Hey guys sorry for not posting on this thread sooner, I have had a computer glitch and whenever I would try to view this thread the window would close all by itself. This past week has been crazy for me, it all started wensday with my finding out that the my bank has not proccessed my loan at all, that means I am atleast three weeks away from getting my check, and that means no mustang for me. So I deside that I should just build the 35th and race it. So friday I head down to the race shop (Performance Automotive) and talk to them about building a custom cage and how much it would cost for them to take care of the rusted driver side floor pan and paint for the interior for the 35th. They told me that I would have to bring the car in to them for inspection before they could give me a price. So Sean and I went to the garage where the 35th is being stored that afternoon with a battery and jumper cables so we could get the 35th started. We had absolutley zero problems getting into the garage on friday. The battery that I had braught with me was dead from the get go and it refused to charge with the jumper cables. We spent a total of probably 20-30 minutes sitting there trying to get the 35th started. The plan was for me to hook my Optima red top from Gary's old 92 SC on the charger and use it to start the 35th saturday morning cause I was meeting Brian from Performance Automotive at the shop for around 10am.
So saturday rolls around, I wake up at 9am after a long night of drinking, put the battery on the charger, take a shower, then call Sean up to meet me at my place. We leave my place at around 10am and head over to the garage. When I got there everything looked normal, I got my key out and when I tried to put it in the slot it wouldn't go in. I was so dumbfounded that my key would not work. I even looked into the key whole and there was no ice or snow blocking it from going in. The pattern of the tumbler compared to the key looked kinda different which is why the key would not go into it. I am not sure if it looked tamperd with on the inside partly cause I dont know what to look for. The outside face of the lock was damaged though. It looked kind bent outward in the center out. I am not sure if it was like that on friday or not but Sean says that it was not because he would have noticed it if it was. We eventually went to the apartment complex's office building (the 35th is in a garage at an apartment complex, not a U-Store It kinda deal) and got a fresh set of keys cause my key is kinda bent. The fresh keys did not work either. So when we both went back to the office to bring them their keys back there where these two girls there telling them about how their apartment had been broken into that night. I guess this apartment complex has never had a break in before, well not untill now.
So the 35th is either in the garage or not, I personally think it is in there and come monday when they switch out the locks and give me my new key I should find it sitting there. Now if its not there I dont know what I will do. Its just too weird that I was just there on friday, everything was fine, I had no problems getting into my garage and now the very next morning I cant get into it at all. I pay the monthly bill and have never been late so its not like they would/could change the locks on me. Either way I am glad that I kept the insurance on the car. I am leaving work early on monday so I can get down there, get my new key and see of my beloved 35th is still there. Oh and to top it all off , the battery died in my Expedition saturday. I sure hope next week is better.
Shane