Located a vehicle rental company in the area that will let me rent a truck for a weekend. I plan to go up to Pennsylvania later this month to pick up the parts.
March 19, 2001:
Decided against going through Bill Fox in Pennsylvania to get my donor parts. Contacted Indy Mustang in Indiana and purchased my donor parts. The parts are coming out of a 1990 mustang with 87,000 miles on it. I decided to not have the engine rebuilt as I may modify it (stroke!) later.
Although the car is an automatic, he will send me all of the needed components including a T-5 transmission. One of the advantages for me with this donor is that I'll have a 3.27 rearend as opposed to a 2.73. I was going to pay to have 3.55 gears installed but since I can get a 3.27, I won't bother.
The parts should arrive around the first week of April by truck. That is the other benefit of going through Indy Mustang: I don't have to pick up the parts myself and rent my own truck.
March 31, 2001:
Finally got around to putting together the engine hoist. I actually purchased it two weeks ago but it was missing some parts. I contacted the company and they promptly mailed it to me. I also put together the engine stand.
I did some more organizing of the garage. I'm ready to start work on preparing the donor parts when they arrive. The parts are supposed to come in later this week.
Located a vehicle rental company in the area that will let me rent a truck for a weekend. I plan to go up to Pennsylvania later this month to pick up the parts. 