{"id":2269,"date":"2011-09-19T08:20:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2011-09-19T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T20:26:51","slug":"mustang-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/09\/mustang-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Side Project: 1967 Mustang Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back when my wife and I were newly married, we occasionally talked about how neat it would be to fix up her ’67 Mustang — her first car, and the car she owned when we first met.<\/p>\n

While we’ve bought a handful of (far more reliable) vehicles since then<\/a>, Lisa never would sell the Mustang. It’s kept its place in our garage, mostly just sitting there, withering away. I found it pretty shameful, really, because the Mustang’s previous owners really had taken pretty good care of it earlier in its life. It deserved something better than just rusting away, a minute at a time, year after year, in our garage, its hood and trunk a last-ditch storage place for boxed-up holiday knick-knacks and baby clothes. <\/p>\n

Time to Spend Money; Time to Spend Time<\/h3>\n

Over the years, I managed to do a little bit of work here and there on the car — but these were primarily repairs to keep it road-worthy and drivable whenever opportunity presented and\/or the urge struck. (We’re talking two or three times a year, tops.)<\/p>\n

But earlier this year, with our Emergency Fund<\/a> fully funded<\/a> (and then some), no debt other than the mortgage, and some other cash savings available, we agreed to start in on the restoration of our Pony. Since April, we’ve spent what is, to us, a hefty pile of cash bringing her “first baby” back to respectability. Those of you who wish to follow our trials and tribulations, or just look over my shoulder at some pics, can do so right here:<\/p>\n

New Blog: Our ’67 Mustang<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, it’s true: I’ll write about pretty much anything. A “car guy” I am not, by any<\/b> stretch of imagination, but I will admit that’s it been a rewarding task so far. I’ve learned a lot, and had some fun doing what I can to bring the Mustang to life. As of right now, we’ve spent $6,595 on restoration and repairs so far this year, and there’s more waiting in the pipeline. (Which, as my dad so often warns me, is always<\/b> the case with classic cars. Once you get started down Restoration Road, it never really ends. You can blow precisely as much money as you want … and new wants are always just a broken window regulator away.)<\/p>\n

But hey, with fresh paint and revamped interior, the car now gets looks on the road, and nice comments at the gas station. Neither of which is bad.<\/p>\n

And now, when I come home from work each day and see it there in the garage, I’m no longer ashamed. That, I think, is the best part of it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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