Subj : Revitalizing a car that has sat
To   : All
From : Ken Nischan
Date : Wed May 15 2024 12:04:08

Hello again.

Another question for ya'll..  my grand mother told me she wants to give me her
car since she's 97 and can't drive anymore.  It's a 1968 Mustang.  She bought
it new and babied it for the last fifty years or so.  She said she stopped
driving it only a year or two ago, but I have a feeling her 97 year old memory
may be not entirely accurate, heh.  I know she was still driving at 93, so at
worst I'll assume it has been sitting for four years.

It's kept in a garage thankfully.  Once I take possession, what do you think
would be a good plan of action for getting it back on the road?  I figure drain
and replace fuel tank, replace fuel lines, fuel pump, tires, disassemble and
inspect all the brakes (probably four wheel drum...  sigh), new fluids/filters.
 What else might I be forgetting?

My friend's car is off the road with a bad water pump, so I'm gonna snatch her
tag to throw on the Mustang so AAA will tow it.  I figure I don't want to start
it with the crappy years old gas in it, don't wanna foul up the carb unless
perhaps I'm being too paranoid there and it won't matter?  I also figure rather
than drive an unproven vehicle that has been off the road for years the 230
mile trip home, probably safer to just tow it anyway.  

I'm not much of a mechanic, so I figured I'd ask the community what they feel
would be a good list of things to check :)
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