Fresh from the paint booth! (56k beware - big pictures)

Ympakt · Post by **Ympakt** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:04 am

Just sold my 1969 Mustang FB. Dammit! I regret it, like I knew I would. I'll have to dig up a couple'a pics and post them before this thread dies. Had a 302 that was bored out to 313, and had the works done to it: decked, cammed, chrome-moly parts, electronic ignition, Edelbrock 650 carb, blahblahblah, took me a month to build the motor. Took me years to get it painted and the interior done. What a ride. Just couldn't afford to have it hauled out to MA, my fols moved and didn't have room for it. Sheeeeeeet.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:52 am

Ouch, that hurts, I had to fly my sister and her husband out to California to drive my Uhaul (which was also towing my 68 Dan Gourney Special Cougar) so that I could drive mine back. We wound up keeping 5 gallons of gas in the back of the Uhaul so I could get some range out of the car. The Mustang cost as much in gas as the friggin Uhaul!

Protection: Well the garage has a wicked alarm system installed. (Don't ever pick your nose in that place!) And im underinsured for 10k right now, since they require an appraisal for any value above that. As soon as I finish the interior I will get the appraisal and more coverage.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:37 am

no weapons? id have at least a 12 guage and a 45 ACP Pistol

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:16 am

Oh yeah, I have a really nice double barrel 12ga, probably wouldn't need it though, A deputy and a police employee live in the two houses next to me... Lots of cruiser traffic

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:00 pm

ahhhh....now that comforting.

id still have at least a pistol along with the 12ga
.40 cal or bigger

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:53 pm

Ympakt wrote:Just sold my 1969 Mustang FB. Dammit! I regret it, like I knew I would. I'll have to dig up a couple'a pics and post them before this thread dies. Had a 302 that was bored out to 313, and had the works done to it: decked, cammed, chrome-moly parts, electronic ignition, Edelbrock 650 carb, blahblahblah, took me a month to build the motor. Took me years to get it painted and the interior done. What a ride. Just couldn't afford to have it hauled out to MA, my fols moved and didn't have room for it. Sheeeeeeet.

That sucks, man.

I'll bet it sounded reeaall good, too. I love a cammed classic muscle car.

Awesome looking car, Clutch. I hate it when body shops do that. My friend had her '70-something Chevelle in the shop for around 5 years. Don't make sense...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:47 pm

llClutchll wrote:Oh yeah, I have a really nice double barrel 12ga, probably wouldn't need it though, A deputy and a police employee live in the two houses next to me... Lots of cruiser traffic

Bah, I'd have atleast a gauss cannon.

★■◆●, I want a fusion cannon mounted on anything I drive. Rush hour traffic or stupid idiots on the road will no longer be a problem! Cut me off? Eat purple blobs of death you ★■◆●!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:11 pm

Interior photos please.

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:32 pm

Interior = Work In Progress... 3.5 years in a body shop really does some damage. Give me a couple of weeks to get it back into shape, and I'll post some shots.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:34 pm

It better be worth the wait.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:05 pm

if its not.....ill make a visit with my amputator pistol

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:10 pm

Ace, I don't really think your spray painted super-soaker is going to instill a whole lot of fear.....

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:11 pm

oh shadddup already

Ympakt · Post by **Ympakt** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:01 pm

MD-2389 wrote:Ace, I don't really think your spray painted super-soaker is going to instill a whole lot of fear.....

ROFLMAO @ MD

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:25 pm

I want to know where clutch lives so I can wire his car and drive it if I knew how to drive but I dont..............................?

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:00 pm

And here I thought EVERYBODY knew where I lived!

BTW Sage, Don't forget the dbbl Shotgun we have...

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:22 pm

Love the CLUTCH stripe!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:30 pm

hey Clutch, you are driving this to ChiLAN? i want a ride

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:58 pm

Well, I could drive this to chi-town, but I think about 60 people would be ready to lynch me if I did... No where to put computers and switches, you couldn't fit a small child in the trunk if you tried!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:12 pm

get someone to drive the U-Haul and you drive the car.

ZappaFan · Post by **ZappaFan** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:05 am

Wow, awesome 'stang Clutch! I love 'em. My current one is an '01 GT Convertable - love it. Nothing like yours of course, but it still seems special. Just something about a Mustang

llClutchll · Post by **llClutchll** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:50 am

Thanks Zappa!

I believe the car may make it's way into a video or in the album art for Clutch's next release... We took the car to a Clutch show up in Flint Mi. and showed it to the band... the tour manager went nutso with a video camera, and did a 10 minute interview with me about the car. We got lucky and the new custom plates showed up before the show on Saturday, so we were able to get them to sign the front plates. The band LOVED the car, and you would have thought the car was on stage with all of the flashbulbs going off all night!

Anyways... here is the lead singer (Neil Fallon) striking a pose in front of it:

click on the picture for a large version

I think Neil is as proud of the car as I am!

One of the coolest points of the night was when I entered the parking lot... I timed it so that I would pull up just before the doors opened. I downshifted just before the turn, with the windows rolled up (tinted so you can't see who's driving) and idled by the crowd.. Needless to say the crowd went wild as I pulled up to a reserved spot right in front of the tour bus and the venu entry. Revved it up a few times, then made a hasty exit from the car so no one could get a good look at who drove it.

Oh, and by the way, they had an armed guard there just for the car and the bike next to it (a west coast chopper). Nobody got within 5 ft of it without permission.