I did just get a prescription for a wheelchair, so stay tunedMan.... I was hoping for video of you scooting around stores in a jazzy yelling "get outta my way!"
Much disappoint.
I did just get a prescription for a wheelchair, so stay tuned
You would back it out of the garage and then injure you back trying to turn it around in my driveway with no power steeringIt's not good to let the Mustang sit. LMK when you want me to run her a bit.
I’m not a big fan of driving other people’s cars. And this one, with all the significance attached to it for you? I would have a problem just looking at it!You would back it out of the garage and then injure you back trying to turn it around in my driveway with no power steering
My suggestion is that whatever you decide to do, if you have stories that are still fresh in your mind about your dad and the car...write them down, record your own voice while your telling the stories...just make sure to leave a tangible memory of them. When I was a kid, my dad used to tell me all his father's war stories from Libya (1911-17) and WWI (1915-18), and while I still have a vague recollection of them, he remembered so many details and little twists to the main theme that made them really interesting and kind of proved their authenticity. And yes, I'm that old. Now that he's gone so are all those details, people and events and I can't forgive myself for not have cared enough to preserve them, in spite having him in my life until he was well past 85, as his memory and mental acuity did not leave him until his 90s. I still have my uncle alive, but he's 80+ and lives across the pond, so...but I digressed and made it about me, sorry about that but you hit a nerve with your post and I had to share.Speaking of the mustang....
Something else im working.....This is one of those things im sharing with you because I feel like if I put it out there...I might be more motivated to get it done...
So I had this idea....I often go to car shows and see signs like this put in front of cars.....and I REALLY dislike these.
I mean just a whole bunch of "who gives a crap?"
I would never make one of these for my mustang....just seems so pretentious to anyone who knows about cars...and to those who don't...I cant imagine they would spend 5 seconds reading one of these.
I have taken my mustang to some car shows and I really enjoy talking to people about it.....but not that is a 67 fastback mustang, or maybe its worth xyz.....I will say that one of the best times I have had at a car show was a few years ago taking my mom to one...who is NOT a car person at all.....But as she looked at each car, she remembered...Oh, my sister had one of these in 68, and my friend had one of these...and it just produced many cool stories and memories....As in most American mass produced cars are not special....they made bazillions of them in factories that ran 24-7 by underpaid assembly line workers....they were about as special as the last Mcflurry you ordered from MacDonald's.....But, many of them have great stories as to why they are still here and not in a junkyard.
And that to me is what I really love about my mustang....I mean I love that its a 67 mustang and not a 76 pinto...but it has a story...actually many stories. Its been a part of my life and in many ways is has shaped my life. Its what first gave me my love of cars...taking an interest in it gave me this great way to bond with my dad....because of my interest, my dad spent alot of time working on cars with me and teaching me things.....anything we did with the mustang was a special kind of story....like my first home run in little league...I got taken out in the mustang to get ice cream for example....After he died and the car went to me....Working on the mustang was when I had the revelation that I didnt want to be a car mechanic and I had to find another career path...which lead me to engineering.....Becoming an engineer is what I feel ultimately gave me the tools I needed to complete this 30+ year long dream I had of restoring this car.
So how do I convey on one of those sign boards why I feel like this "Mcflurry" of a car is something more than a bunch of letters and numbers that most people could care less about? I thought about this....I suppose I could write a book about this story...but whose reading that? Especially at a car show....I guess I could make a picture album....which I see, and mostly they are pictures of the restoration...which is mildly interesting..it got me thinking, I dont have many pictures of this car before the mid 80s anyway....id have to make them....and then I got another idea..
I have stories, and pictures in my head....What if made a comic book? I feel like many of these stories are comical....Like my earliest memory of the mustang was when I was roughly 5 years old or so....My dad took my next door neighbor and me for a ride....we went down the street to the new cul de sac....he then decided to do a burnout...broke the driveshaft and we proceeded to walk home......Many years later when the car became mine and I was fixing it....I discovered that my dad half ass fixed the driveshaft...it was still REALLY bent...which destroyed the transmission mount and the pinion bearings....This made me wonder...Was my Dad a bit of a hack? Probably lol.
