Polishing...

I thought I'd give my wheels a bit of a polish. It was a lot harder than I thought and I did not manage to get all the rusty bits off the rims.

However, they got pretty damn shiny!

Checking the bottom

I never had a good look at the bottom of my car. No idea how much rust there would be for example or if there are any holes or damages. So some folks I know from a Dutch Ford forum offered to jack it up in their garage so that we could have a look together. The results were very good!

Here are some pics:

Up! Up! Up!

And there it is. Let's have a look. Finding the jack points was a bit hard. It's in the owner's manual I have but even that's not overly clear.

In this picture you can kinda see on which four points the car is actually lifted. Click the picture for a slightly larger version. Bottom looks pretty clean...

Only a little bit of surface rust. Nothing to worry about.

Here you can see the back jack-points. It's basically just in front of where the spring is attached.

Sparkling clean, rust-free, rock-hard bottom. Exactly what I was hoping for :-) The only funny thing was the exhaust pipes. Somebody welded those together themselves.

Ditto.

And back on the ground.

Gorgeous.

Bye bye!

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...