Mechanic recommendations?

[Joe_Falcon_61]

Howdy! Yeah it's been a while for me. I have been away and busy. I thought I would post an update.

GORMAN AUTO: The guys there are real straight up nice guys. It's Jim and Jason. A father son duo I think. I think they seem a nice couple of friendly neighborhood mechanics who are nice to people and not about the money. It's a shop where you sacrifice timely service for cheap and good service would be my initial response. Jim fixed my accelerator linkage assembly with some homemade good old fashioned engine know how, and got the car running again. He had it for a LONG time but had a family emrgency with his wife and I had other things going on so I really didn't mind at all. The cost was next to nothing!

All in all I have nothing but good things to say really, but at the end of the day i am still looking for something a bit more.

Any advice on other mechanics to try?

My car still is running crappy after it's warm, and I want to be able to trust this as a daily driver, which I don't right now.

[Joe_Falcon_61]

side note:

What I'm really looking for is a place that ideally works in restoring old cars from the ground up. A place I can go to as I have the cash to fix project after project on the car. Right now I'm focused on the engine as i want it to drive well enough to rely on it. the body and interior are actually in quite good shape. I'd like to keep working to restore the car over the years, so the interior I would like to fully re-upholster in the future, as well as upgrade engine parts, bumper re-chrome work etc.

Any advice for who could do the work or teach me would be great. Any do it yourselfers out there who would take a look and help a novice out is appreciated as well. I brew my own beer, so I can trade, pay, or trade labor as in help with work on your car as a second pair of hands and student. I am a hard workeer and smart.

I grew up with a step father who rebuilt old model Ts and As and worked on restoring old thunderbirds, so I have been raised wanting my own old car one day. I never was taught anything about engine work, so I can't fix anything myself and feel a bit out of my element.

I love the journey though, and will continue to work on this car, and make it my own as well as a damn fine Falcon.

thanks guys

[Luva65wagon]

Joe,

I missed this thread somehow. It think most of us are do-it-yourselfer's and are all working on one of our cars all the time it seems. I don't know of many who take their cars to a shop, which is why you may not have seen other posts offering suggestions where else to go (or they missed this too, for some reason). I have not taken a car to a shop in many years... unless I was being very lazy.

We've all heard tell and witnessed first-hand how shops these days seem to be rather inept at fixing these all-too-simple cars. Most throw out outrageous diagnoses when all that might be needed, when it might actually be a $5 part. If you are not savvy, then you will be at their mercy.

I think the best option is to come to some meetings and tech days when we have them and we'll all have a look at it and put our collective heads together. That's what it means to be part of a club. Some cases are easier than others, but we won't be able to tell without having a look.

Again, sorry nobody posted a reply before now.

[Joe_Falcon_61]

I think I have found the right place!! I will start a new thread in the "Local Resources" section as I think that will be a better place to keep the thread and updates about how things go. The shop is called Bell-Kirk Mustang and it's in bellevue. Look for the thread titled Bell-Kirk Mustang in "local resources" for more about them and my experiences with them.

I think the best option is to come to some meetings and tech days when we have them and we'll all have a look at it and put our collective heads together. That's what it means to be part of a club. Some cases are easier than others, but we won't be able to tell without having a look.

Again, sorry nobody posted a reply before now.

Thanks for the advice. What exactly is the skinny on being a "member"? And what are the meeting schedules? I'd love to be a part of the club. right now with the car barely running I'm hesitant to try and drive it anywhere but to a mechanic. I'd love to come to some meetings regardless and in the future drive the car to them. So, yeah, whats the deal with the club?