New rims all around

Here's Chad's blue Mustang on the ground with all tires on it now, it looks good. Today he pulled the transmission off the motor and replaced the rear main seal, he also painted the valve covers orange. Richard was home today so he and Chad fixed the brake lines on my car and bleed the brakes.

This GT is Cory's he put the five stars that came off of Chad's blue Mustang. These are much better than what he had on here, they might need tires but we will take care of that. Looks like it needs a bath Cory. The red trunk is mine, the boys just changed the rear end to accommodate these wheels that required five lugs. It also had 373 gears in the rear end. The pic of it alone is a pic of the new rims and the one with all the cars are the old rims.

Richard is still driving it back and forth to work. He needs to get an appraisal for his car before we tag and title it and put it back on the road. His is the lime green one in the pic behind Cory's car. He drag raced his car for years and it has many performance parts. Since Chad's accident and the trouble we went through to replace the parts that went into it, we want to make sure this one is insured for the right amount.

We've always joked that if we had a blue mustang we would have a complete skittles pack. With the addition of Chad's blue Mustang our skittles pack is now complete. Of course we could use a yellow Mustang. lol

While walking around the yard taking pics of the cars, I took a shot of the pear tree, fig tree and muscidine grapes. Our pears are usually larger than this year, but they are still enjoyed by everyone that comes in the yard.

Richard's gramma planted the pear and fig trees in the 70's. The grapes were never planted by us, we think they came from uncle Jim's plants next door by the birds. They are actually growing around the smaller fig tree in the back yard, but because they grow so well and the figs are not a favorite we've let them grow that way.

Night work on Chad's car

Chad and Cory looking at the suspension air bags and figuring out how they are installed. Chad was excited to get a sticker with them, since they were new. Everything else he's bought so far didn't come with any. lol
After they installed these they put the tires on and moved it out of the way. Next they took the rear end out of my car and replaced it with better gears and converted it to five lugs so I can put on my new rims. By dark they had that finished and put the Cobra back in the garage, moved the orange car in front of the garage and started to pull the motor out. I was able to help them some with this, making sure they were staying safe. I know I can't help it, it's a mom thing.



Here's the orange Mustang without it's motor. Chad really liked the way it ran, so that's why he decided to put everything from the orange Mustang into the Blue one. He is thinking of making a full blown racer out of the orange Mustang.
The motor is now sitting in the garage, Chad has to take some stuff off it and change out a few things. He plans to have it in the blue Mustang this weekend.

Another day at home

I bought a pretty jar to put my homemade laundry soap in. Richard and Kyle helped me grate the bars of soap that went in it. We've started using it with good results.

Kyle doing some math and Shelby staying close. She's so spoiled
Chad has the rear end painted and ready to put it in the car. He painted it black and took his time getting it just right.
The front wheels are on. Chad is starting to like the blue on this car, he will keep it that color for a while. It does need the windows tinted, but it is a nice car.

Under the hood

Chad welded a plate where the a/c would go in, then he painted it to give it a finished look. He also painted the rear end and the wheel wall. He has been working non stop on his car, he really wants to get it done. Plus they've had time to work on the other cars that have needed work as well.

More work on Cars

Chad removing front suspension to add new K member.

This is Cory's car with the interior back in. He took seats we had out of another car, since his seats had a few rips in them.

Shelby playing in the yard, she was watching the boys 4 wheelin'

Work continues

This is the inside of Chad's car, he has the interior all pulled out to switch it with the grey interior from the orange car. He has also installed a roll cage. He fit it and welded it in place.

This is the interior in Cory's car, he is switching motors. This car started out as a automatic and he is putting a 5 speed in it.

Working on cars

The boys have been working really hard on there cars lately. today they pulled the motor out of Chad's car. Know that he has the insurance money from the other car he's ordered the parts he needs and can finally get his car put together.
They did a good job of getting the motor out, no problems with this one. They did have to buy a new cylinder for the engine lift since the last one was no longer working.

Here it is empty for now, he has more stuff to pull off and a hole to cover, this should keep him busy for awhile.

Chad's car

Chad has started pulling stuff out of the new Mustang we bought so he can put all the stuff from his old Mustang into it. This one started off as a 4 cylinder but he will have it turned into a 5.0 when he gets done.

This is the original motor still in the car, he will replace this one with the one from his other car.

Chad's Mustang Hildalgo

Chad and Cory were in a car accident last night, no one was hurt but Chad's car Hildalgo. Looks like she's a total loss. Here are some pics

A guy pulled from the turning lane right in front of Chad, he was not able to stop before hitting him in the passenger side, it was the other guys fault, which helps. But Chad is so upset about his car, he's not even been driving for six months.

Dragstrip

Testing the fit of the slicks on the cobra before going to the track.



Richard and Kyle rode in the Cobra; Chad, Cory and Ed rode in Chad's car; Me, mom and dad rode in dad's truck. We got there early, so the guys were each able to make a good amount of passes. They both did very good, this was Chad's first time running at the track and he did a great job.