From here I thought it would be just a simple matter of slipping them on, but true to form I made a few mistakes that could have been fatal if I didn't have some good friends to help me out of a jam.

It seems like only yesterday that I was in the Grant Ford showroom in St. Petersburg, Florida, buying a new '85 Thunderbird. To lure then-young buyers like me, there were new Mustang GT hatchbacks and ...