Author Archives: Mustang Maniac

About Mustang Maniac

A business dedicated to restoration of Classic Mustangs. We supply parts for all ages of Mustangs 1964 to present day, servicing, restoration and custom builds. Anything your Mustang needs, we can help.

Ford’s Rare “Launch Stock”

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

We mentioned in a previous post September 14, 2014 about the nice blue 64 1/2 convertible used by Ford Motor Company on their stand at the Goodwood Revival. So we decided to dedicate this post to a beautiful and important car recently entrusted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Service | Tagged 1964 1/2 D Code, company order, compression test, convertible, entrusted, Ford, Ford Motor Company Director, geometry, Goodwood 2014, Launch Stock, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Pagoda Green | 2 Comments

Questions & Answers

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

First of all we would like to apologise for no posts over the recent few weeks and we would like to thank our customers that have emailed us; Yes we are fine, Yes the blog is still here and will continue to be updated as normal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Customers' Cars, News, Parts | Tagged Blog, Coupe, filler, holiday, hood, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, road test, WebShop | 7 Comments

Shiny & Not So Shiny

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

The last two weeks we have posted about car shows and not to much of our own cars. So it’s back to normal this week to let you know what we have been up to. A couple of cars have … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, News | Tagged '66 Coupe, alfa red, fender, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, paint, pulleys, replacement door, Restoration, rust, trunk | Leave a comment

Revivals

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

Goodwood 2014 There are some things you can revive and some you can’t, which I will get onto a little later. But first we had a good trip to Goodwood’s Revival and some great cars and some good racing. We … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Repairs | Tagged 2105 Mustang, C4 gearbox, C4 Pump, customers, Earls Court, Goodwood, GT40, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, racing, Rowen Atkinson | Leave a comment

Buntingford 2014

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

Update 8th September 2014. Thanks to everybody who pointed out that its 2014 and not 2015. Well spotted, you can take your pick from the excuses. A) it was deliberate of course to make sure you were reading it, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bently, Buntingford, car show, Cobra, dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Jensen, Lagonda, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Oldsmobile, retro, Rolls Royce | Leave a comment

A Little Fun…

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

At long last we have managed to deliver some cars out and make space to get our project ’65 convertible back on the ramps we started a while ago. We have now fitted the new rear axle and springs with … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, News, Our Cars, Parts, Service | Tagged aircon service, axle, borgeson, brake conversion, Coupe, cowl, cowl replacement, engine detail, Granada, gulf stream aqua, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, painting, sound, springs | Leave a comment

We’re The Good Guys!

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

Recently, like the day before, we were asked if we could make a 5oth wedding anniversary that little bit special and provide a car to take them to their venue. Of course we thought 50th anniversary for the Mustang too, … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, News, Uncategorized | Tagged 50th anniversary, Coupe, good guys, metal work skills., Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Rolls Royce, rust, trunk, wedding, welding | Leave a comment

Problem Solving

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

Sometimes we have car that takes a little bit of time to work out what the actual root cause of a problem is and then sort it out. Sometimes we replace the part(s), we can fabricate a bespoke part or … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Photos | Tagged bare metal, Coupe, dippers, engine bay, fender, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, problem solving, racing, rust, tea, welding | Leave a comment

Photo Catch Ups

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

After last week’s post we have had a few calls to ask questions about the 2015 Mustang, some of course we could answer most we couldn’t, a lot of the questions were for the pictures we didn’t publish. Our promise … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Photos | Tagged Mustang, Mustang Maniac, onemanandhismustang.com, photography, rust, Silverstone, Wheeler Dealers | Leave a comment

New Mustang 2015

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Mustang Maniac

The ultimate day out! This week has been an exceptional week and we can’t wait to explain why; our good friends at Ford UK have given us an ultimate petrol head’s treat. In recent weeks and months we have been … Continue reading →