Dare I say.......Its done? With a few more pics

[67GTRag]

Probably not but its really close.
After purchasing the car more than 18 years ago we took it out for its first shake down run last night. We are about 15 miles from the shore of Lake Ontario. We were able to get a little late day sun and my 16 year old son took some pics. Made it there and back without any major issues. The 390 needs to go back to the engine builder Thurs morning to take care of a noisy lifter. Crossing my fingers that is all it needs and I can get some nice easy miles on her before the weather turns.
Thanks for checking it out
Jeff

 

[70 StangMan]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

They're never truly "done" but it sounds like your as close as it gets. :thu

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Congrats Jeff! Nothing more memorable than those first drives.

Car looks awesome.

 

[cmayna]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Nice car................for a Mustang art

 

[apollard]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Very nice. Glad to hear somebody on my same timetable finally made it! Congrats-

 

[nymustang]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Congratulations! That's a beautiful stang, I'm sure you had a great time!

 

[Sluggo]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Congrats! Lets see some more pics.

 

[Fast68back]

Dare I say.......Its done?

Congrats! Lets see some more pics.

+1

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Love the color. Looks Grrrrreeeeaaatttt.

 

[DougG69]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Big block + convertible = :thu

 

[Jonk67]

Re: Dare I say.......Its done?

Wow is all I can say, you really nailed the stance.
Jon

 

[FordDude]

Dare I say.......Its done?

Vintage Burgundy and a black top vert, it cannot get any better than that. :yah Oh but wait it does... big block and a manual trans. :wor
Yes yes more pics. :stu

fd

 

[GTchris]

That is a really nice looking car.

I would like to see more pics of this car too.

 

[classicdoug]

Looks great! Congratulations.

Doug

 

[67GTRag]

Thanks so much for the kind words.
What we thought was a bad lifter making the noise turned out to be an easier fix.(That's a first) One of the rockers just needed to be shimmed .0075 laterally to keep the push rod from hitting the intake. Now it sounds good. I took the day off Friday and have driven about 400 miles throughout the weekend! What a friggin blast. Still some tuning and wiring issues to work on but overall I'm really happy with how it drives. I wish it didn't take me so long to get to this point but now that we're here it is sweet. I'll try to get my sons to help me with a video to share.
Thanks again everyone.
Jeff

 

[Waffles]

Engine bay is BEAUTIFUL

 

[cmayna]

I want a vert now

 

[Sluggo]

WOW!

Very nice.