Here's The One Safety Modification That Should Be Made To Almost Every Classic Car
I’m a huge fan of keeping old cars stock. But now I’m working on a 1966 Ford Mustang, and I simply cannot in good conscience keep it stock. It’s just too dangerous.
If I — a person who drove a $500 postal Jeep 3,500 miles across the country after repairing its frame with a $100 Harbor Freight welder — call something dangerous, what I’m really saying is it’s a deathtrap. And that’s what I’m saying about my brother’s 1966 Ford Mustang, which is wild, because it’s no different than a lot of other vehicles from its era.
The car is gorgeous. The Candy Apple Red paint still pops, the body doesn’t have a spot of rust, the powertrain has only been driven few miles (it hasn’t been registered since 1997), and everything is completely bone-stock, just as the pony car gods intended.
The problem is, I can’t keep the vehicle in factory-original form, and for that you can thank the brake master cylinder.
(photo credit: David Tracy - Jalopnik)
