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    1/11/2017 7:01 PM  #1

    HuskerStang
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    From: Fremont, NE
    Registered: 1/12/2017
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    Another New Member

    Wanted to introduce my car to the board! My Mustang is a 1965 with an inline 6 automatic. Found this site researching a Granada Swap on the web.

    Mustang fan and a novice wrench looking to learn how to work on my own car. Trying to do most of the work with my dad's help. Great father-son time. Figured I could avoid some pitfalls by reaching out to the members that have way more experience!

     

    1/11/2017 7:29 PM  #2

    rhutt
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    Re: Another New Member

    Welcome Aboard! I hope you find the guys her as friendly and welcoming as I did. I've only been a member for a couple days, but I already feel like I've made some great friends among the enthusiasts you'll find here..

    '66 GT Fastback, 302, Edelbrock top end, Sniper EFI, MSD, JBA Headers & Exhaust, T-5Z, Currie 3.55 Trac-Loc
     

    1/11/2017 7:51 PM  #3

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    As I always say, Husker, welcome to the best place on the web.  I think you'll be glad you came here.  As for avoiding pitfalls, well, maybe you shoulda bought a Kia.  LOl.  Just kidding, but you'll want to be careful or the WYAAIT bug will bite you.  Most of us have found that with any old car, you are really never "finished".  There always seems to be something else that just needs to be fixed, changed, added, or modified.  

    ​Throw you questions out there and there is usually someone here who knows the answer.

    ​Welcome again. Hope to meet you a the Bash some day.

    ​BB

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    1/11/2017 9:13 PM  #4

    lowercasesteve
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    Re: Another New Member

    HuskerStang wrote:

    Wanted to introduce my car to the board! My Mustang is a 1965 with an inline 6 automatic. Found this site researching a Granada Swap on the web.

    Mustang fan and a novice wrench looking to learn how to work on my own car. Trying to do most of the work with my dad's help. Great father-son time. Figured I could avoid some pitfalls by reaching out to the members that have way more experience!

    Welcome to the site!  It is a great place.  Save and use the URL for future reference.  It is as useful as a manual.
    I'll give you a short list of the things I use and the way I go about it.  The others  on this site will jump in too.

    Always ask questions if you do not know.  We are here to help!

    First things:
      Develop a strategy.  This the most important first step. - What do you want to do? Make the I6 your daily driver - V8 in the future? (why spend $ on an I6 thing when you are going to go V8) Driver?  Restomod? Racer (drag, road, both).
    Education - get some manuals -  A mustang Owner's Manual is a must.  Read it.  I have worn out two since I have been working on mine.  Get some catalogs.  I use Mustangs Plus, &NPD.  Most have the same parts.  Find a local Mustang place of some kind - One of the parts places or a Mustang repair place - These will provide great information help.
    Get a plan - What  order to do things:  Safety first -always - Brakes; steering; suspension - in that order.

    Finances - Make a budget.  How much money do you have to spend?  How much of your monthly income can you spend on the car.

    After that the sky is the limit.  The order of work begins to split into different directions.

    Remember two things
      The final goal will always be in flux.  Expect it.  How do you hit a moving target?  Lead it!
      Remember Mustang Steve's law of project work:
        The project will always cost twice as much and take twice as long as you planned!

    Enjoy your path.
     

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    1/11/2017 9:19 PM  #5

    Mochaman
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    HuskerStang welcome to the group. I lived in Nebraska for 5 years on my last USAF tour before retiring. We quickly moved to Texas and got out of those nasty Nebraska winters. Great deer hunting there.

     

    1/11/2017 9:30 PM  #6

    terry
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    Welcome Husker!!!

     

    1/11/2017 10:24 PM  #7

    50vert
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    At the risk of repeating myself ... welcome to the best place around. The more the merrier.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    1/11/2017 10:25 PM  #8

    6sally6
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    OH...........I get it........."Husker".....Nebraska.......duh!!
    Welcome new guy!
    Without a doubt the friendliest most knowledgeable group of fellas you can find on the web.
    Gonna need a pic though. Need to see what you blow all your time and money on.
    My Mustang started out as a father/son project too
    6sally6

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    1/11/2017 10:44 PM  #9

    almcgee
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    Welcome HuskerThang oops, I meant Stang.  Join us for the cruise this year to Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

    Mustang Steve Bash in Gruene, Texas September29-30, 2023
     

    1/12/2017 5:39 AM  #10

    SteveinNC
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    HuskerStang,
    Welcome to the forum! Can't wait to see pics of your stang.
    SteveinNC
     

     

    1/12/2017 8:18 AM  #11

    MS
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    Welcome aboard. I hope you enjoy the forum and find it helpful.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    1/12/2017 9:31 AM  #12

    josh-kebob
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    Welcome to the forum.............I was stationed at Offutt and really enjoyed NE. 
    As I recall, there was a Mustang restoration shop in south Omaha......owner's name was George, a retired Air Force dude.  Wonder if his place is still there......had plenty of cars and parts and helped me out plenty.

