65 Mustang Hits the Road | First Time in 47 YEARS!

[@TheChiefJudgeDredd]

It’s crazy the amount of attention these cars get My 66 turns heads everywhere

[@jimholloway8501]

Finally! I can’t imagine how good you must feel right now! I know you’ve been looking forward to this for a long time- as have all of us so congratulations and good luck with the inspection.

[@GreaseRookie]

Thank you Jim!

[@rallycatgarageharvey1135]

So glad to see her driving . Keep working through these little problems and you are cruising very soon . Great job!!

[@GreaseRookie]

Thanks Harvey!

[@jordanschultz2232]

That wheel wobble could be suspension related if the wheel fix doesn't totally secure it up..love your progress very cool to see!

[@GreaseRookie]

Thanks man. Trying to solve the issue now. 👍

[@jordanschultz2232]

@@GreaseRookie have you filled your control arm grease fittings? I have a 66 coupe and just filled the fittings again the other day and it's night and day now! I also replaced the bearing though so it's hard to tell which played the more important role

[@TheJoefussGarage]

Hey there, just caught yer 1st drive here.. It was so 😎 cool, seeing you get to finally drive that thing, after all of the work.. Keep driving it, and working out the bugs, you are now a successful classic car restoration mechanic!!! Love watcher progress.. Keep at it..

[@Big_Al_Morris]

Looks great buddy

[@JoDaddysGarage]

Awesome.

[@tracychaffin4410]

Hey, Glad to see ya got it on the road. Looks great!!!!! Get ya some tires with just a tiny less side wall will fix ya good.

[@GreaseRookie]

Thanks Tracy. I’ll probably get smaller tires in the Spring. 👍

[@MustangGuy6501]

Sweet so glad to see her out, if you ever want to get rid of the parts car let me know please

[@67Stang]

Great seeing her on the road!!! You have come so far and it is wonderful to see all that work paying off. I am glad I don't have to worry about inspections down here. I am working on installing my Sniper EFI now. Hoping that is a big improvement over my leaky carb.

[@AutoAli]

We did FiTech and a holley in tank pump on our 66. Best money ever spent.

[@LypheusX]

Found sniper was great here, I opted for a baffled fuel cell and its made a huge difference, money well spent.

[@TD-gh1kb]

Loved seeing you drive it on the road at the end of the video. You’ve come a long way!

[@GreaseRookie]

Thanks!

[@JackBWatkins]

Love it when a plan comes together give or take a few kinks.

[@MaxRelax420]

Awesome, a few kinks but she’s driving decent. Hopefully that rubbing issue can be solved

[@AutoAli]

Awesome progress from a fellow Pennsylvanian! Looking great for sure. I didnt (and still dont at the moment) have the washer system in my 66 and it still passed inspection. I believe it was an option at that time and not standard but I may be mistaken. The 66 we are driving and almost done with and the 65 we have didnt have any washer previsions when we aquired them.

[@GreaseRookie]

Good to know! Good luck with the 65!

[@jerrysgaragethemoneypit2028]

Congratulations! It does feel good to be able the drive your work.

[@joesudek5595]

Nice man

[@11secghia]

Check the tires for seperated cords!! Have any tire shop put them on a balancer!

[@mrkmssr33]

Lookin great man! Nothing like that first ride- the apprehension combined with exhilaration! 😄😄

[@Timbo428CJ]

Loos good with those turbine style wheels 😎 So, what I've learned about vibrations and wobbles are, if you feel them in your seat, it's usually on the rears and in the front it comes thru the steering wheel. And as for the front wheel bearings, I'd tend not to use that breaker bar to tighten the nut up, with a long bar it's real easy to overtighten and put way too much pressure on the bearing and race. Try channel locks and spin the drum while tightening then back it off until you get the codder pin to fit and should be good from there. Also, Eastwood maks a fender roller to help allievate the rubbing issues, I think they're around $90 and I've seen them on Amazon too, for $35 and up. Just make sure if you find one they are adjustable like Eastwoods are. She's come a long way and you'll enjoy driving her, ur almost there ! Oh yea, got a nice stance too 👍👍👍

[@bryanmiller9662]

Hey brother, After spending the last consecutive 7 days of my 12 hour shifts, I watch this entire Playlist. Big fan man! I have a 65 i6 thats original. I envy your dedication and keep VLOG'n

[@rickstevenson7483]

Sounds like you might have a flat spotted tire. Great to see her on the road again.

[@paulnaiman8108]

Yours rubbed , I got some slot mags and bought some new tires and got 2blocks for them all to rub. Those were the days.

