MS, what do you recommend for this statement:
"AND THE BIGGIE FOR MUSTANGS - pedal adjusted too tight causing the bellhousing fingers to be overextended and bent the first time the pedal was depressed. There is a limit to the amount of travel that a diaphragm type pressure plate can take"    Would an 1/8" clearance (TO bearing to fingers) be too tight?   Or does it depend on 
whose pressure plate you're using?

markdtn wrote:

.  I looked into Bring a Trailer a little and I don't think this is their kind of car.  Everything looks shiny and polished.  This one is more like 'ol reliable-a little rough around the edges, but always there for you.

Submit it anyway.   Let them tell you if it's worthy of them.   
 

Texas! has it right.  I swapped the 160t ring gear for the 157t one, same flywheel, no problem.  Used the 
same starter, too.

Ok, makes sense.  I figured if they are on the same plane as the 'track' the car sits on,  shouldn't be a
deal.   I'm only 5'7".....-)

Sounds like an opportunity for a glove box mounting.    

I modified a T5 bell fork cover for the pusher style slave cylinder.

I would have thought the driveway would be last.   I wouldn't want to have heavy trucks and machinery
on it and they would have done a great job of packing down the dirt.

Is there any work that requires the oven, bathtub, or maybe the sink?   Now's the time.   Just sayin'..

That almost looks repairable.    Hydraulic press or bottle jack can be used to push out the pushed in part.
Unless there's a sharp crease that I don't see.    Nothing to lose.

I'm not sure what you can use as a baseline for 'improvement, or not' type of measurement; maybe gas mileage,
plug readings, I don't know but whatever you use, you can temporily block off the radiator to get the temp
to 195 and then use your measurements to see the difference.   Less messy than changing the thermostat, and
maybe changing back again.

Looking forward to a root cause.

If it's an oem sending unit, you might try to save it.   I managed to save one by soaking it overnight in 
Evaporust.   I used pipe cleaners in the tube and rinsed and soaked again.    Eventually it began to work
and register ohms.   It's in the car now and works great.