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Time is money, as the saying goes, but more importantly, time doesn’t stand still. Not for you and certainly not for me. It seems like as the days go by, we all try to pack more into our day than we can humanly handle. Some of this is work related, but even in our personal lives, we find ourselves always running from one errand to the next and having little time to relax. So when it comes to the weekend and those precious two days off (and some of us only have one day off), do you really want to spend it maintaining your rides?

Photo Gallery: Pertronix Ignition System Install – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

Photo Gallery: Pertronix Ignition System Install – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

There’s something to be said about climbing into your classic Ford and having the feeling of being in a time machine; being transported back to the ’60s and simpler times. A time when you had to pump the gas pedal to start your car, adjust your choke for summer or winter use, and roll your windows up and down by hand. Now we know some people do enjoy “turning back the clock” but we’re all about modifications, upgrades and modernization around here. Fuel injection, power windows, and all those modern conveniences are what really trips our trigger-after all, these things make life easier. So when we first heard about Painless Performance Products’ Convenience Module earlier this year at the Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show, we knew it was meant for the likes of us and we couldn’t wait to get our hands on one. Fortunately, the good folks at Painless put us at the top of the list for a module of our own to play with.

Photo Gallery: Painless Convenience Module Installation – Modified Mustangs & Fords

Photo Gallery: Painless Convenience Module Installation – Modified Mustangs & Fords

One truly useful accessory to have in any classic Ford is a great stereo. But let’s face it: if you’ve got a ‘67 Fairlane like we do, it’s a sure thing that it didn’t come from the factory. Our car has the OE AM radio. It still plays music through its one tiny dash top speaker, and it’s OK for listening to the ball game-barely. And despite the limited usefulness of our stock radio, we’d like to keep it in place to preserve the original appearance of our Fairlane’s interior. We’d love to have a good stereo in our car but we don’t want to modify the face of our dashboard in any substantial way. The first people we think of when this is a major requirement are the folks at Custom Autosound. They have been specializing in modern car stereos that fit into the original dash openings on classic cars for more than 30 years.

Photo Gallery: 1967 Ford Fairlane Custom AutoSound SecretAudio System Installation – Modified Mustangs & Fords

Photo Gallery: 1967 Ford Fairlane Custom AutoSound SecretAudio System Installation – Modified Mustangs & Fords