85ttop Svo "friendship Car" D/d And Running Project

[85ttops]

i installed my old set of ttops from my 82gl ttop mustang with new seals , bi-wing support and what do you think of the side dump exhaust , nice isnt it . thank you vince , it sounds awsome , striaght through , no cat , no muffler , beefy . behind he driversseat are a good set of mirrors that will be going on soon . new tweedy recovered wheel feels so nice in your hands , instead of looking good in a box

[85ttops]

chalky made a interesting discovery , the car has a adjustable fuel preasure regulator , to go with a water cooled turbo and the motor sport big valve head

[boardmaster]

Looking good Mikey, hope to see it at knott's in the spring. Jason

[85ttops]

it will be there ,already makin the plans . new girlfriend taking her vacation so she can come and hang out and meet everyone . shes a car buff , and likes fast cars , dads a mech and runs a shop not to far from me . the only way it wont be there is if im not there

[85ttops]

updated pics with a brief desciption of the processes that i went through to get her back to where she is today . i didnt take any pics during the freeze plug delema or tranny removal but i wish i had what a PITA

[Eyelawdoc]

Looks very NICE, Mike!!! A far cry from the sad state it was in when we gave it to you!

Hats off to you and Chalky for all your fine work!

[svobud]

holy cow! that thing was definitely saved from the brink of disaster! nice progress!

[85ttops]

holy cow! that thing was definitely saved from the brink of disaster! nice progress!

well thankyou bud , im glad you like it . it means alot to me, to hear you say that. if only you had seen it in person , you'd know know why it means alot to hear that from you .
it is a long term project for me , with limited funds availble to me at this time , damn unemployment 214.00 a week . i do what i can when i can , with the help of my friends and family it has came along way , both in distance and appearance . this car means more to me then anything ive ever owned or will ever own . i will charish this car forever . even if i fall on real hard times i will keep it forever , hopefully pass it down to my son when i pass from this world . the bond that was shown between friends that gave me this car is that of what family is made of if not stronger and i would kill if anyone ever tried to take it from me . there is no addiquite way for me to describe what it meant to me to be given such a gift by , for the most part , stangers or people that hardly know me . those same people are now "to me " family , closer to my heart then my own mother whom i havent spoken to in a long time . both pat and doc are like father figure for me , i only wish i lived closer to them , so i could spend more time with them . chalky is closer to me then my own brother , and i see my brother every week , but he is no comparison to chris . all those who contributed to the ttop car are now a big part of my family , for the most part more family then my actual blood relitives . i couldnt ask for a better extended family

[85ttops]

Looks very NICE, Mike!!! A far cry from the sad state it was in when we gave it to you!

Hats off to you and Chalky for all your fine work!

if it werent for you and the others who contributed to the cause i would have never been able to do any of this


from the bottom of my heart i thank you all

[MacToolsSVO]

Lookin good Mike

Do you need a passenger side marker light for her (notice the lens is gone on the one ya got)? I cant make any promises, but if you need one I wouldnt mind donating an extra that I believe I have - its not in great shape, but it'd do the trick. It is fantastic the way this club rallies around its members and I have also benefitted from others generosity and I believe in "paying it forward", hence my offer. I'll get up into the rafters tomorrow and see if I can follow through on my offer. I had planned on just sitting on it "in case someday"...but after following the story of the car since it was givin to you Id rather see it go to you

Take care, Happy New Year

Andy

[THESVOTRUST]

Lookin good Mike

Do you need a passenger side marker light for her (notice the lens is gone on the one ya got)? I cant make any promises, but if you need one I wouldnt mind donating an extra that I believe I have - its not in great shape, but it'd do the trick. It is fantastic the way this club rallies around its members and I have also benefitted from others generosity and I believe in "paying it forward", hence my offer. I'll get up into the rafters tomorrow and see if I can follow through on my offer. I had planned on just sitting on it "in case someday"...but after following the story of the car since it was givin to you Id rather see it go to you

Take care, Happy New Year

Andy

You must be feeling guilty for getting "subsidised NOS" prices for your car then selling them at cost !! I don't see any offer of amber inners going out!!

Haha You know I love you man!!
Mark

P.S. Truck is leaving for AZ on Sat !! (Let me guess too short notice)
Yeah yeah - it's January !! Always January. (Reunion Oct.)

[MacToolsSVO]

Yeah...ya know its true !!!

I wish I could go Mark...the semester starts in the morning - no freedom until April 28th BLAHHHHH

Kevins Klassics is taking some cars too...but Bobs not going


HAPPY NEW YEAR BROTHER!

[1low86svo]

mike the car was very sweet to see up close.

[chalkys_explorer]

Mike, can you take a photo of the rear floorpan where the t-top retianer straps go?? I want to make sure that mine, if it has them are in the right place.

BTW, for anyone that's curious, pic. 1 in post #9 show the 85 only A/c idler pulley!!!!

[85ttops]

and another session is planned for work to be done to the ttop soon , chalky and hopefully josh will be coming down to do a few things to it prior to the knotts show . hopefully after the problems are fixed we can make it all white again befor we make the run down south