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Wouldn't it have been the bucking bronco cover? Probably in tan.

My '95 has a stock 351W (5.8L) and it feels pretty peppy, but my previous '83 had a 302 and it was kind of a slug. With the mods you have made on your engine, I would expect that you are exceeding 300 hp. I have a '69 Mustang convertible with a 302 that I have done similar mods to and, while I...

I've got a '95 5.8L but, if I had it to do over I would probably have bought a '96 if only for the OBD-2 on board computer. I had an '83 XLT with a carb and a 5.0L and it ran like a champ after 17 years and 177K miles. I really like the extra power the 5.8 L provides and the EFI. My '95 now...

So, I thought my '83 XLT and my present '95 XLT both had 32 gallon tanks. Am I wrong?

Nick, my '83 XLT was exactly the same color combination. What shade of blue is that. I am assuming the side panels are what Ford liked to call "Argent". BTW, I also added that tape stripe above the argent panel to pick the looks up a little. Mine had those big tripod trailer mirrors on it...

After my "foreign travel" for the Army in the late 60's (I was an infantryman), I served as a D.I. at Ft. Ord, CA. Your memories of your experience as a trainee had me smiling. We were actually trying to train you guys in lots of things like military discipline, basic rifle marksmanship, drill...

My '95 XLT had an intermittent problem with the cruise control when I bought it four years ago. I fiddled with fuses and that awful switch on the MC with no success. It was the servo that is under the hood on the driver's side right in front of the MC. It controls throttle position. They...

How did you do at Bakersfield? ETs and trap speeds?

My son has an H code SportsRoof and it's got a 9" rear end. Ford used the 8" for the 302 SB engines in '69 but went up to the 9" on anything larger.

Are you sure it's an 8"? The factory rear end with a 351W was a 9" in 1969. If the car is an H or M code from the factory, it's a 9".

Is the red Mustang the same car as the one missing the driver's door in the first picture? If so, wow!

There aren't many of us '69 Mustang convertible lovers around much anymore. I bought mine in 1998 from an elderly (probably younger then than I am now) lady in completely stock, unrestored form. The car was straight and only had 87K miles on it, but it looked like an old lady had owned it for...

I'm not a mechanic either, but I had a '74 Pinto Squire wagon that did the same thing. It would quit running in the middle of a drive and would have to sit for several hours before it would run again. At the time I was a busy junior manager and didn't have the time or interest to wrench on it...

My best friend for over 50 years is a guy I met in the Army in 1968. We realized we were going to the same university when we were inducted and have remained best pals ever since. He and I both graduated in the same year and went on to get MBA's. Our kids (his two daughters and my son and...

The VIN was stamped into the block behind the intake manifold on my '69 Mustang 302. Is that area covered by the EFI intake on a '92 version?

This all made me remember breaking in a cam in my '69 Mustang 302 convertible. I had a small business in a strip mall in a small industrial park. I was not in an automotive business but I had a roll up with a two car bay and I did work on my hobby in the evenings and on weekends. I have...

You are paying the price for cutting corners to try to save a buck. By inserting yourself into the warranty chain you have let MOOG off the hook. You should start with the installer. Years ago when I was in college I used to work in gas stations to earn pocket money. When doing a grease job...

My '95 was delivered from the factory with 265/75r15's per the door sticker but it had 31x10.50x15's on it when I bought it. They're virtually the same size. No speedo mods required. BTW, I bought my '83 new and it came from Ford with 31x10.50x15's. Take a look at the BFG's. They're pretty...

Probably because the guy only had red.

There's an old engineering adage about "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Is the 13 lb system a problem? Are there clear advantages to having a 16 lb system? Are you just fiddling around with your vehicle? Adding three pounds of pressure to an old cooling system is like taking an old man off...