We looked the car over and my friend, the body guy, looked closely at the underside of the car. We found a few flaws in the body work, but nothing major.

Hood up, we had a good look at the car.

After a road test it was time to negotiate a fair price and the deal was done. A few days later we returned with a trailer. We finished up the necessary paper work, loaded the car and headed home.

Tying the car down for the trip home.

Let the problems begin! The next order of business was replacing necessary parts. Rear brake cylinders, master cylinder and power brake booster were some of the parts ordered. The pandemic caused a backlog as production was down due to factories closing or short staffed. After a two month wait, I had the last of the parts that had been ordered.
The second problem came up. I took sick and was unable to do any work on the car during the winter. By May 2021, I was feeling better and placed an order for more parts. Same as last summer, parts were back ordered.

I can't do much with the car until we have the parts. It's a good time to put the top down and take a few pictures in my front yard.

Parts finally arrived in July and suddenly I realized that even though I felt better, I was not strong enough to do much of the work. So, back on the trailer and the car went to a local shop for an MTO safety inspection and repairs. In the meanwhile, I ordered a set of 1972 YOM (year of manufacture) licence plates.

A week went by, the needed repairs have been done and the car is on the road.
Weather permitting, we will enjoy cruising the summer days with the top down.

Temporary French language plates on the car until my YOM plates are approved by the MTO. The French licence plates will be added to my licence plate collection. 

Here is a little history on our 72 Mustang. It was built in Dearborn, Michigan on January 4, 1972 and delivered to Rankin Ford Sales Ltd in London, Ontario. Rankin Ford delivered the car to the new owner, Robert Hunt Co. of London on January 19. The suggested retail price was $4767.10 with options and including 12% federal sales tax. This Mustang is 1/6401 convertibles built for the 1972 model year.

The top was down as we toured with the car club on day tours during July, August and September. We have also attended a few cruise nights and two car shows. I even had my "new" 1972 licence plates for the last car show of the season.
 

YOM plates have been approved by the MTO and installed on the Mustang.

A rainy day tour of Prince Edward County.

We did two Fall Tours. The first tour was a nice drive in Prince Edward County on a rainy day. The second Fall Tour, and also the last tour of 2021, took us north of Napanee were we enjoyed the beauty of Buttermilk Falls.
Hopefully, we will have the car out for short drives before the first snowfall.

A late October tour took us to Buttermilk Falls.   

Shortly before Christmas I ordered a Marti Report. It details the building and delivery of the car to the original owner.