“Adam is the UK’s leading Mustang Expert, highly recommended by the club and work out of a Mustang Disneyland with piles of spares, lines of parts cars, and treasures….”
Quentin Willson – Classic Car Magazine June 2015.
“Mustang Maniac in Ware has done a really cracking job detailing the engine, fitting new suspension, replacing both floors and now she’s solid, shiny and sweet driving.”
Quentin Willson – Classic Car Magazine June 2015.
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“Adam and the team, with a very special mention to Al, have had my car for a few weeks to carry out its annual inspection, MOT and to fix some jobs they had discussed with me last year. Having just collected it from them today (Fri 07/08/2015), it runs better now than it ever has thanks to the care, attention to detail and ‘other magic’ they know. As usual the whole process has been completely painless – it’s a great feeling to know that the people looking after my old car think as much of it as I do…so I have absolutely no worries leaving it in their capable hands. This time they completed all the jobs on my list as well as rectifying a few more that I never realised were an issue, thus saving me from future trouble. I would strongly recommend Adam and the Mustang Maniac team to anyone wanting proper experts to look after all their Mustang needs….then you can simply leave them to it in the knowledge they will always do what’s best for these lovely old cars”
GW – retired Ford Motor Company Director
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“Mustang Maniac are the font of all knowledge. Adam is always there with advice and parts I need. My one stop Mustang shop. The standard of workmanship from his team is unmatched in the trade”. 101% recommended.
http://onemanandhismustang.com
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‘Adam and his team cannot be more helpful, not only do they do what you ask to be done, they go be-yond and actually replace/repair or correct things that you would never know should be done. Always lend and ear, and get you out of tricky situations…I wouldn’t take my classic mustang anywhere else”!
Lance Barrington.
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“Wow! As soon as I arrived at Mustang Maniac I knew I my car was in the right place. The service was so efficient, professional and boy do Adam & the Team know their stuff! I couldn’t recommend a company more highly. I even drove away with a tear in my eye – and this time it wasn’t the exhaust fumes!”
Liv Davidson
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“Chaps, what a difference, a lovely drive back home and even floored it for a while which chucked 40 odd years of leaves and crap out of the vents. Great fun at last!
Thanks again for all your time and attention spent on the car you guys have done an amazing job.
Cheers.”
Jon O’Leary
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“The work that you guys at Mustang Maniacs have done on the car was phenomenal – differences you have made since you got it and did a couple of days work, Pulls and accelerates noticeably better – absolutely beautifully and even sounds better. The brakes also seem to work so much better and it handles and steers so so much better in the bends and straight – no more steering wobble or unnoticeable !!! Petrol consumption is also so much better – really very noticeable indeed.”
Adam Dabrowski.
“First of all thank you for your hospitality and the rubber aerial seal and the keyring. The drive home was an absolute pleasure. I enjoyed driving the car before, now I LOVE IT. You and Alan definitely worked your magic on the Stang. You have transformed it from a good car to a great car. I will be your life long loyal customer.”
Mitch Rustem
“Just a brief email to say thanks that I was made welcome on arrival and the effort for taking the time to show me around the workshop and meeting with the mechanic (Alan I think) who ran through the work and set up he carried out on my car, this felt a very personnel service indeed. This is testament to your knowledge and love of Mustangs and how you operate your business.
My Mustang felt so much more driveable with all the little tweaks done. The brakes felt so much sharper, I didn’t have to apply the regular 120lb of pressure to stop. The steering was much more tighter, it held the line on the motorway with no shaking at speed. The handling has improved threefold and actually goes where you steer now. I didn’t realise how poorly she handled until Mustang Maniac put it right. All the cosmetically components and upgrades have given me a huge smile. Absolutely love it.
Thanks again for making my Mustang a good drivable car. I will be back for the next upgrades and advice at some stage as a returning customer. A very happy Mustang owner.”
Paul P.
“Mustang Maniac done some suspension work on my 1966 Fastback in went in with the usual old car problems lots of noises and bangs and worsted of all lots of body roll, they fitted a new pair of front shocks and springs a new 1” shaw bar and they sorted some other jobs that needed doing, the car now looks great with its new shocks and springs and it is sitting right but best of all it’s driving like a completely different car to how it went in I’m really pleased with their service”
Kev Rushworth.
I have had a few orders from you now with many more to come and I would just like to say what a fantastic service you provide shipped on day of purchase received next day on every order 1st class the best
If only the Americans could take a leaf out of your book
Regards
Greig Duffill
Mustang Maniac 
I think the Fox body has grown on me more than the Mustang II.
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I never much cared for the Mustang II until I recently learned that the hot blonde from Charlie’s Angels drove white one with blue racing stripes (proper FIA racing colours for the USA) and now I like that car more.
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I could almost write a book on these lol
Interesting to read how the Mustang II and Fox are viewed ‘across the pond’. I can give a view from here in Canada.
The Mustang II is still held as a red-headed stepchild. It’s unfair to some extent. Folks forget the 71-73 Mustang had become a Clydesdale, and the 74-78 Mustang II was really a return to the roots, a small commuter car with a fun personality. But I think the public was somewhat shocked by it. The aura of the Mustang had grown and was built in part on Boss 302s and 429s, Cobra Jets and Mach 1s. Then in 1974, this pinto-derived car arrives and there wasn’t even a V8 available? Pontiac pushed the Super Duty 455 Trans Am out the door in 1974, you could still get a 360 V8 in the Dart Sport. Mustang II sold well (385k in 1974, about 1 million 75-78), but I think in the performance field, the little car suffered and the public was very disappointed. That lingers today, even though it’s certainly not hard to stuff a bored and stroked Windsor under the hood of one.
I guess there aren’t many Fox body Mustangs over there. They’re still very popular here. The 1979 Mustang was also well-received sales-wise. The Indy Pace Car version was really good-looking too. Granted, real performance didn’t return until the 1982 GT with the Holley 4-barrel-topped 302. But the car gained a great reputation from there.
Cheaper than Camaro and Firebird.
Lighter (in LX form, even lighter as a coupe vs a hatchback)
Factory horsepower gains (157 in 1982, 200 around 1985, then 225 by 1987)
But the aftermarket really made the car. From Ford Racing to just about everyone else, the support was (and remains) phenomenal.
Fox bodies are still plentiful. Fairly cheap to buy. And they run the gamut from 4 cylinder cars that get Coyotes swapped into, to low-mile originals.
I drove an 88 LX notchback, factory 5.0l/5 speed, in my youth. Put 408k kms on it, was going to restore it but project went off the rails. Almost 25 years after I tore that one apart, I got another. 1988 LX convertible, medium shadow blue/grey leather, mildly modded (converted from AOD to 5 speed, subframe connectors, 3.73 gears, flowmasters, 16” pony rims). In the year I’ve had it, I haven’t driven it yet (I left it with my dad to play with as I cruise a 1976 Grand Prix). They aren’t really very quick anymore, but to me the Fox sure is a lot of fun.
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