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Car of the Month

This 1966 coupe is owned by Benny & Debbie Childers. It has a 289 engine
with a 3 speed manual transmission (on the floor), an after market A/C (not
installed as of yet). The previous owners are Mr. & Mrs. Jerrold J. Kelly
of Austin. It was their daughters car. It was well maintained by them. The
interior was in great shape, only rust spots were the normal places. The
floor pan and the battery holder, were all replaced. Mr. Kelly kept all
documents pertaining to the car, i.e. the original title and window
sticker, and all the service receipts to go along with it, which we now
have. It was a well kept and cared for car.
Mr. Kelly had it parked in his carport, next door to my parents house for
many years. A friend of mine saw it one day, and went over to see if they
would sell it to him. After some time, they did. But to make a long story
short, after my friend bought the car, he had a family crises, and sold the
car to us. When we pick the car up, the engine and interior (seats, carpet,
etc.)were removed. In other words, it turned out to be a basket case. But
thanks to my sons, a very good friend of mine, Bob Allan, and countless
hours (years) later, we had it running and back on the road again!
We initially planned to go back with everything original, but that change
when we discovered that a lot of the parts were missing. Also some that
were there were not even the original parts that came with the car. So we
decided to modify it. We kept the original color (white) with black
interior. We installed all new brake lines, wheel cylinders, shoes, pads,
drums, and gas lines. We changed to a duel exhaust system with headers. We
also change out the 2 barrel carburetor and intake manifold for a 4 barrel
carburetor and intake manifold. We changed out the distributor with an MSD
distributor. Installed a 3 core radiator, and rebuilt the three speed
transmission. The radio came up missing also, so, like most of my parts, we
had to order it from Mustang Project. Although its not the original radio,
it fit with out having to modify the dash.
I have been a member of MOCA going on my 2nd year now, and the Burnet Air
Show this past month was the 1st time I was able to take our mustang to an
event. We are still working on our mustang but we are enjoying running
around in it too!
Motor On!