Saturday June 18 we took the 51 to  the Yavapai Classic Cruisers car show at Mile High Middle School in Prescott AZ. We left the house at 5:30 AM as it's a 2 hour trip to Prescott and the show started at 8 AM, all went well except one of the trailer tires had a large blister on the side of it when we arrived at the show. I carry 2 spares in the trailer and changed the tire after I unloaded the car, checked in and had the car set up.  They had over 200 cars show up for the Fathers Day show and a good verity like this willies Gasser and chopped 34.  Chopped and channeled rat rod I think it started out as a Chevy.  1953 Kaiser like Karens Kaiser except this one is stock with a Chevy V8 in it.  Nice stock 46 Hudson coupe.  Model A very nicely done.  This Pierce Arrow Limo was a parts car when this owner bought it and made a hot rod with a Pontiac, automatic trans. and 9" rear end it also has the privacy glass behind the dr...

It's been a while sense the last post so I will up date progress on the Mustang and Thunderbird.  In May I loaded up the Mustang and towed it to Hackbeery Auto Body, a shop that opened this year that's just 5 miles from the house.  To follow the body and paint work progress go to hackbeeryautobody.com and click on blog. Joe's wife is taking grate pictures and posting them on there blog.  The first thing that was found is the car had 3 different size tires on that made it set uneven so I brought over a couple of wheels and Joe (the owner) bought a used tire to level the car.  The car was sand blasted in the areas the still showed rust spots and additional welding was required in a few spots.  The deck lid and right back fender were dinged out with hammer and dolly, body filler then blocked sanded.  The top and the passenger door received the same treatment with special attention paid to the gaps and fit at the door and deck lid. ...

The Mustang was complete with all the sheet metal parts except the hood so it was ordered from  Dynacorn and it came in a very large box on a pallet and I had to go into town to pick it up at the truck dock.  When the hood was installed I tried to close it and both hinges were rusted in the open position and the hood would not close even after soaking them with penetrating oil, they were removed and put in the vice and had to be hit with a hammer to get them to move. The right hinge came free but the left hinge broke one of the pins and will be replaced.    The door latches were installed so the doors and fender could be aligned at the body shop. The left front bumper support that had been straightened but hit the grill stone deflector as it was 2" higher than the right side so a new one was ordered.  When the S.S. gutters at the roof were removed there was rust damage on the left side that had to be repaired, all the seam sealer was dug out to check...

Started the mustang for the first time yesterday and it sounds really good.  The Borgenson power steering box and pump work 100% better than the stock ones. Headers fit with clearance around everything.  New hoses, fan shroud and all the wiring is repaired. I should have added a heater control valve as the hot water flows through the heater core all the time but that is the way it was stock. The new distributor is larger then stock due to the coil in the cap and required a street ell at the heater hose connection as the stock one was too tall. Lokar throttle and kick down cables are used to fit the Edelbrock manifold and carburetor.  The exhaust system started with a 2 1/2" pipe kit from Speedway Motors.  I bought a pipe bender from Harbor Freight to bend the smaller kicks needed.  The old shocks were installed and the rear end supported to make sure the proper of clearance.  Muffler's are Summit Racing and the drive shaft with new U...