Isn't this a cool shift knob?
http://www.cougarpartscatalog.com/g4spdknob.html
I wish I could afford it, but at 900 bucks, its a tad out of my price range.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Inspiration
The magazine Popular Hot Rodding is currently doing a project car on a white 1967 Cougar. Granted their car is in better shape, and they probably spent more on the motor than my whole project will cost, but it is inspiration. Above is the concept picture for their build. I have to admit, I had my car before I ever read about this particular article, but they happen to be going the same direction I am.
I am finding inspiration in the oddest places. I thought I would find inspiration in Ford/Mustang magazines. There is little mechanical difference between a 67 Mustang and a 67 Cougar. A Cougar has a 3" longer wheelbase, a little different rear suspension (longer leaf springs), and a longer unibody. Most other mechanical parts are shared between the two platforms, which drove my search to the aforementioned magazines. Oddly enough I was wrong. I am finding more inspiration from general hot rod magazines. It seems most Ford/Mustang magazines focus on either a concours perfect restoration (snore), high cost supercar-like builds (expensive), or Shelby clones (trite). They provide some good technical info, but they repeat the same type of features, which are somewhat entertaining, but provide little inspiration to the garage builder.
Lately the car magazines I read the most are:
Grassroots Motorsports (a long time fav, and probably the DIYer magazine out there)
Classic Motorsports
Popular Hot Rodding
Mustang and High Performance Fords (the best of the Ford bunch)
I haven't really started to take my car apart, but I did receive an offer of help from my brother. When I finish school this semester, I plan to start with the doors. Why the doors? They are easy to take off, they need a lot of work, I can get most of the parts I need for fairly cheap, and if the garage is too cold I can always drag them into the house. Hopefully the next post will some disassembly.
KP
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