thoughts on this:

1. a. -hitting self in head with shovel: stupid.
2. b. -sound of shovel hitting head (not unlike distant church bells,) -cool!
(BTW: -is this an 'answer video' to Oz's posting of Kanye West 'getting shovelled' in a Mustang a few days ago?
-soundtrack on this is waaaaaay better.)

2. a. -this is why chevy guys make fun of Ford guys and call us a bunch of savages...
b. -this is what Mopar guys do, but they don't talk about it, and it involves more expensive iron.
c. -this is what euroweenie and riceburner drivers (despite 'Fast and Furious') simply will not EVER get... Eight cylinders of pure unadulterated obnoxious bliss.

3. ANSWER TO 2. (and the statement:'...that's so dumb, why would anyone do this?
(answer) '...because we can, ma'am, because we can... It's like why dogs... um, nevermind..)

4.-As a Ford guy? I'm like '...sweeeeeeeeeeet...'

5. As a serious Ford guy?
I'm also thinking...
...dude, that's one of the freakin' hardest years to get sheetmetal and replacement parts for, (I think the last couple of years before the Mustang II are STILL the hardest,
--II's being right up there (because everybody stole the front ends out of them for their hotrods,,, still not really a problem 'cause nobody really wants a II.)

-and whole time I'm watching, I'm like...
'...please, do NOT overcorrect, loose it, and nail the stucco... please...'

-single beam conversion using the 'Hi' buckets as main lights is pretty cool though, (sorta like the opposite of the old LightWeight Galaxie and Thunderbolt Hi-Beam bucket = air intakes thing... I like.

6. -When somebody wants to know what a Ford Nine-Inch rear can do (that no other can? Show them this.)
When they want to know why they need to have better rear springs, subframe connectors ladder bars? and a way better back end? same... (there is no way that he just has gabriel hi-jackers, nuh-uh.)

7.-obviously he has an uncle in the tire business...

8. Final thoughts: '...My dad is not here right now to hit me in the head with a shovel...'
-Sir, wherever your Dad is, I'm sure he's shaking his head eyebrows raised, chuckling to himself, and saying '...yep, that's my son.'
-then hitting rewind, again and again, and again.

Freakin' Excellent video Mr. McEwen...
Think I'll go out and lay a patch down the alleyway in my ancient F250 in your honor... (squirrels, consider this a warning...)

I saw my friend Jerry do something similar with a Dodge Challenger a couple of years ago. He burned off a set of tires -- which he claims was bald before he put the pedal to the metal.

This might be a good time for a disclaimer: Jerry drove stock cars locally for a spell and was pretty good at it. So, kids, don't try this at home.

...hmmm, it has jogged a memory.

-I recall one evening returning back east to our business, we found a back parking lot (small divider across the center,) with endless black stripes going round and round and round,(way before drifting, btw,) -with, like pieces of tread and pills of rubber all over the place.

--Further inquiry revealed:
One of the guys, who had a slightly lifted 4x4 chebbie, found that his ex-ta-be had been awarded it back...
-So he reduced a new set of monster mudders to baloney skins, with BELTS showing once he got done.
-Pret' sure the marks are all still there, and it's been three years...

-It'd be worth it to catch ol' Jer in his native (ovaltrack) environment.
I'd plunk down ten bucks.

PS
(My F-250 remained in the garage... did dinner with main squeeze instead...
(oh well, still grinnin.)

still an excellent vid.