Posted on 05/15/2020 3:11:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A friend of mine has a red one like that.
Not as prim and polished.
Roadworthy last I heard.
When my Uncle Junior went off to Vietnam, he put a red 69 Boss Mustang up on blocks in Great Granddads barn.
I don’t know what ever became of that car.
Does any part of this sound familiar?
“When Steve took possession of the 1966 fastback Mustang it still only had 41,050 miles on it because no one had been successful in getting it running. “I replaced the fuel tank, carb, battery, and fluids; still it wouldn’t start,” said Steve. But then he found out why, telling us, “The reason goes way back to when the car was recovered from the brother that returned the car. It seems that out of anger he cut the fuel line to the fuel pump and taped up both ends.” That was it! A spite-filled sabotage job that would have taken two minutes to enact halted this A-Code fastback at 41,050 miles for well over three decades. “
Fishy
Troubleshooting checklist:
1. Is gas getting to carb
2. Is there a spark
I remember the first one which appeared in my home town. It was a white six cylinder 3 on the floor. It seems like it was $2350 but I could be wrong.
It was purchased by the owner of the local hamburger hangout.
I know a barn that’s hiding a 65 Mustang. My brother in law has it in his mom’s barn. He hasn’t even looked at it for 25 years.
My son lives there and took the cover off a while ago. Said it needs a pretty full restoration.
I know where a 1956 F-250 with a 292 V8 is located. Last time I saw it, it was up to 5,000 miles. It is a work truck owned by a very large Summer retreat.
It had been used to carry fire equipment for most of it’s life but was a welding truck last I knew.
The most surprising thing to me was the original tires were still on it. Looked almost new. It was always kept in a large garage/storage building.
“It seems that out of anger he cut the fuel line to the fuel pump and taped up both ends.” That was it! A spite-filled sabotage job that would have taken two minutes to enact halted this A-Code fastback at 41,050 miles for well over three decades. “
There must have been so pretty dumb people working on that car if they could not figure that one out for so long. Any one with any diagnostic ability would have figured that out very quickly.
Gas?
Spark?
Vroom,,,
.
Yup I used to
Work around cars.
It’s becoming a
Lost Art,Sadly.
I hope he kept the original engine block. The bad cylinder can easily be re-sleeved, and then the car is 100% matching numbers
So the guy down the street put a ping pong ball into the gas tank. No problem, until you were low on gas. The ball would cut off the fuel line, the engine would die, the ball then freed up and the car would start.
The owner of the car noticed the issue, but could never resolve it, though we saw that he was working on it a lot. Finally put the car up for sale and my neighbor got it at a decent price. He did have to pull the fuel tank to fix the problem though.
I agree - it doesn’t take an expert mechanic to understand that you have a fuel delivery problem if you can’t see/smell gas when the engine is cranked. My brother overhauled the engine in his Ford tractor which, when he was finished, would not start. Remembering one of my old mistakes, I checked and he had failed to install the small insulated washed under the points in the distributor. After installing the washer, the engine started immediately.
I’ve forgotten most of what I sort of knew and sometimes did.
Granted I was never a top of the line auto mechanic and I am good in some areas but lacking in others.
The latest case is the 65 Willys worn out steering box. I sent it off to be rebuilt. It looks like more of an art form and given the quality of aftermarket parts, I don’t know if I’d trust the box.
I’m glad there is a rebuilder crowd in AZ. The box goes out tomorrow.
The only thing holding it together originally was the column being bolted down.
It about fell apart when I got it on the vise.
The first few clips will give you an idea.
https://www.shutterstock.com/video/search?contributor=Tyson+Neil&sort=newest
We went and knocked on the door to inquire about the trucks...
"I don't want to talk about it."
We guessed it was a son that did not come back from 'Nam.
15 years later the the property was bulldozed, along with the 2 trucks.
A Church is there now.
Put a Steering box
On a ‘61 vw, back
When I was in Scottsdale!
Built Baja Bugs galore.
Loved ‘em.
Mostly I’m a wire guy
on Vehicles,
Mechanics love/hate me.
My Vehicles ain’t saying.
I had 2 of those in ‘76, both black. Both stolen. One right off of Ft Bragg in ‘79. I paid $1200 for each off a used car lot.
1968 Ford put 302’s in instead of 289’s. A 302 into a 66 would require motor mounts and much more. Really a silly thing to do.
The 289 was(is) a much groovier deal.
Weird article.
Yes I’ve had quite a few over the last 60 years.
It happened a lot.
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