We have updated our WebShop header with an additional email that our our customers can use for “Support”. We have noticed that a couple of customer support questions have been inexplicably missed, apologies for the late responses. In order to prevent this going forward, we now have an dedicated “Support” email address which will be handled by Adam and our technicians. This isn’t a twenty four seven response service. However we will endeavor to get back to you as soon as we possibly can.
We do need to point out that this new email address is not going to be a ‘free for all’ support line for your; “I bought this part from ‘So & So Experts’ and it don’t fit, how can I do it”, type scenarios. The purpose for the new ‘Support’ email is for our customers to ask a question if the parts we supply will fit your car, or you need any additional parts to complete your project, maybe even the odd tip or two. Hopefully this will streamline our responses to help out where we can. We reserve the right to not respond to particular enquiries if we deem the new ‘Support’ email service is being abused.
Below left, the new WebShop header bar email links, and the email addresses on the right.
Technical Information
8.2 deck (289/302) SBF Versus the (351) 9.5 deck.
Two intakes we had sitting around for for few years were starting to oxidise and “powder up” so we decided to give them a bit of love and have them surface treated by Ash and Tony, the two magicians that electroplate all our parts.
These will now go back in the stores and maybe one day be used for future projects.
This is also a good opportunity to see the size difference between the two deck heights. As you can see, the 351 intake is almost 2 inches wider.
Our Cars
Also, this week, we also gave the Fairlane 500 some more love.
Now, this is a VERY presentable car in its own right, everyone here loves the Fairlane. However, some here felt the bumpers, which were just starting to pit, could do with replacing. Others thought it was a bit of overkill and not strictly necessary. There was nearly a bun fight in the tea room over it.
Adam has a bit of a soft spot for the Fairlane and decided to replace the bumpers. They turned up this week, and first impressions out of the box were that they looked good, had decent chrome and no sharp edges as so many modern reproduction bumpers do.
First, the rear bumper was replaced and this turned out to be a pleasantly painless task. It was loosely bolted into place in about ten minutes. Then, the art of getting it sat central and gapped equally to the bodywork began. To our surprise and delight, it was virtually perfect already, and a push here as a bolt was tightened there, resulted in a very good fit.
The front bumper fitment wasn’t so amicable. This was primarily down to the four bumper brackets already on the car and how the previous bumper was positioned. A couple of holes in the brackets had to be elongated, primed and painted but eventually that also went on and was loosely bolted in place. Final fitment took an acceptable amount of time to produce a virtually perfect fit.
Upon fitting the LED side lights and turn signals we took the time to address an issue that niggled us slightly. We always felt the side lights overpowered the turn signals in terms of brightness.
The original look left, way to bright. Updated on the below right, much clearer and safer.
While the car was on the ramps and all the wiring was accessible we took the time to alter the side light wiring to reduce their glare and let the turn signals show their amber colour through clearer. This should also make an intented turn more obvious to other road users, thus slightly safer.
Also, we noticed now that the only thing that let the car down slightly was the well-worn steering wheel. So this was temporarily removed and given some small repairs, primed and painted and then reinstalled.
When the job was all finished and pulled out in daylight it was agreed, even by the naysayers (myself included) that changing the bumpers was the right move and made more of a positive visual difference than the mind could imagine. There’s just something about good chrome!!
The old girl was then lovingly put away in her hidey-hole on trickle charge until the show season starts. We’ll look forward to seeing her again soon.
Stay Safe & Take Care!
Mustang Maniac 
