Virginia Classic Mustang Blog

Jul 13, 2020

GT350 Lunch Tour

GT350 Lunch Tour
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We've made a lot of great friends over the past 40 years being involved with selling parts at Virginia Classic Mustang. It's more than our business...it's also our hobby.

We decided to contact a couple of our friends to do a little day tour in a few '66 Shelby Mustangs. Next thing we know, the group grew to seven cars! Seven 1966 GT350s touring some beautiful back roads. It was a beautiful day to boot!

Enjoy the pictures, and get out a drive those Mustangs!

GT350 Lunch Tour
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Jun 27, 2020

Customer Cars - 1966 Shelby GT350

We usually don't post back-to-back about the same subject, but we could not help it in this case!

After our customer saw the last Blog Post with the pictures of his cool 1966 GT350, he shared the pictures here along with this message:

The trip went well and we drove down the Blue Ridge, rode the Diamondback and the Tail of the Dragon.

All told we went 1800 miles and seven states in 10 days. We had a great time and made it home safely.

While we love and greatly admire trailered show cars, the longer that you are involved in the hobby, the more you appreciate folks getting out there, driving, and really enjoying these great cars!

Jun 25, 2020

Customer Cars - 1966 Shelby GT350

1966 Shelby GT350 Mustang. Sapphire Blue. American Racing Torq-Thrust D Wheels with black spokes.
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We just love it when our customers drop by the shop in their cars.

It's even better when they are going on a road trip, and better yet when it's a '66 GT350. Throw in Weber carburetors, and wow!!!

Enjoy these pictures! These folks were heading for a nice little road trip vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains.

1966 Shelby GT350 Mustang. Sapphire Blue. American Racing Torq-Thrust D Wheels with black spokes.
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Jun 10, 2020

Mustang Gas Tanks - New Shipment

We just got in a brand new shipment of Gas Tanks!!! These are the good ones...the same gas tanks that we use in the restorations that you see here on our Blog.

Lots of times we will offer at least two different versions of a particular part that is available on the market. That way our customer can chose which one best meets their particular needs.

In the case of this Gas Tank for your Mustang, we don't think it is a good idea.

The only Gas Tank that we handle are the ones manufactured by Spectra Premium. They are super nice Fuel Tanks and are made in Canada. In this particular case, we just don't think that it is worth saving a few bucks on the cheaper tank.

These tanks are available for all of the early Mustangs. We even have a correct tank without the drain plug for the 1970 Mustangs now.

ER-258 65-68 Mustang Gas Tank with Drain Plug
ER-290 69 Mustang Gas Tank with Drain Plug
ER-565 70 Mustang Gas Tank with Drain Plug
ER-5651 70 Mustang Gas Tank without Drain Plug '70 Mustangs originally did not have drain plugs.
ER-549 71-73 Mustang Gas Tank

May 14, 2020

Mustang Shop Manuals, Wiring Diagrams, Parts Manuals, Illustration Manuals - Now on USB Drives!

Mustang Colorized Wiring Diagrams on USB Flash Drive
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We now have several Mustang reference manuals on handy USB Flash Drives!

These drives are super convenient for transporting from device to device. It's easy to zoom in on pages and print only the pages that you need.

Check out a few of the links below to order:

1965 and 1966 Mustang Wiring Diagrams
1967 and 1968 Mustang Wiring and Vacuum Diagrams
1969 and 1970 Mustang Wiring and Vacuum Diagrams
1971, 1972, and 1973 Mustang Wiring and Vacuum Diagrams

1965 and 1966 Mustang Shop Manuals
1967 and 1968 Mustang Shop Manuals
1969 and 1970 Mustang Shop Manuals
1971, 1972, and 1973 Mustang Shop Manuals

1965 and 1966 Mustang Part and Body Illustrations Manuals
1967 and 1968 Mustang Part and Body Illustrations Manuals
1969 and 1970 Mustang Part and Body Illustrations Manuals
1971, 1972, and 1973 Mustang Part and Body Illustrations Manuals

1965-72 Ford Car Master Parts and Accessories Catalog

1963-73 Mustang Ford Shop Tips - Complete Collection

Keep in mind that we also offer instant downloads of all of these great Mustang reference manuals. Click here to order them and many more.

Mustang Part and Body Illustration Manual
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Ford Master Parts and Accessories Catalog on USB Flash Drive.
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Mustang Shop Manual on USB Flash Drive.
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May 8, 2020

Bristol Spring Nationals - June 1965 - Drag Racing

Al Swenson Ford A/FX Mustang Fastback
©Bob Garland Jr

There's nothing cooler than vintage photos, and these are just awesome! A friend of ours, Bob Garland, recently shared some photos that he took at the Bristol Spring Nationals in June of 1965.

At first, we were going to just share the Mustang ones, but they are all so darn good, we decided to share them all.

Bob also shared the story of how he drove down to the race and slept in his 1965 Mustang fastback. He also mentioned that he's pretty sure that he didn't get too much sleep!!

Check out the images of the A/FX Mustangs with the 427 SOHC engines that were campaigned and sponsored by Al Swenson Ford and Tasca Ford, Honest Charley by the "Honest Charley" lettered 1965 Mustang fastback pictured with John Holman, the Phil Bonner Mustang, Hemi Under Glass, Jack Chrisman Comet, Richard Petty (yeah, he was drag racing!!), and more!

Enjoy, and thanks to Bob for sharing these incredible pictures!!