And So it Begins

Most of you who know me, know that for as long as I can remember, I've wanted to buy, and rebuild an old car. In particular, a classic mustang. Now, after years of dreaming, I finally have the car, and am getting ready to begin the rebuilding process. Since the way I came into posession of this car is rather an interesting story, I might as well tell it.

I had been looking regularly on e-bay, craige's list, and other places to see if anything popped up. I had pretty much resigned myself to never finding a classic mustang that was within my price range, so I was thinking I'd maybe go for a late fox body, or something like that. About a week ago, I got on e-bay, and did my regular search. But this time it brought up an ad that I had somehow missed in all my previous searches. It was for a 77 mustang, located about 30 miles from my house, the bid was at 500 dollars. Then came the punch in the gut. There were only 13 minutes left on the auction. Immediately my mind started racing. I kept asking myself, How can I decide to buy a car in 10 minutes? I called up Peter, and we went over it, weighing the options. seconds tick away. Then Sam IMed me and I started talking to her about it. seconds tick away. Finally I said, I have to bid now, or I'm gonna lose it. I decided to bid 650 firm and see what happened. I clicked the "confirm bid button". *page reloading* my heart skipped a beat. with seven seconds left I was the highest bidder at 610.

Needless to say, I took the next 15 minutes trying to reconcile myself to what had just happened; or should I say just BARELY happened.

Now to all those nay sayers out there who despise the mustang II. :-) Yeah, I know you're out there. I'll just say this. The final result will speak for itself. the mustang II got a bad rap for some things that were it's fault, and some things that weren't. I admit, nothing can beat a '67 stang. But when I'm done with it, my77project will be a machine that will make it's more highly revered ancestors proud. :-)

So I promise that from now on I won't bore you with stories of my life and such. But I had to give you the background for what this blog is all about. I will be posting pictures of everything I do along the way in fixing it up. The next post will Lord willing be sat when I pick it up, and I will post pictures of everything in the car. I'll say this...That modest hood held some very impressive surprises.

And feel free to reply with suggestions, or ideas for anything if you feel so inclined.

God bless!