Chuck's Garage
There is a lot of pre-planning to move a car that has not moved in several decades. This was my first concern and a source of great motivation to throw myself into the history and mechanics of a 55 year old car. As an amateur shade-tree mechanic I’ve performed oil changes, brake jobs, and minor repairs to the entire fleet vehicle’s I’ve ever owned. All the way up to rebuilding a V-8 boat engine with marginal success, so I am no stranger to mechanical theory. Just not as skilled as an undertaking such as this requires within the scope of a car restoration from top to bottom and front and back. Once we had decided we were all in on this car, I started absorbing as much information as possible on the car, its history and its systems. I bought a Hayne’s Mustang Restoration manual that outlines a full restoration in text and detailed photos, made even more perfect by their use of a 1965 Mustang Convertible as their project car. So here was a writ in perfect context to my own project...
