Dates: June 3-5, 2011 Location: Carlisle All-Ford Nationals, Carlisle, PA Cars: 1990 Emerald Green "7up" LX 5.0 Convertible, 1992 Vibrant Red LX 5.0 Convertible, 1993 Vibrant White LX 5.0 Convertible, 1993 Canary Yellow LX 5.0 Convertible The fifth annual gathering of Mustang LX 5.0 Convertibles is being planned...

We have considered dropping cable at times over the last couple of years especially after we established a Netflix account last year at this time. The 11 days we spent without cable due to the October 2011 snow storm was pretty much enough to convince us that we could...

…is the sincerest form of flattery. I read Jalopnik pretty much daily. I usually don’t check out the “nice price or crack pipe” set of articles but the one on the 1987 ASC McLaren caught my eye enough that I clicked throughto ebay to see more about the car. You...

In a way it pains me to do this. This may seem like an anti-Lotus Notes thing but it is not. I think Lotus Notes is very valuable when used in the right situations. For a long, long time I have Lotus Notes as my email client. I never...

At the latest show that I attended I happened to glance in the trunk of a fellow fox body owner. With the show being at Mustangs Unlimited it is not uncommon for attendees to use the trip to pick up some parts. Though, the parts purchase in this trunk caught my...

Mike P. gave me a heads up on the Carlisle coverage in the most recent issue of 5.0 Mustangs and Super Fords. I picked up an issue on my way home from a Mustang show today. With  little digital zooming one can see our tent and a few of...

Just today I finished a big project which was an attempt to assemble every part number for the unique parts that make a feature car different from a standard Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible. I did this by browsing a Mustang parts database. This included interior and exterior parts. I...

A while back I asked in the forums how hard it was to swap a faceplate on a 1993 Mustang CD stereo. Around the time, I had purchased an NOS faceplate just to have it in case I find a stereo that is working but has a worn faceplate....

I was checking out the Mustangs Unlimited Web Site. I usually hit one of the three or four shows that they have a year. On their home page, they have a photo from one of the cars shows that they have hosted.  The picture they picked is not the ubiquitous car show...

As part of the wrap-up of Carlisle, the thank you message I received from the person who does club coordination included the list of clubs and the number of attendees for each. It seems wrong to share it all, so here are some interesting facts about the clubs at...