One more day!!

Not that anyone cares, but I'm giddy as a schoolgirl at the fact that in one day I'll finally have a Mav of my own. This has thus far been one of the longest days of my life!

 

Yeah, we care!
Congrats!!! You'll love it!

 

congrats! also, that means that you'll be posting pictures...?

 

Of course I'll be posting pictures! One work shift, 400 miles of highway and 6 hours of driving stand between me and that car!

 

Congratulations!! Looking forward to the pics.

 

safely...

 

Congrats!!!

 

So just picked up the Mav and I have to say I love her! She definitely needs a tune up, and the brakes are quite possibly the worst I've ever seen, but I'm happy with her. She shakes between 35 and 45, and doesn't like to go above 65 but I suppose I can work those issues out. I'll post pictures as soon as I get home to my computer! Side note- this car has already gotten more attention than all my others combined! As I pulled up to meet the sellers, someone was asking them if they were selling it. Then as soon as I pulled out, I got a thumbs up. Pulled onto the highway and got another. Got 3 more before I reached my hotel. Surprising to say the least!

 

Can I be the first to tell you..."Nice looking Nova."??
If I'm not the first...then I know I won't be the last.

 

Get used to hearing alot of positive comments about the car...

 

the sad part is...i scrolled back up look for a nova and then it dawned on me ......... but the best one iv hurd yet is nice chevelle

 

Alrighty folks- I finally snapped and uploaded a few pics. Nothing really that hasn't been seen before, but I still love her! She survived the 400-plus mile drive back up from Georgia just fine, no overheating or anything like that. Oil was a little low, but thats no problem. Door damage is a bit worse than I thought, and once I got a look at the vinyl top, it looks like there's gonna be a decent amount of rust under there once I get it stripped off. Luckily though I do believe that's the only rust on the car. The interior, which I had thought was custom, is in fact original. Looks amazing for 37 years old.












And now the bad news. There's a leak in the manifold, indicated by the red arrow. So far it hasn't caused much of a problem other than making the car sound like crap, and I just secured a 5.0 from an 87 mustang that is gonna provide plenty of git'up and go, so I'm not gonna worry about fixing this unless it's something that can be done on the super-cheap.

In this picture, the arrow is indicating where I think my power steering fluid is leaking from. The power steering worked just fine for the two days I've had the car, but when pulling off the highway today, I felt a drastic change in its effect. I refilled the power steering pump and as soon as I started the engine, it stared dripping. Not quite sure why the rest of the underside looks oilly though. Not leaking oil that I can see, so maybe the power steering fluid leak is coming from somewhere else? I know just about nothing about cars, so this is a learning process for me for sure. I'm planning on redoing the power steering lines myself on wednesday- I figure I need some wrenches, screw drivers, and power steering line kits. As soon as I'm done writing this post I'm gonna get on researching how to fix this problem, so I suppose it goes without saying that any help would be greatly appreciated!


ps- not sure why the photo is rotated that way- its not appearing as such on my photobucket page. you can go straight to that album if you'd like.

 

Very nice car. Those small hoses are available new from any Mustang supplier, just change one at a time, so you don't cross them and break your arm when you start the car for the first time...also could be the seal in the ram.
I don't know your plans for the top, but if the roof is decent under the material, you can just paint it, and keep the trim, it's looks cool like that, but if the roof isn't too goo, a vinyl top can hide a lot...

 

Thanks for the complement man! As for the hoses, can I just get them from autozone?

 

Probably, National Parts Depot in Charlotte has fast shipping, since quite a few Mustang parts work on Mavericks, you should get yourself one of their catalogs, they can be invaluable when sourcing parts, and checking prices.