     

    1/12/2017 12:44 PM  #13

    TKOPerformance
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    lowercasesteve wrote:

    HuskerStang wrote:

    Wanted to introduce my car to the board! My Mustang is a 1965 with an inline 6 automatic. Found this site researching a Granada Swap on the web.

    Mustang fan and a novice wrench looking to learn how to work on my own car. Trying to do most of the work with my dad's help. Great father-son time. Figured I could avoid some pitfalls by reaching out to the members that have way more experience!

    Welcome to the site!  It is a great place.  Save and use the URL for future reference.  It is as useful as a manual.
    I'll give you a short list of the things I use and the way I go about it.  The others  on this site will jump in too.

    Always ask questions if you do not know.  We are here to help!

    First things:
      Develop a strategy.  This the most important first step. - What do you want to do? Make the I6 your daily driver - V8 in the future? (why spend $ on an I6 thing when you are going to go V8) Driver?  Restomod? Racer (drag, road, both).
    Education - get some manuals -  A mustang Owner's Manual is a must.  Read it.  I have worn out two since I have been working on mine.  Get some catalogs.  I use Mustangs Plus, &NPD.  Most have the same parts.  Find a local Mustang place of some kind - One of the parts places or a Mustang repair place - These will provide great information help.
    Get a plan - What  order to do things:  Safety first -always - Brakes; steering; suspension - in that order.

    Finances - Make a budget.  How much money do you have to spend?  How much of your monthly income can you spend on the car.

    After that the sky is the limit.  The order of work begins to split into different directions.

    Remember two things
      The final goal will always be in flux.  Expect it.  How do you hit a moving target?  Lead it!
      Remember Mustang Steve's law of project work:
        The project will always cost twice as much and take twice as long as you planned!

    Enjoy your path.
     

    Welcome, and carefully read this very, very good advice.  Can't think of anything to ad to it. 

     

    1/13/2017 3:31 PM  #14

    bearcat
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    welcome to the forum , here is the place for any questions

    65 coupe, 351w, c4, power disk brakes, power r&p, vintage air.
     

    1/13/2017 6:07 PM  #15

    Alan
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    Welcome aboard, I am about 120 miles straight south of you and I did the Granada swap also. Ask anything, somebody always has an answer.

    Last edited by Alan (1/13/2017 6:08 PM)

    67 Coupe, 5.0 EEC IV Fuel injected. T5, 3:70 rear
     

    10/28/2017 12:21 PM  #16

    HuskerStang
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    Well everyone, I had a 9-month delay in getting started on my car, but we are rolling now!

    Currently finishing up Granada swap on the 65 I6 .  Used the MS adaptor bushing. Upgraded to a power booster as well. This is a father-son project that's been late nights but great time with my dad. Learning a lot about my car and he is passing along his mechanical knowledge to me.

    We have updated the suspension, brake system is complete and about to be bled. Have the 14" with original hubcaps with the spinners.  Want to use these hubcaps on the 5-lug wheels.

    Just purchased a set of 5-lug wheels that came from a '67 Mustang. I assumed these would work because they were 15 x 4.5.

    Can anyone let me know if I just wasted $ buying these wheels?!!  And if I did, please advise me of alternative 14" Ford steel wheel so I can keep those hubcaps on the car! 

    Thanks

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    10/28/2017 2:07 PM  #17

    6sally6
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    Welllllllllllll.....if you're stuck on the spinner hub caps...looks like 14's are all that's available.......
    although....you can buy JUST the spinners (from Steves Mustang Parts or Mustangs Unlimited, etc.) and attach them to 15 " FoMoCo hub caps!!
    Looks like tire makers are slowly dis-continuing 14's AND 15's for that matter so the 14's may be hard to find in a few years. Certainly in the wider sizes.
    6s6

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    10/29/2017 7:58 AM  #18

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    Welcome You have found the best site for advice and information on the web. I was born in Tilden, Neb just Northwest of you 70 years ago.

     

    10/29/2017 8:30 AM  #19

    Don
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    Welcome again and remember if you ever come to a bash Mustang Steve buys everyone dinner.  

     

    10/30/2017 4:00 PM  #20

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    Welcome to the site and enjoy all the knowledge that is here for the asking.

    A bad day working on your mustang beats a good day at work anytime
     

    10/30/2017 4:53 PM  #21

    HuskerStang
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    I found 3-14" Granada wheels today! Looking like the original spinner hubcaps are gonna be staying on the '65 after all

    Having some brake light issues after I installed the power booster and it's new rod. Read that I should change the original brake light switch to a 67-69 switch that is for power brakes. Any other things I should be looking out for? 

    Thanks in advance for any advice offered!

    Oh-and I tried uploading a pic from my iPad but it doesn't seem to be working.  May have to do that from a computer

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    11/01/2017 5:22 PM  #22

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    Not just a 67-70 stoplight switch, but a POWER BRAKE stoplight switch.  It has a lighter spring and will activate with the lesser pedal effort required with your booster.  That will fix brake lights that do not come on with light pedal pressure.

    If your stoplights come on prematurely, that is usually caused by an incorrectly shaped booster shaft (where the switch interfaces) or interference with the steering column tube.

     

    Last edited by MS (11/01/2017 5:26 PM)

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

     

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