and the return.

we'll after over 2 months delay, I am finally heading home. I'm MOS-Q as a 91B: wheeled vehicle mechanic. which means I tried not to fall asleep while the Sargent tried to kill us with power points, learned that Army technical manuels are a pain in the ass when you know what to take off in order to repair the truck. The army, as a mechanic, includes changing parts when they break, inspecting the trucks to make sure the operator hasn't broken then beyond the normal wear and tear, fill out forms for parts and tools, waiting for parts while trying to look busy.

 I head for Fort Carson, Colorado, Not too far from my parents and my wife's parents in Utah. It should be quite the ride living out the army life. Hopefully I get to have good experiences in my current contract.

As for my beloved project, I have a huge box of parts waiting for me at home and I will be there by the end of the week. pictures should be following shortly, as I have a fair bit of time on my hands till I have to report to my Duty station.

delays, delays and changes..

Well, It has been a hell of a long time since I posted here. last I recall I hadnt made much progress on the mustang, I was a newly wed and working my fingers to the bone for near to nothing.


The Good news is I found another job, I am now a part of the united states army. The bad news is I am tied up for another 10 Weeks in my Advanced Individual Training for Wheeled Vehicle mechanics. This is not going to be all that fun as I am A fair bit ahead of most of the class as far as mechanical experiences. The good news about being a high speed fixing machine is I came into the service as a Private First class which cranked up my pay. The bad news is I dont know where I Will be stationed when I finish up training. the problem this will present is I may not be able to take the mustang and the assorted parts with me to my destination.

The solutions are still being mulled over until I get my orders, The preferable outcome is I will be within driving distance of Utah and stationed on a base that will have facilities for my needs(which many do). the worst case is sell it all and start over when I get to my duty station, which in that case I may get something that i can acquire parts more readily.  more then likely something with a fuel injected motor already in it that i can do a cut in for my megasquirt and add all of the lovely shiny parts that I could ever dream of.

I wont know the descion until the last few weeks of my super hooah training. I'm currently at Aberdeen proving ground, but it will be shutting down very soon. so i will me moved to Fort Lee for the duration of my training, this has added another 6 weeks on top of my scheduled time here but the good news is it will help to shorten my promotion time.

But that is my would in a couple of minutes. 

Im Here

Im still around, my wife and I are living happy in our apartment and enjoying finally getting to live together. I continue to work for the same place making a some-what Higher wage and Buying parts whenever I can. the mustang is still at my parents house here in Price(utah). I honestly miss having the time(and money)  to work on the poor ugly thing. but priorites are just that and I have to eat and have a warm place to sleep. I'll try to post a few interesting pictures of things i have run across at work and whatever else i find myself compellled to share with those of you who find themselves Entranced but what I type here.

Started repairing some of the damage and getting the mustang back to a roller

well so far Ive played with one of the dents and got it half way beat out. The rest Ill have to break out my stud welder and put some pull pins on.

The suspension on it has a fresh coat of paint and the lower arm I messed up so bad taking the bushing out of has been replaced. Right now Im waiting for the upper arm bolt kit and the bearing kit. It should be here today or tomorrow as it is in colorado and I am in utah.

The carport is cleaned up and everything is half-way back to normal around my house. we are waiting on the engineer to finish decideing on how to put the roof of the house back together and then hopfully we can get  the cash from the Carport because we cant rebuild it due to Fire code.

As for my personal life, Im begining to plan my wedding once again. Its all hinged on me passing the hard classes of my asscoiates degree, weather or not I can get a job that pays me more than minimium wage and weather or not I can find a place to live. Its hard to Stay motivated with so much extra stress in my life, But I've got to suffer through the bad and welcome the good.

Well as I said, The mustang still lives. Im working a few of the dents out and got some parts today.

Ladies, Gentleman and assorted others

the mutang did indeed live. here are the pictures of the damage. Most of which is minor in compairson to what it could have been.

Is this the end of the mustang?!

Well After a Fair few months of getting nowhere, Fate Intervened and Left me Wondering what now.

The many month of snow finally began to thaw and give me some hope to return to my beloved mustang and give her the love and attention she deserves. Unfortunatly The carport also decided to make sweet love to my mustang.......all I can say is BOOM!

We'll have to see what the end result is, The insurence company and the contractor they hired just left and said they would have a baseline quote for us by the end of the month.