1993 Ford Motorsport Nationals in Maple Grove PA – Was Your TWF There?
The large number of triple white feature cars present at the 1993 Ford Motorsport Nationals only recently came to my attention via the comments on a recent post. Ken (cobra2top) was kind enough to capture some of the images from his VHS recording of the event. Ken shared: They...
Achieving a balance with nature
I have a lot of respect for nature and our earth. I have written about preserving our earth for the future as well as responsible outdoor lighting. But, this isn’t about that at all. I took my son to a birthday party over the weekend on Saturday. It was...
92 Feature Car Literature Update
Ryan (Rare_92) scanned the Vitamin See article from the November 1992 issue of Mustang & Fords. I have updated my ’92 article page to include it. I previously just had a really bad picture of the article that I grabbed off of ebay. This is one issue I don’t...
Earth Hour, Kill-a-watt and electricity usage
Last night’s Earth Hour reminded me that I had wanted to write about electricity usage at my house and had already drafted this entry. It turned out that Earth Hour was not well observed in my neighborhood. It looked like every other night on my street. Our house was...
1990 7-up Registry helps spread the word about our Carlisle plans
Steve Cracknell from the 1990 7-up Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible site and registry was kind enough to post on his home page information about our plans for Carlisle and even included a link over to my Carlisle page. Steve has been very supportive of me in the past and...
Some t-shirts are now back on Cafepress
I’m getting back on the horse, so to speak. As discussed in the forums, it seems OK to proceed with my efforts to offer feature car related items. I thought about leaving Cafepress behind but I think they are still one of the best options in the print-on-demand space....
My “MINI” obsession
Go easy on me…I need to get something off my chest. Maybe it is just the time of year but I’m really starting to miss driving a fun car. My daily driver just isn’t doing it for me. Actually, my wife and I switched cars this winter since she...
Build Sheets Part III
From my original posts on my own build sheet as well as a comparison of two independently issued build sheets for the same car, You should remember that a ‘build sheet’ is a term Ford uses when referring to the document they can produce that contains the original options...
Registered for Carlisle
I have finally put my planning for Carlisle into full gear. I have been ramping up for this through the first two weeks of March. I registered my car and did the updates to this site to make the planning official. These things always take a little longer than...
My car turns 15 today!
The build date on my car is March 10 which makes for 15 years today. At the end of this month I will have owned it for 6 years. Wow, time flies. Over the past weekend, I started to think about getting it ready for the driving season. We...