I haven't seen a Bitchin Photos thread since I've been around. Admittedly, it hasn't been long so flame me for starting another one. 
I love this photo. A bit painful, but it's an awesome pic. 3am in Goshen, about halfway to the Bako bash in an untested car. Intermittent miss (brown wire I think) carb problems and charging system/alternator problems. Had MS been along he would have let me have both barrels. Fortunately RPM and Lt. Dan were kind enough to try and rescue me. Car fought us ever which way. Bob leaning over my winder, Lt. Dan on the shutter. Love this pic. 

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I showed you mine. Show me yours. 

there's a 351W advertised locally as out of an 89 Econoline. The video shows the lifter valley with bosses for the roller spider but flat tappet lifters. Possibly a roller block that's been rebuilt as a non? Or did Ford use some roller blocks for non roller applications? 

I keep my eye out pretty consistently for 351/5.8 short blocks and long blocks and that one (if true stats) sounds like a great find. You might bore scope it to be sure. But if it really is stock bore and low mileage, a roller motor, it is a pearl. Around here roller 5.8s are pretty rare and usually north of $750 and not one of the ones I've seen was low miles/original install. What's it worth? Around here it'd probably fetch $1000. Hard to say. 
The non roller 351 block in my fastback now displaces 422ci and it was a $200 short block. The NR 5.8 in my son's Bronco was already .030 over so I found a $100 high mileage NR 5.8 out of an F-150 that we built. It's now .030 over and running in the Bronco. The takeout .030 that seemed a lost cause cleaned up at .040 so it's going to get a 4" crank and some nice bits. Wish it were a roller.   

Yeah, I didn't know what to call the duck tail rear end. That is definitely a polarity feature. Love or hate, I doubt there is much in between. I do wonder if a mini duck tail treatment would be more aesthetically fitting for the '65 body. Maybe.  Again, buyer/builder's privilege but it might not sail at resale time. 

Let's say you sunk $40k plus into a build but did not bother much at all with some fairly easy things. Take the wheels/tires/stance for example. Does that make sense? Those have a huge effect on the car's appeal and don't add up to much money relative to the entire build. The style of wheel is probably not the issue, the front wheel/tire fitment in the wheel well is OK but those rears are a big miss as is the overall stance.  

I think stance is a huge factor in the overall appeal of the car. It just seems unfinished with the stickout and "hi jacker" rear end height. 

Very very nice car - wonder if it will sell. 

About as simple as it gets. Magna reverse eye springs, nothing else. (Yes, it now has a driveline and shocks. Basic KYB gas shocks.) Smokes 'em for days. Pulled up the other night and my across the street neighbor couple were doing yardwork and Megan called out "burnout?" So, I obliged her. Hardly takes any encouragement. Not sure the other neighbors are as supportive. 

Beautiful over restored/modified 1965 coupe for sale at $42,000. Not sure I'd go that high on a coupe but it has all the bells and whistles. I'm sure RPM would suggest removing the big rear sway bar but other than that, what do all y'all think? 
I have no connection on this thing but we all know it takes hundreds of hours and stacks of cash to get one to this beautifully finished stage. I'm thinking that she is well done.
However, the stance needs some work, the rear wheel stick out is an issue, the color is a bit of a wild card and some of the choices like body color engine bay, chrome battery cover, chrome engine bay hardware and 66 grille are a touch on the custom side. Lots of expensive bits including the digital dash and the Wilwood disc brakes on the front likely ran up the tally. While you undoubtedly would have a ton of money in a project like this, will it retain its value at sale? Was this professionally built for a wealthy farmer, it sat and now it's up for sale? 

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6sally6 wrote:

Install of the 1/2 leaf and new shocks will give the same results for waaaaay less than a hundred bux !
Jus Say'in 6sal6

I had a 68 Charger back in the day and it had the extra half leaf spring (maybe even two) and it never had wheel hop. That gem would do third gear burnouts where the speedo registered 70 at a complete standstill. 

Fortunately my fastback has no wheel hop. I can blow the tires off at most speeds. It has some vintage "Magna" brand reverse eye leafs on it that looked fairly spindly. (BTW Mustangs Plus in Stockton used to have those made here in Fresno at Betts Springs.) No bars etc. I thought I might have to do the half leaf trick but (knock on wood) so far, nothing but smoke. 

