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The Slippery Slope
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I've had a healthy appreciation for cars that stop since one truly unfortunate incident with a runaway 1971 Lincoln Continental.
It's funny how quickly a party can turn from, "We're all having blast" to "What happened to the front of the house, and how many stitches do you think this is going to take?" Standing in a Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) salvage shop in Kodak, Tennessee, I couldn't help but feel I had strayed into the latter territory with Ugly Horse (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ugly+horse/). There was a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 plucked from a rear-ended Cobra sitting off to my left. The shelves were lined with second-hand Roush (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/roush/) and SVT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/svt/) components galore, but I couldn't stop staring at a set of rotors with the approximate diameter of my chest.
Plucked from a 2003 Mach I, the package deal included a set of five-lug hubs, 13-inch rotors and dual-piston PBR calipers for the princely sum of $300. If you're paying attention, that figure is nearly 3/4 of what I paid for my whole Mustang. Still, I've had a healthy appreciation for cars that stop since one truly unfortunate incident with a runaway 1971 Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/) Continental 12 years ago, and the hardware that was staring me in the face should be enough to pull the freckles from my skin should I get serious with the brake pedal in the Fox. I fished three slumbering 100 dollar bills from my wallet, laid them on the counter with a wince and walked out with a set of parts that set this project down an entirely different path.
Need to catch up on Project Ugly Horse? You can check out earlier posts here (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ugly+horse/)!Continue reading Project Ugly Horse: Part V (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/11/project-ugly-horse-part-v/)
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The Slippery Slope
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/02/front-wheel-628.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/project-ugly-horse-1989-ford-mustang-lx/#photo-5630363)
I've had a healthy appreciation for cars that stop since one truly unfortunate incident with a runaway 1971 Lincoln Continental.
It's funny how quickly a party can turn from, "We're all having blast" to "What happened to the front of the house, and how many stitches do you think this is going to take?" Standing in a Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) salvage shop in Kodak, Tennessee, I couldn't help but feel I had strayed into the latter territory with Ugly Horse (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ugly+horse/). There was a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 plucked from a rear-ended Cobra sitting off to my left. The shelves were lined with second-hand Roush (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/roush/) and SVT (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/svt/) components galore, but I couldn't stop staring at a set of rotors with the approximate diameter of my chest.
Plucked from a 2003 Mach I, the package deal included a set of five-lug hubs, 13-inch rotors and dual-piston PBR calipers for the princely sum of $300. If you're paying attention, that figure is nearly 3/4 of what I paid for my whole Mustang. Still, I've had a healthy appreciation for cars that stop since one truly unfortunate incident with a runaway 1971 Lincoln (http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/) Continental 12 years ago, and the hardware that was staring me in the face should be enough to pull the freckles from my skin should I get serious with the brake pedal in the Fox. I fished three slumbering 100 dollar bills from my wallet, laid them on the counter with a wince and walked out with a set of parts that set this project down an entirely different path.
Need to catch up on Project Ugly Horse? You can check out earlier posts here (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ugly+horse/)!Continue reading Project Ugly Horse: Part V (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/11/project-ugly-horse-part-v/)
Project Ugly Horse: Part V (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/11/project-ugly-horse-part-v/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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