“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” -John A. Shedd
Today, we loaded the Mustang onto the tow-dolly, which I had picked up on the 26th. The car is surprisingly light without the engine and the transmission, but fully loaded with all of the parts we could find. Door liners, random bolts, screws, new carpet, new mufflers, new headers, all original seating, among other various new and removed parts.
The loading of the mustang and departure was incredibly quick. We strapped everything down, said our goodbyes and headed south towards LA where, 40 miles or so north, we would turn east and begin the remainder of our 1100 mile journey back to Arkansas.
Before making it to our first of three nightly hotel stays we discovered the tarp I had purchased the day before was not holding up to the strong winds produced in the Mojave. We pulled over at a Loves gas station where I purchased a 5-pack of bright orange tow straps. I used every single strap to secure the cover/tarp to the body of the Mustang in hopes that it would hold for the remainder of the trip.
We arrived at the first hotel arround 1am the next morning for our first stay. A well kept branch of the hilton chain of hotels. Too exhausted to enjoy the room, we fell asleep almost immediatley.
The Mustang Project 
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