Sam the Working Man

Sorry I haven't updated my blog recently. I've been busy with work and haven't been able to do any work on the mustang. So yeah in case you didn't hear i've been working for ADT selling home security systems. It's a door to door sales job so it's a lot of walking but it's the only job i could find. So if anyone is interested in buying a security system just let me know. (wink, wink)

New Brakes

So today Dad and I replaced the rear drums and brake pads because that's what real men do on the weekends. But apparently drum brakes are much harder to replace since they use a series of springs to hold them together. You can actually really hurt your hands if you don't know what you're doing. But anyways it didn't take to long probably like an hour and a half to complete the job. I'm not sure what were doing on the car next week but i'll make sure i post about it. So yeah I think that's it.

the inside of the drum after we took it apart.

some of the small springs and one of the old brake pads

the old drum

the new pads

the finished product. I think it looks a lot better.

Another post??

What????two posts that aren't spread out by six months. Sam you must be crazy!! This is what you're all probably thinking right now. But i am not crazy! I just came up with an ingenious idea. I have decided to use my blog to let everyone no about the progress on the mustang. So first i will give you an update on all the stuff we've done so far. First we tuned up the engine, then we changed the gas tank, after that we rebuilt the carburetor, replaced the fuel pump, and re-adjusted the timing. Now Big Tom and I have concluded that we need to do a complete brake job since the pads were worn and they started to cut a groove into the drums. So as you can see I'm pretty manly now that I work on cars in my free time. And if I do say so myself I'm getting pretty good at it. So anyways I guess that's it.

Man I'm awesome!!!!!

if the car looks wet that's because it is.

Finally a New post!!!!!

So i guess it's about time i post something. Since the last post i have is from November. So lots of stuff has happened since then. First i now am a licensed driver in the state of california (pause for applause) thank you. Second i am almost done with school so that's pretty exciting. Also for those of you in my massive blog following who are unaware my dad and i are restoring a 1964 1/2 mustang. It's gonna be pretty sweet when we're done. and i guess that's pretty much it. wow that really wasn't that much at all. oh well. so here are some pics of the 'stang and a self portrait of myself.



i guess i will have to see if this bad boy really can hit 120


this is actually how i dress for church every sunday