Spring is here and the time is right for amazing things...(Yes, the Mustang again)

Okay, so it isn't spring and there's supposed to be snow on Sunday, and today it is dark enough I need a light inside to work, but you know what--I don't care.  Life's going pretty good--the novel that was supposed to be out in December got delayed, but it's on the way, Jolly Roger is doing fine, and then...the Mustang.

I meant to write a blog on coaching today (procrastinating from working on a different writing project...), but into my mailbox comes an email from Chris at Heartland Classics with an update on the Mustang.  Truthfully, I've appreciated them keeping me up to date with the car--and I was surprised to get the email because they sent a text on Monday talking about the sound system and getting that installed, so I didn't expect to get another update so soon.  (Yeah, hear the disappointment in my tone....)

Turns out today they are working on installing the windows. Of course, Chris left something out--shame on him.  When he sent me the paint job pictures, they had not yet put on the chrome and other 'fixings'.  You can see those on here now, too.

 

It's ba-ack!  Here's the iconic Mustang logo on the front of the grill.  After driving 'modern' cars for so long, one of the most shocking things driving the Mustang was how big the front section is.  I'm tempted to say you could put my wife's Prius on the hood without a problem.

 

This view made me think of a different classic vehicle--Stephen King's "Christine".  This view just looks intimidating.



 

They've got the rear lights in again and the Mustang gas cap, too.  Ahhh, much better, right?
Of course, if you look REALLY closely at the last picture, you'll see they've got the sound system in already--no surprise since that's hard to install if you have the windows in!  One of my debates has been, "Which song gets played first on the iPod?"  I've had some good suggestions:

*Born to be Wild
*Mustang Sally
*Bad Boys Running Wild
*Rock You Like a Hurricane
*nothing...because the engine is music enough

The one thing I'm hoping to find out in the next week or so as they finish up--whether they will be able to find original hubcaps OR high-quality replicas.  The 'hubcaps on the car currently, I believe, are from a 1968 Mustang--they look classic, but they're actually pretty bland.  The original Mustang featured spinners, though they got banned by the government as being dangerous (never mind that the interior of any 1960s car is a deathtrap compared to a 2014 vehicle).

The hope is still to make it to Florida soon.  If that fails for this year, it'll happen in 2016, and then I'll have to find an alternative for a shakedown cruise--go to Cubs Spring Training? Drive to California?