YOU’VE BEEN WARNED. Now you are going to have to figure out how to explain why there will be Shelby Mustang GT500 in your driveway to your significant other.
It’s not that often that I get out to a car swap meet. Here in Arizona you are in for a hot time…tempature-wise, do to the lack of shade. Car parts so hot you’ve got to have oven mitts to handle ’em. But the are still fun.
Down the street at the local drag strip they had one this weekend and I thought I’d pass on a few of the gems they had for sale. There was a bit of a car show there as well.
You could pick-up some ‘Field Fresh’ projects like this coupe:
“Trailer Not Include”read the sign
Love the rear window
The floors are solid.
$3500 and the cob web are no extra charge.
Or this Pick-Up:
You could also find some project that the owner just couldn’t finish…some with some very extensive ‘restoration damage’ like tons of bondo holding the fender together.
This Chevy wasn’t the worst, but it had a lot of bondo.
This Dodge pickup wasn’t horrible. It would make a nice starter project.
This Plymouth Barracuda was pretty stripped down.
I actually think the owner had a lot of the parts laying on the ground for sale separately.
This ’65 Chevy is has been lowered and that’s about all.
Lot work left on this project.
Some cars did find new homes:
This Dodge found a new home.
This Imperial looks like it’s going to its new garage under its own power.
I love this car!!!!
Going to need some interior work. This one sported the push button shifting.
I have a National Motor Museum Mint die-cast car to give away. It is the 10 millionth car Ford produced. It was 1924 and the 1924 Model T Touring Car was the car of choice.
When new, the “real” car would cost between $295 and $380. There were 773,102 produced and it was powered by the L-4. With 176.7 cubic inches displaced it muscled out 20 Horse power.
In the original box and with Certificate and "baseball" card
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The 2015 Mustang reveal is getting closer and there’s been a lot of hype from the Mustang community about the new model! J. Mays, Ford’s Creative Chief Officer, previously said the new gen model will be less retro and way more modern as to move the Mustang name forward. That has people creating their own renderings of what they think it will look like.
What we do know about the 2015 Mustang so far? Well, it will be smaller, lighter, feature independent rear suspension, and will be offered globally. An Ecoboost has been everything but confirmed.
Check out the Mustang concept that Popular Hot Rodding magazine drew up! These renderings are what they believe the new Mustang model will look like. In my opinion, the red drawing looks more like a squished Bugatti than a Ford Mustang, and definitely very futuristic. Also, the silver concept has more of a Mustang feel with the front and rear end and I can dig it. Definitely cool drawings and concepts, but is this where the new Mustang could be headed?
Well I’m beginning to think that my local grocery store is really a car show 7 days a week!!!
Case in point is this ’39 Ford coupe I saw over the weekend.
Great Hub Caps, Great Paint.
You’ve got to love that split rear window.
Pretty stout looking tail pipes.
Besides the tail pipes I’m liking the chevron tail lights.
1939 brought hydraulic brakes to the Fords for that year. Ford produced 487,031 cars that year, coming in second to Chevy.
Love the rolling fenders and the dog dish hup caps with the V8 log pressed into the centers.
Love the grill and the V8 and Ford badges.
You can't tell from my 'most excellent' photos, but there is a huge difference in the width of the rear vs. the front.
The V8 engine was the Flathead, which was originally developed in 1932. For 1939 the flathead was the V8-91A, compression increased to 6.15:1, power rose to 90 hp.
Ok, so one engine plant is located in Canada and the other Ohio. What else is different?
The 351 Windsor (biggest displacement of the Windsor family – which included the 289 and 302) had a beefier block than the Cleveland, which in theory allowed for more abuse and longer life-span.
The Windsor also came first in the history being used from 1969 to 1998.
The Cleveland was used from 1970 to 1974 (much, much shorter run), with 1971 bringing 351 C Cobra Jet.
Unlike the Windsor the Cleveland had canted multi-grooved valves. It also required larger rounded intake and exhaust ports.
There is another major difference and that was how the engined were cooled. No we aren’t talking water vs. air (these weren’t VW engines) we are talking about water flow.
Like the 289 and 302 the 351W used a front cover and water existed the intake manifold face of the cylinder head through intake manifold to the radiator. The 351C don’t have the front cover. The block is extended and the covered with a flat stamping. Water existed the combustion face of the head and into the block and then to the radiator. This is important to note, particularly for me. Why:
The Cleveland and Windsor heads are interchangeable only with modifications to the water passage. I currently have a set of 351C Cobra Jet heads to put on my Windsor family 302. I’ll have to have those mods done when I have the heads rebuilt.
Not the same location as the 302 Windsor.
There you have the basic differences between the Cleveland and Windsor families.
