A quick drive

My friend came over from Germany and I showed him the pony. He likes cars so how could I not offer him a short drive? ;-)

To work...

Drove the car to work today and took this photo. I think it looks kinda pretty in this light.

Drove to the new garage.

I found a new place to park my car. The weather is getting better so I want it closer and easily accessible. When I arrived at the garage my pony was waiting for me. I signed out and got in. I had forgotten what it was like starting the car. So cool!

I drove through the city of Amsterdam. No highway, only cruising. The weather was great and traffic easy. It was a fun drive. Now it's parked in Zwanenburg, a village easily reachable by bus, only 30 minutes to get there. I have my own key and can get in whenever I like. Good stuff!

The owner's manual

YAY! My re-print of the original 1973 Mustang owner's manual arrived today :-)

Winter parking

Today I left my car for winter-parking. I found a place where it will be kept warm and clean during the cold Dutch winter. I won't be seeing my car for a few months now...

Emptying the trunk

My trunk was full of old parts. Some junk but some originals! So this was worthwhile investigating, especially because I had no idea what some parts were!

The most interesting part in this photo is the little cooler in at the bottom-right corner. It's a cooler for power steering liquid. I was told it's only really necessary when racing so not really something for my car but I'm definitely keeping it!

The cardboard crap at the top actually used to be the glovebox but the previous owner ripped it out. Not cool... But the most important parts of it, the edges, are still good so I could replace the cardboard with wood or perhaps the same cardboard...

The other big metal parts at the bottom, including the little wheel are used to mount the airconditioner pump. Good to keep!

I had no idea what this was at first but this, is the airco-pump! It weighs very much so I thought it was an electro-motor or generator of some kind at first. It's original so I'm gonna keep it. If I'll ever be able to use it I don't know...

This is part of an old LPG-kit. No need for it anymore.

Old air-intake for use in the old LPG-kit.

Need to keep! Old airconditioning radiator.

This is the most important part to keep. It's the original air filter. I want to clean it and put it back in after I get rid of all the LPG stuff.

Some little pump. Also from the old LPG kit I reckon...

Old 'stang, new 'stang

People been asking to see my car so I drove it past my work today. A colleague of mine drives a 2008 Mustang and we did a little photo shoot. 35 years between them.

My favourite photo.

The newer 'stang has gotten a rather fat ass...