100.000 miles

The 50th Anniversary driving season is about to reach the end and my project Snowback will soon be back from blasting so I need to make room for it in my shop. Destiny will spend the coming winter in my parents' garage in dry and warm. Before driving her in I decided to shoot a couple of photos from her. As Destiny is not a hot rod but a nice driver you can use for easily going to church so that's what I did and went to the Church of St.Lawrence.

550 years old church and 50 years young Mustang

While driving back from church the odometer turned around after 100.000 miles reached !

Mission accomplished !

I wonder if  anyone at Ford imagined in 1965 that someone would ever drive these cars after 50 years. Neither do I believe that they thought that 100.000 miles would ever be exceeded.

This year we hit only about 1.400 miles together, despite the unexceptionally warm July and August that we experienced. You just don't have enough time to drive whenever you want.

We made a couple of longer trips to Ford Nationals at Alastaro Circuit and to FMOC FunRun in Jyväskylä where the Mustang was first shown on Sunday, April 12th (!!!) in 1964.
What has been delightful is the average fuel consumption which is as low as 11.5 liters per 100 km (over 20 miles per gallon).

Destiny and the disassembled parts from Snowback

Technically seen the summer has been a success. No major problems encountered, except that the alternator seems like not charging enough with headlights on and engine running with low RPM. Another thing to address in future is the noise from the rear that can be heard when driving the top up. I suppose the rear wheel bearings may need to be renewed.

Destiny hibernates under the starry sky

So, Good night and see you in April , Destiny !

The Church of St.Lawrence in Vantaa