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All you "go fast" guys and gals, After much deliberation, I sold my 69 428 Cobra Jet, and numbers match C6 with a Gear Vendors overdrive to a Mustang restorer in the Nebraska. If is going into an “R” code 1969 Mach I. This motor had been in my family since 1977 with its last home in my 57...

Well the son is 18 and although we already have 400 credit hours for college purchased, we have decided to let go of our 57 Ford 2 Door “Del Rio” Ranch Wagon. A beautiful survivor from the 50’s. About 77k on odometer. A very nice man from San Jose contacted a local restoration shop looking...

All, I have a brake dilemma with my 67 Fastback. It has disc brakes, which are the Kelsey Hays “4 piston calipers”. The past few years it developed a “pull” under light braking but straitened out under hard braking. Very annoying. I had rebuilt the calipers before, in the 80’s so I thought...

All, I have Marchal lights on my car. One lens has a small crack. The rest of the lights are in ok shape and could be re-chromed. I was playing in Ebay and saw 2 different auctions from Europe that were selling complete sets. The pics look good and I know they were made in France and...

TJ, Sorry I am late on this one! Some of this info may benefit others, so I took it out of the private area. Hope you don’t mind. There are many stroker kits and complete motors out there. The 347 cu is very common and the largest normally offered from a 289/302 block. The 289 and 302 are...

All, I have a 67 coupe upper console. It is a light tourquoise in color. I think it could convert to a 68 with the woodgrain. Very resonable if you are interested, or if it will work. Rob

All, Let's vote today on the best bone head story of mechanical stupidity that we have committed to a friends car or our own. Bonus points if you screwed up a friends car!!! Post the stories and we will vote tonight at 6:00 PDT. I will post one of my stupider moves soon. Rob

Janice came through with some pics of her "Gold Nugget Special"! The script seems to be in the traditional location for a GT/CS. Her car is identified as a "Gold Nugget Special" just as our car is. It is the same paint code as ours, but Paul's orginal registry denotes that they should be...

Hello, I am a new member to the site and own VIN 8R01J123143 that was originally register in Paul's book by Bruce Malmberg. Car is confirmed by Marti report as a "Gold Nugget Special" paint code Y5. DSO 741111 and sold by Smith Gandy Ford in Seattle Washington. I has all the original Ford...