She drives me crazy...

Sally, the Ford Mustang 1968

Finally we had a good test ride today. The weather was great and so was she. Now she's got really more power than before and sound's good, too.
The gears stay in position and no longer pop out, althoug the shift is a little hard now.
But she had to stay in the bodyshop for some more corrections. I hope I'll see her before the weekend so we can take a ride.

Retro Classics in Stuttgart

Here are some pictures of  my visit to the Retro Classic in Suttgart

This is not the end of the story

Fortunately we had a long summer so I had some days to go for a ride with Sally. Since I'm not a mechanic and I don't have lot compare options how such a car should beave, I didn't realize how imprecise the steering workes and I also didn't have a look underneath, but my technical expert did. And the list of defects is long with some really serious defects.
It's really sad how people play with your dreams and even with your life.

Finally the great musclecar in Konstanz found it's way home

Mustang Coupé 1968

Today was THE day. But it was really not as glorious as I expected this day to be. The morning was foggy and the streets where wet when I got the call from the shop that again something with the brake was not okay.
I didn't panic this time. It was just a thing I got used to and I some kind expected. There never was a thing that worked out in the first place. But more surprising was, just like half an hour later I got another call, it's okay now.
So I went to the shop to get all papers to get the car registered. After having it registered we did a test drive, because I was afraid the problems I had last time, could return. Fortunately this was not the case or unfortunately. How you want to see. But other things happend, that's why I had to leave the car in the shop today. But only for today. In the evening I picked it up so tomorrow's our first day together...

Ready to hit the road?!

Yesterday the car passed the TÜV inspection. So I could finally register and drive it on the streets... if it drives.
Last time I had some problems, but the shop owner said, the car worked without any complaints. Maybe the car was not warm enough. I wonder how they do the test drives.

The musclecar with a dying race engine

I thought this could be the first weekend with my muscle car "Sally". But her engine still dyes, when stopping at the lights or anywhere. And the worst thing is, it doesn't start immediately. I had to wait a couple of minutes to restart again. This was really a stressful test drive. I expected it different.
Isn't it the job of the shop to test drive and fix such things? I wonder how such a car could pass the TÜV.

Musclecar test drive weekend in Konstanz

Ford Mustang 1968

Yeah!!! Finally I get the car over the weekend for a testdrive. Although it is ready, it could not pass the final TÜV, because the inspector who checked the first time, was not present. But since it is ready now, I get it for the weekend.
Soooo, let's ride the pony!