Although it was only for a brief moment, my garage was actually "empty (did not have a Mustang parked inside)" for the first time in 5 years! I'll tell you why I was able to pose for this triumphant photograph, after the jump... Unbeknownst to most of you, the 1990 Mustang LX hatchback that is to become Boss 340, has been residing, untouched, in the cozy confines of my home garage since 2003! Yes, that certainly is a long time for any car, let alone a 'Stang, to sit in one place without being moved, or even thought about very much, but that's just the way things happened for the LX, shortly after my initial effort to build the Pony unfortunately had to be shut down. Well, just as the recent Presidential election brings "change" to our nation, our Boss 340 race car project has brought a change to the makeup of my garage. I rolled the project Mustang out of its tomb the other day, and carted it off to A.R.E. Performance and Machine in Simi Valley, California, where it will finally be getting its new lease on high-performance life. We've got serious plans for Boss 340, so make sure your subscription to 5.0 Mustang and Super Fords is current so you won't miss any of the transformation. As I mentioned at the top of this blog, the emptiness of the garage was short lived, but I really don't have a problem with that. Project T-top Coupe now has finally moved into its rightful home (I had been storing the coupe in our enclosed trailer for the last two years), in the coveted space where Boss 340 once sat. Having the coupe in the garage definitely will make going for local drives a lot easier, as I won't have the hassle of unloading and loading it into the trailer every time I take it out. But, for every good thing, there usually is something that's not-so-good that goes along with it. With the T-top coupe parked in the garage now, you can bet there won't be many smiling faces inside the house, when I light the 830-horsepower, Rocco Acerrio-built, blown small block early in the morning so I can drive the coupe to work!
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