Category Archives: Restoration

A Proper Rub-Down

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

We are coming to the end of the year and we have now worked out the last opening time for the Mustang Maniac offices; they will be closed from midday 21st December until the 2nd January 2019. The good news … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Mustang Maniac, Parts, Restoration, Sales, Webshop | Tagged bespoke parts, brazing, Christmas, Cleveland, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Mustang Maniac Mods, New Year, old school, red oxide, seam sealer, spot welding, The Onion Mustang, welding, Windsor | 10 Comments

R & D?

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

The heading suggests this week that we are talking about Research and Development, however in this case it means Restored and Dangerous. So we start with a really serious note, in fact we were shocked to such a level that … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Classic Cars, Customers' Cars, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, Sales, Video, Webshop, YouTube | Tagged Adam, £10, £20, Christmas, Classic Cars, customers cars, dangerous restoration, Ford, Gift Vouchers, MOT, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, R & D, roller bearings, Shelby Drop, The Onion Mustang, Video, Yogi, YouTube | 10 Comments

SEMA 2018 – Part 4

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

This is the last post from the SEMA 2018 show in Las Vegas. Again a mixture of cars and in no particular order, apart from a batch of Mustangs first of course. Moving back inside to another hall; SEMA wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Car Shows, Classic Cars, Mustang Maniac, Photos, Restoration, SEMA, Travel | Tagged camouflage, Classic Cars, custom cars, Eleanor, Las Vegas, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, SEMA, SEMA 2018, Shelby, tactical, Yogi | 5 Comments

Last Call For A Flight To Vegas

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

Things have been a little busy this week with Adam making preparations for his annual ‘Business’ trip to SEMA 2108 and has been out of the office a fair bit. Although we give Adam plenty of grief over his ‘Business’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Mustang Maniac, Parts, Restoration, SEMA, Webshop | Tagged brake pipes, clone, dash pad, flights, Ford, hertz, Las Vegas, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, project, Scott Drake, SEMA, SEMA 2018, Shelby, Yogi | 5 Comments

Mood Lighting

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

In the yard something spooky was happening and only Adam knew about it. As it was getting dark a strange eerie glow descended into the entrance of the yard. This was not a pre run up to the Halloween festivities, … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, SEMA | Tagged customer cars, holiday, mood lighting, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Pro Street, Restoration, SEMA 2018 | 2 Comments

Shelby, Or Not A Shelby?

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

That is the question. Adam has bought a one-off, hand-built bespoke car. This car is something pretty special because it’s the prototype and the test car for the GT500. This car has 4.6L V8/ Manual five speed transmission with only 11,300 miles on … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Cars For Sale, Mustang Maniac, Our Cars, Repairs, Restoration, Sales, Webshop | Tagged Cars For Sale, classic car, Drake, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, prototype, Scott Drake, Shelby | 3 Comments

Complex & A Simple Swap

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

We decided to swap things around a little this week and we started pick up work again on the ‘Onion Mustang’. We work on this little lady when we have time as this is not a time critical build so … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, Sales, Webshop | Tagged bling, hood, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Onion Mustang, replacement parts, stainless steel, WebShop | 6 Comments

Got The Hump?

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

The pace has calmed down a little in the yard we are pleased to say, and we concentrating on the general servicing on the cars we have waiting for us. We have also been working on a pretty unique car … Continue reading →

Posted in Customers' Cars, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, Service, Webshop | Tagged '69 Mach1, classic car, Fathers Day, Gift Vouchers, Hump Hugger, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, Restoration, WebShop | 4 Comments

Bearing Down

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

Last week report on a pretty epic engine fail which has now been addressed and the car is back on the road again. To soften that shock to the system we have given pride of place for our Park & … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Car Shows, Customers' Cars, Park & Pic, Repairs, Restoration, Video | Tagged '69 convertible, 302ci, Black Jade, Classic Cars, Enfield Pageant, Ford Cylinder head casting codes, Ford Engineering Codes, Ford Technical Article, Mustang, Mustang Maniac, oil prime, wheel bearings | 9 Comments

Objects In The Rear View Mirror…

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Mustang Maniac

We have been busy the last couple of weeks with lots of cars ready to be picked up, once they were taken back to their rightful homes we could get a couple back in. So it was all about logistics … Continue reading →