This is both a very cool find and an interesting piece of Ford Motorsport parts history. Thanks to my friend Tom, I came to purchase this T-5 Transmission Installation Kit. Only the night before I got this I had mentioned to Tom that I was considering a manual transmission...

“O” is for outpost. We are almost there! The Carlisle Ford Nationals is just a few days away. I’m almost ready to go. Our tent is located at location “O” on the map. We are again off the beaten path. This time a little further off. I’m trying not...

During the recent site refresh, I took a look at which pages on this site get the most traffic. I wanted to make sure that I had all those top pages at the same addresses as they had been on the old site so I didn’t break any search...

My annual insurance renewal is in May of each year. As one should when owning a classic car, I have a collector car policy with an agreed value. The last time I reevaluated my agreed value was back in 2021. That was a fairly simple process – I called...

I had some feedback last year on my battery cables. The feedback was that the clamps were aligned wrong. Not as Ford intended. The cables should be parallel to the side of the battery and not angled as I had them. Honestly, the way I did it always seemed...

You may have noticed that the look of this site and some of the functionality has changed in the last couple of weeks. It is due to a process which I undertook to simplify the site and make it easier to maintain. This change occurred almost exactly 3 years...

The 18th annual gathering of limited edition Mustang LX 5.0 Convertibles is being planned for the 2022 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals held from May 31st to June 2nd, 2024 in Carlisle, PA. It’s time to register!...

The 17th annual gathering of limited edition Mustang LX 5.0 Convertibles is being planned for the 2023 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals held from June 2nd to June 4th, 2023 in Carlisle, PA. This article contains all the information you need. It’s time to register! Dates: June 2nd – June 4th, 2023...

The 2022 Carlisle Ford Nationals ended 10 days ago but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to document and share my experience. It wouldn’t be Carlisle without rain! Right? Except, the only rain we experienced was on the trip down. We hit heavy rain for the first hour...

The 16th annual gathering of limited edition Mustang LX 5.0 Convertibles is being planned for the 2022 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals held from June 3rd to June 5th, 2022 in Carlisle, PA. It’s time to register!...