The end of the week was made that bit special for us as a long project received a final push over the line and reached a massive milestone. With regards to the heading we obviously mean another Mach1 is fully restored and on the road after passing her nut and bolt restoration’s first MOT. Jacqui’s full ’69 restoration was driven to the MOT centre where it passed with flying colours. We have broken our own little protocol here by posting about the car, before it’s officially handed back over. We have a couple of outstanding finishing touches like refitting of the door cards and swapping over the steering wheel, but nothing major at all. Then Jacqui’s Mach1 is completely finished. So we thought it was OK to post a little earlier than normal.
Here the car is ready to go for the final road test and Paul took a great video of the occasion. We deliberately left the door cards off just in case we need to adjust anything in the door itself, such as rattles and squeaks etc. etc. Yogi takes the car out the yard and stops to make final adjustments to mirrors etc. We think it was more like the bear wanted more camera time from what we can tell! Just sayin’!
Roy & Jacqui turned up on Saturday after the good news and took a look at their little lady. Roy couldn’t wait to drive her around the yard for a little drive, and the smile says it all. To us that makes it all worth while.
Where’s were the sunglasses Roy???
The inside is once again a lovely place to be now;
Yogi has been busy adding the final touches under the hood – the stickers. The attention to detail with regards to the zinc fittings says it all, you don’t notice them straight away which means they are not out-of-place. But when you do you spot them, the wow factor is there. Gas of the aircon to keep cool in the current fine weather is also next on the shrinking small list of things to do, but when a car is this cool do you need gas?
But there is one sticker that you can’t buy from us, in effect it’s awarded and never just given; The Mustang Maniac Restoration Number. Discreet and out the way, but those who know, we mean really know about “restored” Mustangs, they will look for this ultimate seal of approval.
Soon Jacqui, really soon then she is all yours again.
More Enfield Pageant 2018
A huge thanks to Gábor Kiss who has sent us a link to his Google Drive cloud storage where we could take a look at his pictures he had taken of our cars on show. We were given the kind permission to use what we wanted, so we downloaded the lot! Super high-resolution and some great work here, we appreciate his time and effort to take the photos and allow us to use them.
If you have any photo’s you wish to send us please let us know and we will post them up for you.
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What an achievement for the Mach1. I have been following this little lady and can’t believe the transformation. Awesome extra pics of the pageant as well. 🙂
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Thanks, we are pleased how this little lady has turned out. Always great when we get sent photos of other cars too.
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I was very fortunate to be able to see the restoration of this lovely car at it happened each time I popped in to see the team at Mustang Maniac. What impressed me was the guys cared for this car like it was theirs. The are few places that have such respect and care for our old cars and have the skills, understanding and deep knowledge to always do what’s best for them. Great blog and great car!
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Thanks Boris. We care for the cars like you say and we appreciate that comes across to our customers. At the end of the day, we are proud to put our name on the cars we work on. 😀👍
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Another great car. I love the mint green metallic color and the exhaust rumble in the video.
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Thanks, the exhaust is a much more pleasant tone to drive, makes a nice contrast to the loud shouty requests we normally get.
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Reblogged this on Voices From The Garage and commented:
Another well done to you guys! Keep up the good work.
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Stunning car great work guys!!!!!
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Thanks, we are quite proud of this one as she has turned out better than we thought she would. Drives great, looks great and makes you feel great.
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Looks fantastic Roy, One day when I get my K code Gt Fastback 65 or 66 Mustang Maniac will be carrying out the work!!…. Adam doesn’t know that though!!!!
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Thanks for the heads up Ian. We know now!! 🤣
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That green looks mean!
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That colour really does suite the car.
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