What have you done to your mustang today?

[cavero]

damn, I'm old. i remember when a windshield was $100

It was $100 to replace the windshield on my 1st car back in '01, but I supplied the windshield (also $100, from a junkyard)

Don't think $300 is too bad for 25 yrs later (damn now I feel old too ) considering how much everythings gone up last couple years

 

[Miker]

The windshield itself was around 175. Labor was 150. Funny thing is I have owned 30 plus cars and trucks and it is the first time I have ever bought a new windshield. I am thinking of replacing the one in my 2004 F150 now seeing how nice a new windshield is. Here is the list of cars in order starting in 1973. I have never bought a new car.

1967 gto
1966 charger
1968 chevelle ss
1956 willeys jeep pickup 4x4
1967 chevy pickup
1968 bug
1972 celica st
1973 opal kadet rally
1967 mustang fastback
1968 bug
1965 mustang
1967 camaro
1967 datsun roadster 2000
1967 chevelle ss
1967 bug
1966 datsun roadster 1600
1966 tempest
1966 el camino
1965 impalla
1972 chevy pickup 4x4
1975 280z
1966 dodge van
1966 dodge a100 van
1983 280Z
1980 442
1989 marquis
1979 nissan 810
1991 chevy beauville van
1989 toyota supra
1991 nissan 4x4 se
1996 GMC pickup 4x4
2004 ford pickup 4x4
2002 Mustang Gt
2005 Mustang Roush Stage 1

 

[JC SSP]

You have several classic and collectible cars on that list. Nice!

 

[Forty61]

The windshield itself was around 175. Labor was 150. Funny thing is I have owned 30 plus cars and trucks and it is the first time I have ever bought a new windshield. I am thinking of replacing the one in my 2004 F150 now seeing how nice a new windshield is. Here is the list of cars in order starting in 1973. I have never bought a new car.

1967 gto
1966 charger
1968 chevelle ss
1956 willeys jeep pickup 4x4
1967 chevy pickup
1968 bug
1972 celica st
1973 opal kadet rally
1967 mustang fastback
1968 bug
1965 mustang
1967 camaro
1967 datsun roadster 2000
1967 chevelle ss
1967 bug
1966 datsun roadster 1600
1966 tempest
1966 el camino
1965 impalla
1972 chevy pickup 4x4
1975 280z
1966 dodge van
1966 dodge a100 van
1983 280Z
1980 442
1989 marquis
1979 nissan 810
1991 chevy beauville van
1989 toyota supra
1991 nissan 4x4 se
1996 GMC pickup 4x4
2004 ford pickup 4x4
2002 Mustang Gt
2005 Mustang Roush Stage 1

Hell of a list!

I've owned 16 cars at last count and I've only had to put a windshield in my current car, my WRX I did actually buy new. 6 months into owning it. $500 for the glass, labor and the safety calibration for the sensors.. I was livid.

 

[Miker]

Hell of a list!

I've owned 16 cars at last count and I've only had to put a windshield in my current car, my WRX I did actually buy new. 6 months into owning it. $500 for the glass, labor and the safety calibration for the sensors.. I was livid.

Thanks I grew up in the best of times. The prices I paid for those cars....
As an example I paid 700 for the 67 Mustang Fastback. It was a dark moss green 4 speed with a HiPo 289. Manual steering, fold down rear seat, full console. I traded it to a good friend for the 68 bug. Doh!

 

[brasil]

67 DMG Mustang Fastback.. Manual Transmission.. K Code

traded with a 68 BUG ?? OMG...

 

[Badd GT]

It was $100 to replace the windshield on my 1st car back in '01, but I supplied the windshield (also $100, from a junkyard)

Don't think $300 is too bad for 25 yrs later (damn now I feel old too ) considering how much everythings gone up last couple years

1970 Cutlass windshield turn key installed in 1982-83 timeframe Gaithersburg Md. $100 bucks and it had antenna inside the glass! Lol

 

[MrBhp]

damn, I'm old. i remember when a windshield was $100

Why, I remember when we had to walk 27 miles uphill, in the snow, both directions, just to LOOK at a windshield.

