stripes. Collateral’s weak six might have a shot at knocking off a diesel Volvo or a kid on a motorized skateboard, but not much else. Even so, I’ve always liked the Mustang stripes, be they the offset stripe that runs down the driver’s side of the car, or the twin Shelby stripes that are so oft imitated. This is genuine period-cool, that was picked up by just about everyone else on earth.
Ignition Switch. This peculiar admiration surely goes back to youthful nostalgia. That’s OK. To me, chrome knobs with the chrome bezel is how knobs are supposed to look. I like the ACC, OFF, RUN, START and the Ford bars-and-chevron designed into the key. It’s little stuff like this that makes owning a vintage Ford fun.
The Shape. Funny, but even in its droopy condition, the little coupe’s shape still catches my eye in a parking lot. Wish I could say the same for… uh, never mind.
Cruise-O-Matic’s 2nd Gear Take Off. A unique talent designed into the vintage Ford Cruise-O-Matic is its ability to engage 2nd gear from a standing stop. Shifting other transmissions into 2nd stops them from shifting beyond 2nd, but you still start out in 1st. Not so with the Cruise-O-Matic. Why do this? Because starting out in 2nd reduces torque to the rear wheels. I used to think this was not only less fun, but unnecessary — the goal of life was to get MORE torque to the rear wheels. But eventually the day came when I, stopped on an ice patch could not move. The slightest touch of the throttle would spin the tires, at least until I shifted into 2nd and deftly applied the tiniest bit of throttle. Then the reduced torque got the car rolling instead of spinning. I’m 51 years old, and have only used that feature once 25 years ago, but I can’t look at the shifter quadrant and see the little blue dot for 2nd gear without remembering how it did come in handy back then.
The Starter Sound. I won’t try to describe it, but the starter — an original, has its own signature sound which, growing up, signaled the beginning of every happy trip — vacation, mom’s spontaneous outings to Dairy Queen, hauling our little motorcycles to the far side of the airport for a Saturday ride, and a bit of recreational cruising once I got my license. Hearing it again has become a Pavlovian response that I associate with good times.
So Collateral isn’t all bad. But it might have been hard to convince me otherwise had I not grown up with Fords.
The UPS man brought me a big box with a shiny new radiator for my daily
driver, fresh from the environmentally sensitive, OSHA-compliant,
worker-friendly factories of China. So if I can get a couple of daylight
hours in the driveway to install it, my regular use of Collateral Damage
will be drawing to a close, at least until the next mechanical failure.
Life with Collateral has been a good news/bad news thing. The good news is
that I’m not walking. The bad news is the car’s neglected condition and
laundry list of bad habits. But even with all that, it’s been good to get
reacquainted with the vintage Fords I grew up with, but it’s also revealed
how spoiled I’ve become by modern cars’ comfort and convenience.
Take entry and exit. Being just under 6-foot two and not quite the trim hunk
I was 25 or so years ago, sliding into the Mustang’s low bucket seat
requires a specific choreography. The easiest method is to open the door,
step backwards towards the interior, plant butt on seat, leaving both legs
extending out over the rocker panel, then rotate legs in as-near a
horizontal as possible. Next, grab steering wheel and swivel entire body to
a forward-facing position. In its retracted state, my right leg passes
fairly comfortably beneath the deluxe steering wheel’s wood-grained rim.
Hassle? Yes. And that’s the easy way of getting in.
Is it just me, or might there be a market for a seat relocater kit?
Tom
Spotty showers are rolling across central Florida. While our ’66 coupe “Collateral Damage” could do with a shower, they didn’t improve the car’s looks. Rather they brought out a couple more of the car’s quirks.
Since 1982, when I bought a triple black Cougar XR-7, every car I’ve owned had intermittent windshield wipers. Not Collateral. Its windshield wiper switch has two positions — on and off. Click the chrome knob to the right and the small wiper arms begin a leisurely motion, accompanied by what sounds like a snoring sound. The driver’s side wipes pretty clear, provided you’re in no hurry. If the rain becomes anything resembling heavy, you’d better be heading for the side of the road. Single speed wipers were standard for ’66, two-speeds were an option. Intermittents were still several years away.
A modest flow from up high on the A-pillar landed on my pants, letting me know that all was not well with the windshield seal. Planning on an extended trip on a rainy day? Might want to consider waders.
