The cable clutch in Mustangs until 2004 was certainly a “characterful” anachronism but it had a surprisingly brilliant means of driver adjustment. The cable rides on a two piece quadrant attached to the pedal box just past the pedal. The two haves are joined by a ratcheting mechanism. As the cable wore and stretched the driver simply placed a foot under the pedal and pushed up until it stopped as the ratchet took up the slack. As with all feats of cleverness there was of course a drawback, in this case the brittle plastic quadrant shattering itself to bits with too enthusiastic an adjustment, which the vast aftermarket made much hay out of… I owned several, still miss my ‘94 GT. ... View more

Reading this gives me continued motivation to continue enduring the left coast. Out this way those Miatas and perhaps even the 993 would be daily drivers right now… And you only need $1M over asking to buy a house, so cheaper than the markup on a used truck right now. ... View more

I presume you had the opportunity to sample the ‘95 Mustang GT during your time at the Ford store. Last hurrah of the slightly rounded-up 5.0L before the ascendency of the Mod Motors forced 0.4L and pushrods to pack up and go home. Objectively terrible cars, particularly by modern standards, but I have a strange nostalgia for no driver’s aids and rear axle bind induced snap oversteer… the office park tree I hit might disagree but it’s been dead now these 22 years. Great writing and thanks for the memories. ... View more