{"id":120,"date":"2010-04-22T00:26:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T04:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myunclesmustang.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2010-05-19T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T01:37:55","slug":"tie-downs-dreams-discipline-and-the-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myunclesmustang.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Tie Downs, Dreams, Discipline and the Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sent a box of heavy duty tie downs to Doug and Mary today. I bought them at the Swap Meet from Cherokee Tie Down out of Gaffney, SC. They look to be strong and they definitely were heavy. 4 tie downs and 4 axle straps rang up at about 21 lbs. I am going to use those instead of the bright-orange-expensive-as-shit ones that U-HAUL will likely have for sale or rent.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait to get the car. I am at the point now where I am even dreaming about it. One dream took place in the 70’s and the car was pristine. I have never seen the car pristine or shiny like new that I can remember and that is why I love dreams. Uncle Pete took great care of the car, but I don’t remember it being shiny. Maybe I was dreaming about Uncle Pete’s Mustang with the sky blue paint job that the ’66 at the show was sporting (see the picture in the previous post).<\/p>\n

Doug Sr. sent me this pic of what the car looked like in 1968 – along with my Cousin Mary :-). You can get a sense of the color of the car – click the picture to enlarge:<\/p>\n

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This photo was taken around 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

Tied down. That’s what I feel like right now. Work, responsibility, mediocrity, blah blah blah blah. I am itching to get down there, get the car up here and start the restoration. It’s taking all the discipline I can muster to spend the whole day actually working on work – and not working on the blog, researching Mustang stuff, thinking about all of the things I need to do to prepare, etc.<\/p>\n

Calm. Patience. Discipline.<\/p>\n

But it’s getting close and the level of excitement is building.<\/p>\n

So today, I was talking to my friend Matt and the thought arose that since I’m likely not going to rent an RV for $5000 – I might spend about 1% of that to send my golf clubs down ahead of me. I could stop at a course on the way home and drive something other than the U-HAUL, right?<\/p>\n

Two weeks from today. 14 days. Damn, I can’t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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