 

TKOPerformance wrote:

Yeah, but it causes me to read you like Cleetus the Slack Jawed Yokel from the Simpsons.  When we finally meet I'm going to be disappointed if you don't sound like him in real life

I doubt anyone who has ever met Mike/Sally has been disappointed. Dude has wit and joie de vivre. In his DNA.

From the interwebJoie de vivre Joie de vivre is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness. It "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do… And joie de vivre may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a Weltanschauung. Robert's Dictionnaire says "joie" is sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience, that is, involves one's whole being."

True74yamaha wrote:

I hear ya. I need to get my phone fixed so I can be on here more frequently and Im really wanting to go to a bash so badly. I really dont have anyone to talk to. Except the people on here, that is at least something and I am happy for it. I should move to Texas ans be closer to the main Group of people. Plus I dont like the winter it makes my body ache. And theres no food trucks here or taco restaurants or super good BBQ we have PAts BBQ which is tasty and good wood but I miss beef ribs.

The point that at least a couple of you missed is that this is a good place. This is a tech board. True74Yamaha would benefit from spending more time on this tech board. A term short for technical bulletin board. BBS is the category "bulletin board system" but the shared interest area is technical (Mustangs) so it's a tech board. And yes, while OT content isn't uncommon, the heart and soul of this place is for smart people like MS to share his technical wisdom or for really good fabricators to share their wisdom. So we can learn. 

Social media sites are different from this place. Those types of sites include but are not limited to TikTok, SnapChat, Instagram and to some degree FB. These sites reward content creators for popularity and while they do serve up some good content, they have devolved into serving massive amounts of corrosive content to people often ill prepared to handling it. If you look into it at all, those platforms use user data to skew the content served to them invasively and manipulatively. In general, as stated, it's super popular and widely accepted but deeply damaging. 

Tech boards - good.
Websites like www.mustangsteve.com - good
Social media like TikTok/Insta and similar - bad

 
 

Mochaman wrote:

The Vaseline trick sorta worked. \\\ Drove it by Buccees this morning on the way to work to fill up with ethanol free. Gas gauge is working again. 

Woohoo Mocha! Sounds like a victory. Or as Sal would say Vick tree. Awesome. 
Was yakkin' with RPM the other day and told him how bad your FB was when you bought it, the total strip down, the severe damage you discovered, the quarter panel replacement and tons of bodywork. He acted like he had no idea. Really? I know it and I've been to 2 Bashes, he's been to a bunch. Do you have a build thread we can all enjoy? Your car looks so darned good, love that color. Would dig reading the rest of the story. 
Peace!
 

And back to the title subject...

RV6 wrote:

Great group of guys attend the Bash, no matter where in the country it happens to be.
Get off social apps, work on your mustang and attend a bash. Your life will change for the better.

Nos681 wrote:

Go to a MustangSteve Bash, loneliness will be gone.
Your car doesn’t have to be perfect to go.

Amen Gary and Dan. 100% true. Plus, doing hard stuff is rewarding.
The concept of "don't get it perfect, just get it on the road" is absolutely key.
Do it. 
Get off yer arse. 

 

Rudi wrote:

rpm wrote:

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Bill Hickman may be cool, but he ain't 1936 Harley Knuckhead cool like Gene McDougal. 

 
Real cool picture of your Pop and the back in the day mandatory Camel.

Gene was pretty damn cool, no doubt. 6' tall, blue eyes and a calm, quiet demeanor - he was very popular with the ladies all through his life. And yes, Camel no filters added to his cool, unfortunately they subtracted from his years on earth. 

RPM, Bill Hickman was a wheelman extraordinaire but he also was a motorcyclist. From the web - Bill Hickman was already an established stuntman by the time The Wild One was being filmed and his expertise on motorcycles landed him work on the Stanley Kramer production. At some point during the project, Hickman was injured and was unable to continue. It is never clear whether he was hurt while filming a stunt for the movie, although one account (by the late Clyde Earl) had him taking a spill in a motorcycle race not connected with the film. However, Hickman is clearly shown in several of the publicity stills from The Wild One.

So, another thing Gene and Bill had in common. Bikes.