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MyBad70
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my first was a 85 GT. girl i was dating told me about her cousins friend had a 5.0 for sale. went and looked at it, gave the guy 2 grand and drove it home. interior was imaculate, had weld wheels, bone stock, generic flowmasters. same night i bought it i borrowed a 650 dp holley carb from a friend, bought a edelbrock air gap intake to go on it. got all that done, stripped the interior and soundproofed it all. really loved this car. odometer read 190k when it quit working, but it was still strong and held 45 psi oil pressure so i put 2 holley blue pumps on it ( main line and return line) and added a NOS 100 shot wet kit. then some kid wanted it worse than i did so i doubled my money and the kids blew it up 3 weeks after i sold it. its prolly in a junk yard now. and ive got this 89 gt
my first was a 85 GT. girl i was dating told me about her cousins friend had a 5.0 for sale. went and looked at it, gave the guy 2 grand and drove it home. interior was imaculate, had weld wheels, bone stock, generic flowmasters. same night i bought it i borrowed a 650 dp holley carb from a friend, bought a edelbrock air gap intake to go on it. got all that done, stripped the interior and soundproofed it all. really loved this car. odometer read 190k when it quit working, but it was still strong and held 45 psi oil pressure so i put 2 holley blue pumps on it ( main line and return line) and added a NOS 100 shot wet kit. then some kid wanted it worse than i did so i doubled my money and the kids blew it up 3 weeks after i sold it. its prolly in a junk yard now. and ive got this 89 gt
fivespeedsteed
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when i bought my car it had 82.999 miles on it and the first day we had it we put 450 miles on it driving it from bridgeport connecticuit to my home in richmond va. oh and we went about 375-350 i think on one tank of gas.
Since i dont have my fox yet this is about my '68...
Basically I was 14, home on a normal rainy night and my dad calls and says "I bought you a mustang" I was excited but half expected to get a matchbox car when i got there... Needless to say it was a '68 coupe, it was a turquoise sorta color with an ugly but clean green interior and a 200ci auto... I used to sit in that car for hours, but I sold it about a year after cause it just wasnt practical to drive everyday and I was dumb and knew nothing about engines and the drivetrain or I would still have that today as well as my bronco, except there would be a nice 408 being built for the stang in my garage...
Basically I was 14, home on a normal rainy night and my dad calls and says "I bought you a mustang" I was excited but half expected to get a matchbox car when i got there... Needless to say it was a '68 coupe, it was a turquoise sorta color with an ugly but clean green interior and a 200ci auto... I used to sit in that car for hours, but I sold it about a year after cause it just wasnt practical to drive everyday and I was dumb and knew nothing about engines and the drivetrain or I would still have that today as well as my bronco, except there would be a nice 408 being built for the stang in my garage...
fivespeedsteed
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woodyy24 said:
hahahahhahahah thats great.
is that the 86 you have now or the one you sold a while back?
Have a story to beat all others lol
Hi all...We are once again the proud owners of an '84 LX Hatchback 5.0L 5spd. We bought her from her original owners in '92 had her until '98 ( kept her original and in mint condition ...sadly decided to sell her in May of '98) Put her on my uncles car lot .. two young guys took her for a test drive on Friday afternoon and the police figure they made keys for her on their test drive ) On Sunday morning she was GONE! His insurance was a 5000 deductible and wouldn't cover it ( we had taken our insurance off her while she was sitting on his lot) .. We had no car and no cash! Police checked intot he guys who had her for a drive but of course they "didn't take the car"
GOOD NEWS she was recovered June 22nd, 2006... the guy who had the car had her towed to a Mida's garage because he put the clutch out of her...the mechanic noticed she had no VIN in the window and alerted police).. she was mint when stolen and for 22 years old and missing for 8 yrs and 1 month she is still in decent shape) I recieved a call from a police dept 3 hours from here asking if I had a car stolen .. I said yeah 8 yrs ago, I had a mustang stolen.. the officer says " well you won't believe me but we recovered your car" I said yeah but what kind of shape is it in now? He said " for being 22 yrs old it isn't in bad shape" After the RCMP auto theft unit was finished with it and confirmed the original VIN (on the unibody and the firewall) we were allowed to take her home July 2nd/06 .. we arrived at their impound ....showed proof of original ownership and towed her home...We went right to work at getting her cleaned up and running fine... put her on the road July 13th/06.. no current pics of her but i know she was MEANT TO BE MINE! .. She was stolen before she could be sold and found her way back to me after 8 yrs... you can judge for yourself but I think its a damn original story! here is a link to a few pics of her ... http://www.mustangforums.com/photos...&hitfilter=&ratefilter=&commentfilter=&page=1
