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The first time I took my mustang to a cruise night the president of the local mustang club ran across the parking lot to tell me my car didn’t...
Wow, I’d didn’t know they had gone up that much, I’d probably go with these https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mev-sms850v There’s a guy I...
Have you priced the springs at Napa? I paid about $60 Canadian for my Aerostar springs at the local Napa but that was about 10 years ago. I did...
A dad was shocked that I drove my kids to school in the Country Squire. That is exactly what it was built for! What did he think kids rode in in 1954?
I picked up 20 2x6’s in my wagon last month. An old lady told me my car was too pretty to haul lumber. it also makes a good tow truck when my...
It’s fall and forecasting snow Monday so the wagon is parked for winter upgrades, I ordered vintage air super cooler this morning! Thanks for all...
I needed a proportioning valve on my wagon when I changed from drum/drum to disk/drum. Without the proportioning valve the back brake locked up as...
Oh man, all my guy friends my age want vans and our wives won’t let us! I was so close to having a Toyota sienna daily driver a few years ago but...
I would try “turbo” mufflers. They usually have them on the shelf at the auto parts store for pretty cheap. I had Thrush Turbo mufflers behind a...
Thanks for all the great suggestions. The plan is to put the biggest vintage air under dash kit at the front and try to route some of the air to...
1954 Country Squire
this is almost exactly what I was planning except I’d like to route a vent to the back seat of my kids.
This is a great idea
Has anyone run a duct to the back seat for heat and/or AC? I’m installing vintage air in my ‘54 wagon this winter and it would be really nice to...
Show me your custom centre console please! I think my wagon needs a centre console, I need cup holder, some storage to take the place of the...
The Country Squire started with my Daughter being born and discovering her car seat didn’t fit in a mustang. I decided to sell the mustang and...
I bought a fox body as a parts car because I thought I needed the transmission for my convertible. It turned out I didn’t need anything from the...
Thank you! That makes so much sense, the windows feel like they go down too far, installing these brackets will be a big improvement :)
[ATTACH] I had these in a box of parts that came with my ‘54 Ford Country Squire, They have a rubber bumper on them and there are 4 identical...
We shot some video of the leaves yesterday, we’re still a week or two from peak colour here. [MEDIA]
Sounds like an intermittent fuel pressure problem to me, I’ve see where there is something in the tank that floats around and occasionally blocks...
I drive mine until they salt the roads, Last year I made it to Christmas Eve before I had to park it up for the winter.[ATTACH]
There are a few different mustang T5s The most common are foxbody from the 80’s The 4cylinder is less robust and has a smaller input shaft, th v8...
You’ve patted your car’s dash and told it “good job”
Bad gauge gets my vote
If you have oil filter photos in your phone [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When you know people by their car but don’t know their name. there’s probably 100 people in town who know me as the woody wagon guy but don’t...
Booster for a ‘93 Cobra Mustang fit very well in my ‘54 and cleared the Yblock valve cover.
My dad ordered a MonteCarlo new in 1979. When he went to pick it up it had a pinstripe and mag wheels on one side and no pinstripe and hubcaps on...
Apparently in the 80’s the line at the GM plant got out of sequence one day and they accidentally built a bunch of Chevy Celebritys and Pontiac...
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