Anyway...so this is my idea....I started by writing ideas for pages....I have many so far, I figured I would just write ALL of them, then go back and pick the best ones....But in reality, its like a timelime of the car and my life. Now the major problem would of course be that I have 0.0 artist abilities. I certainly can't draw a comic that anyone would want to look at....but I had a few ideas on how to work around this.
Speaking of the mustang....
Something else im working.....This is one of those things im sharing with you because I feel like if I put it out there...I might be more motivated to get it done...
So I had this idea....I often go to car shows and see signs like this put in front of cars.....and I REALLY dislike these.
I mean just a whole bunch of "who gives a crap?"
I would never make one of these for my mustang....just seems so pretentious to anyone who knows about cars...and to those who don't...I cant imagine they would spend 5 seconds reading one of these.
I have taken my mustang to some car shows and I really enjoy talking to people about it.....but not that is a 67 fastback mustang, or maybe its worth xyz.....I will say that one of the best times I have had at a car show was a few years ago taking my mom to one...who is NOT a car person at all.....But as she looked at each car, she remembered...Oh, my sister had one of these in 68, and my friend had one of these...and it just produced many cool stories and memories....As in most American mass produced cars are not special....they made bazillions of them in factories that ran 24-7 by underpaid assembly line workers....they were about as special as the last Mcflurry you ordered from MacDonald's.....But, many of them have great stories as to why they are still here and not in a junkyard.
And that to me is what I really love about my mustang....I mean I love that its a 67 mustang and not a 76 pinto...but it has a story...actually many stories. Its been a part of my life and in many ways is has shaped my life. Its what first gave me my love of cars...taking an interest in it gave me this great way to bond with my dad....because of my interest, my dad spent alot of time working on cars with me and teaching me things.....anything we did with the mustang was a special kind of story....like my first home run in little league...I got taken out in the mustang to get ice cream for example....After he died and the car went to me....Working on the mustang was when I had the revelation that I didnt want to be a car mechanic and I had to find another career path...which lead me to engineering.....Becoming an engineer is what I feel ultimately gave me the tools I needed to complete this 30+ year long dream I had of restoring this car.
So how do I convey on one of those sign boards why I feel like this "Mcflurry" of a car is something more than a bunch of letters and numbers that most people could care less about? I thought about this....I suppose I could write a book about this story...but whose reading that? Especially at a car show....I guess I could make a picture album....which I see, and mostly they are pictures of the restoration...which is mildly interesting..it got me thinking, I dont have many pictures of this car before the mid 80s anyway....id have to make them....and then I got another idea..
I have stories, and pictures in my head....What if made a comic book? I feel like many of these stories are comical....Like my earliest memory of the mustang was when I was roughly 5 years old or so....My dad took my next door neighbor and me for a ride....we went down the street to the new cul de sac....he then decided to do a burnout...broke the driveshaft and we proceeded to walk home......Many years later when the car became mine and I was fixing it....I discovered that my dad half ass fixed the driveshaft...it was still REALLY bent...which destroyed the transmission mount and the pinion bearings....This made me wonder...Was my Dad a bit of a hack? Probably lol.
Anyway...so this is my idea....I started by writing ideas for pages....I have many so far, I figured I would just write ALL of them, then go back and pick the best ones....But in reality, its like a timelime of the car and my life. Now the major problem would of course be that I have 0.0 artist abilities. I certainly can't draw a comic that anyone would want to look at....but I had a few ideas on how to work around this.
Speaking of the mustang....
Something else im working.....This is one of those things im sharing with you because I feel like if I put it out there...I might be more motivated to get it done...