 

[Racer45]

-Well I swapped my wheels.
-Adjusted my sway bars
-changed my serpentine belt
-replaced my broken left turn signal bulb after 6 months lol
-picked up some octane boosters
-thanked Lito for his services (yesterday)
-order some 4.10s (yesterday)
-debated ordering and switching from my ford racing k springs for some H&R race springs. But learned my bilsteins may not handle that damping @ those springs rates but I may just send it anyway for the time being

Just trying to prepare the car for a 4.5hr road trip this Friday night to compete in my local autox championship for the weekend and yeah…Think that’s about it

Oh and I ordered new front rotors (yesterday) cause mine are starting to crack and are getting pretty worn down after only a year or use

 

[diambo4life]

I wish I knew this thread existed. I have documented my build process here for my car. This weekend, I installed an AEM 3.5 bar map sensor so I can datalog it in HP Tuners. My fuel pressure sensor from Lodoller is in the mail so I will do that tonight after its arrival.

 

[golkhl]

Washed it!

 

[Forty61]

Washed it!

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Man I still love that green.. makes me miss my Bullitt!

 

[MrBhp]

So guys, about windshields. Where do you get good glass for a classic car? I was sitting in my old '70 vert looking thru the old glass thinking I should replace it. I've been looking thru that old windshield since I was 16. That would be 2015. Ha! Actually 1977. Man I've seen a lot of life thru that glass.
I've replaced several windshields in the last 20 years. The replacement glass is never close to the quality of the original. What do you do about that?

 

[Martin]

Washed it, then parked it under our toxic cherry tree which dumped on it all kinds of stickyness ...

 

[Martin]

Then I destroyed the hard work of all those good folks at the Ford Motor company, who were trying to imitate (tune) the iconic sound of Steve McQueen's 68 fastback movie car. In order to do so, I removed the baffle plate from the H-pipe. And now for the worst part, no change in sound! Oh no! Now, I've just secured a spot in Ford Hell.

And Martin said: "Let there be flow" and there was a flow. And Martin saw that the flow was good, and He equalized the pressure in both banks, increasing torque and decreasing the drone.
Obviously the FoMoCo Hell is not the only one I have a spot booked in.

 

[GriffX]

Then I destroyed the hard work of all those good folks at the Ford Motor company, who were trying to imitate (tune) the iconic sound of Steve McQueen's 68 fastback movie car. In order to do so, I removed the baffle plate from the H-pipe. And now for the worst part, no change in sound! Oh no! Now, I've just secured a spot in Ford Hell.

And Martin said: "Let there be flow" and there was a flow. And Martin saw that the flow was good, and He equalized the pressure in both banks, increasing torque and decreasing the drone.
Obviously the FoMoCo Hell is not the only one I have a spot booked in.

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There is a restrictor in the H-connection? WTF... but, that could explain why you see some benefit when you change it to the x-pipe.

 

[JimC]

I took my 2024 to the dealer because of a noticeable "clunk" in the front going over any bump. Had to replace a front strut. All good now, and done under warranty.

 

[Forty61]

Then I destroyed the hard work of all those good folks at the Ford Motor company, who were trying to imitate (tune) the iconic sound of Steve McQueen's 68 fastback movie car. In order to do so, I removed the baffle plate from the H-pipe. And now for the worst part, no change in sound! Oh no! Now, I've just secured a spot in Ford Hell.

And Martin said: "Let there be flow" and there was a flow. And Martin saw that the flow was good, and He equalized the pressure in both banks, increasing torque and decreasing the drone.
Obviously the FoMoCo Hell is not the only one I have a spot booked in.

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There is a restrictor in the H-connection? WTF... but, that could explain why you see some benefit when you change it to the x-pipe.

That specific H pipe with MAC mufflers was the best sounding setup I ever had on an S197. First time I've actually seen that baffle though! I had read about it but never actually seen it or seen anyone mess with it!

 

[MADGT]

I just swapped out 2-piece OEM driveshaft for a 1-piece....

 

[Martin]

The only way how to replace the messed up sticker on the radiator cover was to buy the whole thing.
Part: 2005-2009 Ford Mustang - Upper Shield - Ford (5R3Z-8C291-AAA)

One expensive sticker