A little sign (not a little sign really), has been put up on the yard’s new fence. This our new steel wall which we have been talking about recently to allow our customers and readers to be a part of if they want too, but more on that below. We have some exciting new stock for the new 2015+ mustangs too which are going on the WebShop as we post this. We kick off with the Park and Pic for this week which has been looked after by us for a number of years now.

Park & Pic:

A good customer of ours Irv Benton owns this weeks Park & Pic car. Irv’s car is a matching numbers “A” Code ’66 Coupe. How did Irv get this car? Well, he knew of the car years before he actually got it and he kept trying to by it from the owner who wasn’t having any of it. Eventually the owners son feel for Irv’s Chevy C10 truck, so a deal was made to swap the Chevy for the Mustang, and a bag of cash too. We think that was a good swap.

Irv is a well-known figure in Mustang circles being a Judge for the Damn Yankees as well as the area representative for the Mustang Owners Club of GB. Irv has completed an engine rebuild since he has had the car and some essential replacements, new heater box, new exhaust, alternator and wiring, LED gauge bulbs and new carb. Irv has resisted the temptation for upgrades and has tried to keep the car stock as much as possible.

The Yard:

We spoke about our new fence/wall which has been replaced in the yard. We also said that Adam had some plans for it too. Part one of his plan has come to life with a new sign, thanks to Linards for getting this done so quickly for us. the banner?

Yogi welcomed a break to emerge from his bear cave and got ready to put the sign up.

Adam was well pleased with his sign and so was Ellie.

As you can see there is plenty of room for your advertising additions! Let Adam know if you are interested, but there is a second part to this (we hope), which will look pretty amazing if we can get it done, so keep an eye out for that.

You will notice that on the Mustang Maniac Facebook page (click here) to use the new banner on the heading. We have also update the post link to make it easier to jump straight to the forum page too. Click here for the hyper link or cut and past the following into your browser; https://www.facebook.com/groups/1324326910911042/ to join us for a chat.

Customer Cars: 

We have had some photo’s sent into us from Marcus Bicknell, who is seen racing his ’71 Mustang. The car has a new livery after an up close and personal meeting with a wall at Silverstone. We think the car looks amazing in the colours and some great action photos too.

Do you have any action shots you would like to share with us? Send them to us and we will do our thing and get them on the blog for you to show the rest of the internet.

DeAgostini Shelby GT500 1:8th Model

Issues 64.

We hold our hands up, we got caught out as we didn’t complete the build for issue 64, thank Richard for letting us know, so here is the missing section. Completion of the part will see the cabin and the chassis being a single item. at long last.

From issue 63 there is the steering wheel that needs to be attached to the dash. take the steering column and ease it into place through the square hole in the fire wall. we undone a screw above the hole to make it easier to slide the column into place.

With the column in place press it up into the cavity making sure that the screw hole is in the middle of the location hole. Press the locating ring pegs into either side of the column and then screw into place.

With the column in place we will see how good and well you made the two pieces as they attach together. the end of the steering column will have the cog which sits on top of a toothed plate. Make sure the steering wheel is in the neutral position and the wheels are facing forward. Press the cog down into the chassis and locate the bottom of the interior cabin onto the four locating holes. Press the black steering box cover plate over the cog and plate and gently turn over to screw the cabin to the chassis with the screws.

The two parts are now together and the moving the WHEELS and not the steering wheel, the steering wheel should rotate each way. The steering wheel is NOT man enough to turn the wheels on its own. If you try it, the steering wheel will come of the column!

WebShop:

Adam is busy putting on some exciting new stock items for the new 2015+ EcoBoost Mustangs. We will have some before and after pics next week for you. If you want to see what those items are here is link to some of those items! Click here. We suspect there will be much more to follow.

Office:

Adam has asked to mention that there may be a delay in answering the phones next week, this is down to staff training!