So I had this idea....I often go to car shows and see signs like this put in front of cars.....and I REALLY dislike these
I wonder how many people make those signs because they just get tired of the dumb questions and maybe the sign answers them.I mean just a whole bunch of "who gives a crap?"
i have seen this - great movie!That is a great idea and makes me think of the movie "Love the Beast", if you've never seen it. It's about Eric Bana and a group of his friends and how events in their lives relate back to his first car. Worth a watch.
Or worse...I wonder how many people make those signs because they just get tired of the dumb questions and maybe the sign answers them.
I joke about it, but completely serious that the completely stupid questions I would get owning mid-60's cars made me want to get rid of them. Couldn't go to a gas station without someone starting to talk to me and say something stupid like "Yeah I had one of those. Except it was a Chevy and not a Ford" and continue rambling while I'm trying to leave.
Speaking of the mustang....
Something else im working.....This is one of those things im sharing with you because I feel like if I put it out there...I might be more motivated to get it done...
So I had this idea....I often go to car shows and see signs like this put in front of cars.....and I REALLY dislike these.
I mean just a whole bunch of "who gives a crap?"
I would never make one of these for my mustang....just seems so pretentious to anyone who knows about cars...and to those who don't...I cant imagine they would spend 5 seconds reading one of these.
I have taken my mustang to some car shows and I really enjoy talking to people about it.....but not that is a 67 fastback mustang, or maybe its worth xyz.....I will say that one of the best times I have had at a car show was a few years ago taking my mom to one...who is NOT a car person at all.....But as she looked at each car, she remembered...Oh, my sister had one of these in 68, and my friend had one of these...and it just produced many cool stories and memories....As in most American mass produced cars are not special....they made bazillions of them in factories that ran 24-7 by underpaid assembly line workers....they were about as special as the last Mcflurry you ordered from MacDonald's.....But, many of them have great stories as to why they are still here and not in a junkyard.
And that to me is what I really love about my mustang....I mean I love that its a 67 mustang and not a 76 pinto...but it has a story...actually many stories. Its been a part of my life and in many ways is has shaped my life. Its what first gave me my love of cars...taking an interest in it gave me this great way to bond with my dad....because of my interest, my dad spent alot of time working on cars with me and teaching me things.....anything we did with the mustang was a special kind of story....like my first home run in little league...I got taken out in the mustang to get ice cream for example....After he died and the car went to me....Working on the mustang was when I had the revelation that I didnt want to be a car mechanic and I had to find another career path...which lead me to engineering.....Becoming an engineer is what I feel ultimately gave me the tools I needed to complete this 30+ year long dream I had of restoring this car.
So how do I convey on one of those sign boards why I feel like this "Mcflurry" of a car is something more than a bunch of letters and numbers that most people could care less about? I thought about this....I suppose I could write a book about this story...but whose reading that? Especially at a car show....I guess I could make a picture album....which I see, and mostly they are pictures of the restoration...which is mildly interesting..it got me thinking, I dont have many pictures of this car before the mid 80s anyway....id have to make them....and then I got another idea..
I have stories, and pictures in my head....What if made a comic book? I feel like many of these stories are comical....Like my earliest memory of the mustang was when I was roughly 5 years old or so....My dad took my next door neighbor and me for a ride....we went down the street to the new cul de sac....he then decided to do a burnout...broke the driveshaft and we proceeded to walk home......Many years later when the car became mine and I was fixing it....I discovered that my dad half ass fixed the driveshaft...it was still REALLY bent...which destroyed the transmission mount and the pinion bearings....This made me wonder...Was my Dad a bit of a hack? Probably lol.
Anyway...so this is my idea....I started by writing ideas for pages....I have many so far, I figured I would just write ALL of them, then go back and pick the best ones....But in reality, its like a timelime of the car and my life. Now the major problem would of course be that I have 0.0 artist abilities. I certainly can't draw a comic that anyone would want to look at....but I had a few ideas on how to work around this.