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This is my 1984 1/2 Anniversary Edition Mustang.  I purchased this car in 1989 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia .  The car was not running when I bought it from a local auto auction, but I was working at an auto parts store...  So never fear numerous spare parts were near.

The diagnosis was a potential cracked block due to all the freeze plugs no longer being in the block.  I then decided for a new motor.  I purchased a stock short block, added 1970's 351W heads, and Edelbrock intake, a Crane cam, a 750 CFM Holley and best of all NOS.  The car ran 14.20's @ 99 MPH without the laughinggas and 13.19 @ 115 MPH on the juice.  I'm on my third transmission and second clutch.  Yet the puny 7.5 inch rear end with 3.08 gears still lives...good thing I don't get any traction!  The car currently has 120,000+ miles (mostly 1/4 mile at a time) on it and is hardly driven.

Other upgrades:


History of Updates to my car

8/14/04  Well its been a long time since an update so here's a page of the Mustang through the paint process.  Enjoy!  I've also upgraded to a Holley Street Dominator single plane intake and installed a new Nitrous system by NOS.

2/17/02  I have the rear end back from getting the 4.10 gears installed and now I've begun the task of adding rear disk brakes .  Come see some how I'm doing this and some important lessons I've learned.

1/12/02  I thought I had a bad starter so I purchased a mini starter off of ebay.  Once I began installation I discovered a bad cable but I've now installed the mini.  The header had to be disconnected from the engine and the engine jacked up for installation but all is back together and working well.  No pics as this wasn't a glamorous upgrade.

1/9/02  Page 2 of hide the wires is now up with more progress being made.  I also dropped the  8.8" rear axle off at Walsh Motorsports to have the 4.10 gears installed.  So soon I'll have a page with my near rear axle installation.

12/21/01    I've been busy adding things to the car during my holiday, some of which have been on the shelf for a year or so.  I've installed the sub frame connectors(new), Ebiach Rear Lowering Springs(Ebay), Competition Engineering 3-way adjustable rear shocks(ebay), Moroso Front Trick Drag Springs(ebay) (3.5 coils removed), 3" wheel studs on the front rotors(new) and some Lakewood 70/30 front struts(ebay).

11/23/01  Check out my hide the wires project here and Page 2.

11/01/01  Big tires....see the new rear treads here.  Also added is front skinnies!

11/1/01  Hey look at my one wire alternator .

9/9/01  I strike gold and find an aluminum rear bumper ...See it here!

8/20/01  While continuing to tear up the Mustang in preparation for paint, I decided to add a fiberglass front bumper from a new model to reduce weight.   See here .

6/1/00  Well I found a great fiberglass hood and since it was black I decided I couldn't just paint the hood so I'm prepping the whole car for paint.  See some pics here.
 
1/29/00  All the new components are now on the car and its once again running...but since its now winter it will just sit in the driveway waiting for a nice warm spring day.

9/3/99  The car developed a water leak and I believe it was the water pump gasket.  So I've torn it down and ordered lots of goodies to put it back together with.  These include a stewart waterpump, a new timing chain/gears, a flex fan to replace the thermostatic fan, underdrive pullies and a smog pump eliminator pulley.

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