With the Covid lockdown in place for the second time are being very conscientious of what we are working on in the workshops. So as such there is very little in the way of customer work going on at MM, but the WebShop has stepped up a gear with what it seems lots of those projects being worked on again. It was a similar scenario during the last lock down. Here we have last Monday’s post ready to for their collection. We will be asking you for your opinions on that a later in the post.

For Sale:

Mustang Maniac have been asked again to find a new owner for a customer’s car, this particular car was purchased for someone that just can’t come to terms with a classic car sitting in their garage. So as a Mustang Maniac customer we will endeavour to find them a new owner for the car.

This is a beautiful 1967 Ford Mustang automatic coupe that has had 2 owners in the UK from 2016, originally a san Jose built C code 289 V8, but the car was upgraded to a 351W by its first owner back in 1972. At the same time its original Lime Gold paint was changed for candy apple red but the original black interior remains. The car was imported by pilgrim sportscars from the dry-state of Nevada in late 2015 so the body is super clean and virtually rust free. While the paintwork is very good and show-worthy, its not perfect… But It is certainly a real head turner.

We took a video of the car when we drove to somewhere a little more pleasing on the eye.

The car has had a huge amount of money (£20k plus) spent – mainly on the drivetrain and suspension – over the past four years by previous owners and customers to turn it from an OK cruiser to a proper useable, reliable and fun car that is surprisingly good in the twisty bits as well as being more than capable of long-distance continental runs.

Upgrades fitted include (in no particular order):

We took a drive video on the way back to the yard.

£31.995 OVNO message 07980 746617 for more information or a viewing, or contact any of us at Mustang Maniac and we will be able to help you out with any question.

Resto Mod:

Yogi has been working on our Resto Mod Project again this week and we have some more pics of that for you.

The underside has started to get some attention as well, The fact that the bits you can’t see will be as good as the bits you can see.

WebShop

As we mentioned at the beginning of the post we had some packages to go out, here is that picture;

Thanks to all our customers who have supported us through these difficult times, we really appreciate it. We will continue to do our very best to keep the WebShop up and running although supplies are becoming difficult with the lockdown rules.

However, we had a complaint! Yep, this customer has now been awarded the honour of the “C” button as we were a little gobsmacked at their response.

Basically a new customer had ordered 6 small screws and and complained about the £4 postage and packaging. They sent us an email to ask if the P&P was correct and that they didn’t want to pay that much. We advised that is the cost of the postage and the packaging, but they could always come and pick it up if they wanted. They went on to ask why couldn’t ‘just put them in an envelope with a first class stamp on it, and take it to the post office’. We went on to explain that the post office was miles away, our time and fuel would outweigh the effort and cost of the parts.

The email then took a rather rapid downward spiral saying they are disappointed with our service etc. We did not send the parts and will not deal with this ‘customer’ again. We have given plenty of postage options such as couriers, standard mail, signed for to name a few, but nothing seems to make some people happy.

We’re confused to be honest with you. We would like to know if we were right or wrong.

Please vote with a thumbs up to agree with us, or a thumbs down to say that we should drop everything for a tiny order for an unknown customer on their say so.

Take care and above all, keep safe.