Anyone seen the advert for the build-your-own remote control car "Nitro Racer"? 60 issues at £5.99 (first one at £1.99)
makes a total cost of £355.40 - £5 more than my first car cost me!!
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I\'ve had a few enquiries about the progress on the \'69 Bullitt Mustang 351 fastback. While it may not interest everyone, it seems only courteous to respond on the forum and thank those concerned for their friendly interest.

So here goes. Click on by if it\'s no use to you.

We FedEx\'ed a front suspension kit in from Mustang Parts of Oklahoma. A great company with great girls on the phone who know exactly what you want (car-wise I must add). Front shocks, ball joints all that. Ferdie\'s guys down the road threw that lot in one afternoon for noticeable improvement. However, even though I know Mustangs and don\'t expect too much on the steering front, I\'m thinking the steering box is shot, so a rebuild of that is on the cards. I ordered new front pads but she doesn\'t need them yet.

The local muffler shop made up two new tailpipes, so now we have the right noises coming from the right places. V-8 lovers eat your heart out for that one....a rumble which reaches you right down there where you live....a truly religious experience.

Pulled down the Holley 4-bbl carb and blew that out, seems fine. Auto choke is a bit iffy but in this heat don\'t need it anyhow. Battery was the wrong one so bought a new Yuasa (they\'re the best).

Hoses, belts, rad and coolant seem A OK so left them alone. The a/c is the old Bendix compressor out of the ark and used on every US car in the 50\'s/60\'s, so I had a leak test and I got it refilled with Freon and so far so good. But these are really old stuff so it\'s a toss-up between a rebuild or a non-standard Nippon Denso. I live in the tropics, today it\'s 37 C so believe me good a/c is a must.

I did the magnet test and I can find some evidence of bondo, probably previous dings prior to repaint. However no evidence of welding anywhere and no sign of other than surface rust, nothing structural. Door closures are typical US, they close, but everything rattles in the process. Big heavy long doors on skimpy hinges I guess. definitely some drop there.

Rear lights are not working properly and we can\'t figure this out. These are the US ones where one stop light comes on and the other flashes when you make a turn (both red). No one cares about this in the Philippines mainly but the cops do hassle you on the tollways if you don\'t have good lights. I\'ve sent off for a wiring diagram and hopefully Ferdie can fix that up.

The instruments don\'t work at all. Doesn\'t seem that important so that can wait. Upholstery is OK but I will get it redone (my local guy does repair work for the BMW dealer so he\'ll do a good job).

There\'s a hole where the original radio/8-track used to be. I talked to the Mustang Owners\' Club and these seem to be as scarce as rocking horse droppings. Pity, some Doors/Hendrix w.h.y would set the whole thing off nicely.

Engine is sound as a nut. Whisper quiet, no smoke, hydraulic lifters etc These V-8\'s are utterly unbreakable anyway, in those days they were over-engineered because so many owners would pull \'em and do outlandish stuff with them so they could race on Sundays. The Trans is the standard Ford. C-4 or C-6? Not sure. It\'s built for trucks anyway. You can wind her up and drop her in D1 at the lights any time you like and she\'ll handle it. I can\'t get here the original Ford ATF made by Pennzoil and sold in every Walgreens (that\'s your Boots) in the US, but what\'s in there seems clean enough and she shifts fine. Diff oil was made never to be changed in the car\'s lifetime so that\'s off the list.

Oil and filter change done. 20w/50 dino oil natch. The best Valvoline that money can buy. She loved it, I can tell.

Wipers need work. Rainy season here starts in June. Sluggish and stuttery blades.

Goes like a rocket: has that incomparable V-8 feel where it gathers its (metaphorical) skirts disdainfully beside all these rice-boys, takes its time, then pours on a stream of endless torque and storms lazily ahead. Anything else on the road is rear view mirror material and it\'s hardly even working. Love it. And the way that air intake cover rocks independently of the hood at idle? Oh boy, I\'m Steve McQueen ready to race down Market St/SFO and do fishtails around Union Square.

Corners? Well, er, yes. Find the vanishing point (no pun for those who recall the movie), pour on the power and finger the crucifix hanging off the interior mirror while your past life flashes before you. But then that\'s why it\'s fun.

I have a few dress-up parts left over from olden days with my other Mustang (chrome valve covers, air filter etc) and I\'ve fitted those and given the engine compartment a good steam wash,

Can\'t wait for next Sunday at the drag strip on the old US Clark airbase. Sink a few beers then do some rock \'n roll down that taxi-way with all those little brown Filipina bunnies in skimpy tops and short shorts yelling their pretty little heads off.......







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I've located a site where the car that my wife wants is some £600 cheaper than the best cash price that I can get out of my local FIAT dealer.

What safeguards should I take before parting with my hard earned money? How do I know that I wont pay up and end up with nothing?

My mate's business buys all their cars over the net without any fuss but the company can't compete in this case. Has anyone else bought over the internet? Read more

Hi All

My 1979 Series 111 is fitted with Selectro hubs. need some spares for same but cannot find a dealer in the UK. Anyone know of one?

MM are you there?


Alyn Beattie

I'm sane, it's the rest of the world that's mad. Read more

Hi - anyone used these brokers recently? Are they reliable, etc?

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