Thread: My Grandson's '66 Mustang Trip

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When I built my 57 Plymouth, I used an 833 Overdrive 4 speed and rebuilt the stock Inland shifter, used a stock clutch and a 57 Plymouth pedal assembly (additionally I also left it a manual steering/manual (disc) brake car. When I finally got it together and could drive it my first impression was it drove just like the new base Road Runners we sold at the Chrysler Dealership I was working at back in 68-69........I LOVED (and still do) driving it.

That being said my daily driver for several years up to that time had been my 351W, 4 speed overdrive 77 Mustang II. A lot tighter steering, the short throw sifter and light clutch it was a fun car, but an apples and oranges comparison.

Some may remember my thread where I un-built the mustang for the wife to drive.......traded out the Edelbrock heads for stock smoggers, changed over the 4 speed to a C4 and replaced the Posi rear for a 2.79 open. Basically I turned it back into the the Mustang II that everybody justifiably makes fun of. I am keeping my man card however as I only drive the boring POS from the driveway to the shop about once every 6 months to change oil (and I usually check the street to make sure nobody sees me).



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SUCCESS - - - - Grandson does NOT want to put auto tranny in Mustang. I took my Nissan Frontier and picked him up today. It was a total surprise when I offered to take him to the National Forest and let him learn to shift a manual in the floor. He did great after a couple of tries and then it was stop when you want to practise and drive until you get tired. Sure is nice to have access to those forest service roads with NO traffic. I think we met one truck and trailerl while he was behind the wheel. OH BTW, I did tell him that autos in a Mustang were for the ladies and he understood perfectly. Thanks for all the input Y'all.