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In desperate need of car advice

Josh Luth — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:43:33 +0000

Ok.. maybe not desperate, but I need help making a decision. The funny part is, I don’t know yet know that either decision is achievable. As some of you may know, I just bought a new van back in June, for my wife. She had been driving our Expedition and I was driving our old 1994 Plymouth Voyager (please refrain from jokes). Well, now I have the Expedition and am wanting to trade it in on something else. That something else is where I am having a problem.

The practical side of me says that I should be looking at buying a truck (for some reason a Ford truck is what I am hooked on). But the “not-quite-mid-life-crisis” side of me can’t help but REALLY WANT a new(er) Mustang.

Now I already own a ’65 Mustang, but I’ve got a craving for a more modern pony. Something of the GT caliber. But this is where the more practical side kicks back in and says, “You’ve already got your Mustang, it just needs some love, go and get a truck.”

My wife wants me to get a truck for a few reasons:

A truck can fit all of our family
It would be very nice to be able to haul stuff without borrowing.
Trucks are better suited to take camping (don’t want to take the new van)
Did I mention they can fit our family
…. I’m sure there’s more

I’ve heard, understand, and completely agree with a lot of these reasons, but I still can’t seem to shake this want that I have. So now I ask you, my valuable readers, for any and all advice you may have regarding this situation. If you were posed this same question: Truck or Mustang? What would you do?

Where’d my jaw go?

Josh Luth — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:02:15 +0000

Oh.. there it is on the floor.

Rumors have been circulating about a new Shelby coming out from Ford… well here it is:

Ain’t it beautiful. I gotta get me one of these…
Ford Motor Company – Featured Story – Go-Fast Mustang Fans Get Their Fix

Mustang project

Josh Luth — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 17:42:22 +0000

Well, I started diggin into my pony last night. I pulled out the spark plugs and loosened all the bolts holding the exhaust manifolds on. But I haven’t pulled those off yet. I just wanted to make sure the bolts will come off easily. During that process, I realized that I didn’t have new bolts to put my hedders on. So I went and checked the Summit website and found out that my Hedman Hedders were supposed to come with the bolts to mount the hedders to the heads, but they didn’t. I gave Summit a call. I must give their customer service an A+ because they are shipping out the bolts right away and I should have them tomorrow. I didn’t expect them to fix it that fast, but they did.

Anyway, things are progressing. If I remeber, I’ll snap some pictures of my progress and put them up. That’s it for now.

Mustang parts on the way

Josh Luth — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:25:47 +0000

As some of you may know, I own a ’65 Ford Mustang. I haven’t driven it in quite a while (over a year I think). Its been sitting in my garage waiting for me to tune it up, replace some parts, and let it out of the corral. Well the time is almost here and I am getting very excited. I just ordered up some parts yesterday from Summit Racing:

I’m actually quite pleased with Summit. I placed my order yesterday, only had to pay handling charges of $8.95 (free shipping), and they are scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. That is service.

So anyway.. I now have another project to get done. But I’m not complaining, I’ve been waiting to do this for a long time.