[@GreaseRookie]

Haha. That’s fantastic.

[@theinfernalcraftsman]

Awesome. Also the spring perches on these cars are super tight and cause all sorts of unpleasantness when driving. Roller perches are the way to go. I need to fly up there and do some part picking too...

[@donthompson2188]

Hi Andrew, nice to see it on the road. Now comes the refinement phase. Smooth and reliable are the new orders. Check the underside of that spindle. It looks like you are tightening those wheel bearings too much. That play could be wear on the bottom side. Maybe a bearing spun the inner race. My Betsy is getting new spindles this time around for that very reason. Tightening that bearing too much will cause failure.

[@alexkail2683]

My old camaro had a similar issue and I found it to be that it needed some ball joints. Possibly what the mustang needs

[@fhionnsgarage4770]

Awesome job man! Shes lookin good. Check for a bent wheel or possible warped drum on the front. I had that Issue on my Fury.

[@OlysGarage]

Hell YEAH Andrew! Think we talked about this before, the tires are probably a size too big for that wheel and offset on the front. Like you mentioned could have a wheel out of balance too. Swap both front tires with the rears (same side) and see if that wobble moves. I did notice too how your front wheels are very far forward in the wheel opening. You can correct this with strut rod adjustments however, that's an easy way to mess up your castor angle.....or IS what's messed up. Manual steering uses less castor than power steering. An alignment will solve all of this as long at the shop doing it, is familiar with older cars. SO happy for you man!!!! Almost legit! Been working on my '73 Duster a bit lately...filming a bit of that. But I'm a waaaaayyyys off from editing it.

[@paulnaiman8108]

Wheel bearings ha try having your brakes completely fail while on your way to work, maybe 2mi. away.

[@JesseJimenez1101]

Assuming you’ve gotten a good alignment done. I’m mine there were a lot of shims that needed to be removed that were uneven on one side than the other. Also, after the shim removal the spacing issue you’re having went away on mine.

[@davebrittain9216]

When you think of what it looked like just a few months ago it looks amazing now! Take a look and check your upper and lower ball joints while you are at it. From where I was looking it looked like you have the wheel bearing way too tight now. Can you hear it making noise while you are driving?

[@RustysMustangGarage]

Awesome getting it on the road. Not sure if the front end alignment has been done yet, BUT, it looks like the front wheels are too far forward. Maybe that is the reason the tires rub??

[@lawrencet.mcguilicutty7447]

2 months ago my ‘66 coupe had an electoral fire under the hood. Stock inline 6 w/ 3 speed manual. Ordered new 302 with t4 tranny and new wiring harness. Inline six is for sale. Has headers 2 barrel and purrs like a kitten. Motor and tranny 1200.00 plus shipping if anyone’s Interested

[@KeithKelleyIT]

find a good place to balance... some don't understand shims they use

[@allaboutboaz4808]

Having had a wheel fall off my '66 coupe while going down a busy road, I understand that fear. I'll never get the awful crunching noise it made.

[@pmodd]

It's come a long way! That aside, surely there's a junkyard disc brake retrofit option for that car, even if it requires some aftermarket dog-bone adapter plates. Drum brakes are pretty terrible on a street car, especially when you're competing with so many modern cars running 4 pot calipers, double-wishbone suspension and better tyres that can stop in a fraction of the distance. I once owned a Honda with terrible brakes (just a beater to get me around whilst working on my car) and the number of near-rear-enders I had really hammered home the need for good brakes. Better cars could stop suddenly and I was left standing on the pedal and praying. Don't be like me lol.

[@nickmcminn2137]

Hand tight is all u need. Use the socket with no driver

[@keithcalitri840]

Nice to see you driving it bud. Wow didn’t know it’s been off the road since 1974 if my math is right. How manny miles are on the odometer?

[@justinstrickler2894]

Where are you at in Pa? I live just outside of Hershey. I’m working on a similar 65 for my youngest daughter

[@grapegaming8508]

How are your seats holding up after you painted them. I’m thinking about doing that but idk how durable it is.

[@rustybritches6747]

did you do strut rod bushings? the wheels look too far forward which would explain all the issues your having!

[@mikebroszczak5767]

Like the car what size are the tires and how wide are the rim's please respond thanks.

[@leocamacho6277]

Hi had a question my 65 back fires what do you suggest I can fix.

[@michaelmarshall2356]

Why not try a smaller diameter front tire instead rearranging the sheet metal?

[@GreaseRookie]

That would have been the smarter approach. I took a cheaper more stubborn approach lol.

[@franswijnands4022]

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