Welcome back the Average Guys Car Restoration.
I started this blog, many years ago. First it started out as just sharing some car information, like Parking Lot Spotlight, pic of cars I’d see parked and AutoFactoids – usually facts on a specific car and even did a serices that give the development of the different engines. You might still see these pop up from time to time.
But about 15 years ago I started recording some of the work I was doing as I restored my 1970 Mustang. You can still see those here on these pages (some of the videos have disappeared). I kept it going with work I did on my 1984 C4 Corvette and some work I did on my C6 Corvette. Then I went all out with the restoration of my 1973 Mustang – #ProjectSportsRoof (#ProjectSR73). It was tough in the beginning because YouTube was a not really thing yet and storing videos somewhere and retrieving them for display was not as smooth as it is today.
My naming conventions (at least for the last Mustang and now the Stingray) came about based on the car’s sub-model and my work in the USAF with the SR-71 Blackbird. The 1973 Mustang wasn’t a Mach I nor a fastback, it was technically called a SportRoof. The project started out as #ProjectSportsRoof but as I typed it over and over again, I toyed with shortening. I eventually realized that SR73 would be cool as it sounded a bit like SR71. Of course you when think about the SR71 you think of the Mach 3+ at which it could travel (actually it was closer to Mach 5) and everyone wants their muscle car to be fast!
As I was driving the Stingray home, I of course planned to record my work on it and need a name for the project. If you wanted the video for #ProjectSR76 you’ll know I decided just that day. You don’t need me too, but I’ll spell it out – SR is for Stingray and 76 is the year of the car.
That’s a little background.
Coming up next will be quick inspection of the undercarriage of #SR76.
Check back!!!
Tim
SR=Stingray
76 -1976
