So my neighbor found out I work on Fords and approached me about getting his Mustang running. This guy bought a car cover, parked the perfectly functional car in the garage in 1978, and hasn't touched it since! It is a 1967 Mustang fastback with the original (rebuilt) 390 and four speed. He just brought it over to my house and we are digging into it.
A couple of questions for everyone:
1) The engine turns freely - I subscribe to the "add gas and fire it up" school of thought, does anyone have a procedure for starting an engine that hasn't run in 39 years? We are going through the obvious - all fluids and external accessories, radiator, water pump.
2) The previous owner of the car added a manual shutoff valve to the PCV vacuum line - I've never seen this before and I'm not sure why one would do this. Any thoughts?
3) I suggested a couple of upgrades including a 750 double pumper carb (735cfm currently), a late magnetic pickup distributor, and MSD 6AL. He is resistant to changing from stock components. Any thoughts on the points type distributor? Any other upgrade suggestions?
It is a great car and pretty darn clean considering, if you are interested see more at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ6fEM-MXkEI will continue to add vids as this project progresses.
Thanks!