Hi all...We are once again the proud owners of an '84 LX Hatchback 5.0L 5spd. We bought her from her original owners in '92 had her until '98 ( kept her original and in mint condition ...sadly decided to sell her in May of '98) Put her on my uncles car lot .. two young guys took her for a test drive on Friday afternoon and the police figure they made keys for her on their test drive ) On Sunday morning she was GONE! His insurance was a 5000 deductible and wouldn't cover it ( we had taken our insurance off her while she was sitting on his lot) .. We had no car and no cash! Police checked intot he guys who had her for a drive but of course they "didn't take the car"
GOOD NEWS she was recovered June 22nd, 2006... the guy who had the car had her towed to a Mida's garage because he put the clutch out of her...the mechanic noticed she had no VIN in the window and alerted police).. she was mint when stolen and for 22 years old and missing for 8 yrs and 1 month she is still in decent shape) I recieved a call from a police dept 3 hours from here asking if I had a car stolen .. I said yeah 8 yrs ago, I had a mustang stolen.. the officer says " well you won't believe me but we recovered your car" I said yeah but what kind of shape is it in now? He said " for being 22 yrs old it isn't in bad shape" After the RCMP auto theft unit was finished with it and confirmed the original VIN (on the unibody and the firewall) we were allowed to take her home July 2nd/06 .. we arrived at their impound ....showed proof of original ownership and towed her home...We went right to work at getting her cleaned up and running fine... put her on the road July 13th/06.. no current pics of her but i know she was MEANT TO BE MINE! .. She was stolen before she could be sold and found her way back to me after 8 yrs... you can judge for yourself but I think its a damn original story! here is a link to a few pics of her ... http://www.mustangforums.com/photos...&hitfilter=&ratefilter=&commentfilter=&page=1
grey5.0beast
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Thats awesome man, I can't believe you got it back, I'd go see the mechanic and thank him! Rarely is a mustang is recovered and even more rarely is it recovered not parted out.
90_Red_LX
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My aunt bought the car new in fall of 89. She had a 89 cavalier but she hated it from day 1 so she traded it for the 90 lx. She looked at a white one with a AOD but she had to have red. Well they had one in Virginia (of course VA so it came down with a front tag holder on the front) and she picked it up a couple days later. I rode in the car all through elementry school, and her goal was to give it to me one day. When I was getting close to my 15th birthday I picked up a 83 z28 with the l69 ho and I liked it though. But I was always split between the two cars. From the time I was around 12 or so, the mustang just sat in the garage covered up at my grandmas, right beside the camaro. Well dad towed the camaro home when I was around 15 and half years old and we got it running. I drove that car nearly every day down this long driveway we have with little side roads that made it interesting. I was harsh on that car though. Took it out a couple times down this little road with very little traffic once and played with. Needless to say I got pretty good at driving a stick with that car. During that time though my mom started driving the mustang since she was in need of a car. I kept the mustang up for her as she wasn't much for caring for it. As I drove with her I started to fall in love with the mustang. I joined this board along with the camaro boards and was split between the two again. Two days after I got my license I totalled the camaro because I was overconfident and went around a corner too fast. I was out of a car for a month. Well my mom finally got another car a little over a month later, and my grandma said if I drove her car to get the oil changed she would let me take the mustang home. I done it and took the car home on a chilly febuary day after a light snow and it still hadn't completely melted off the roads. Two years later it's about to be signed over in my name and I have done several mods to it and happy as can be. 
ryan218
In just 10 years, I'll be old enough to drive!!!!
Foundmy84 said:
dang they drove the car for 8 years before being caught. that guy who reported it deserves a thanks and maybe a beer.
LX93RiceKill
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Alright, here's mine.
I grew up a musclecar fanatic, my dad was always cranking away on something. My own list of rides includes several ballzy classics. But I remember my Dad always saying how if he had the money, which we never did back then, he'd get a brand new 5.0 Stang. Closest we ever got to that was a tan early 80's 6cyl Capri. I personally never got it. Being all of 12 at the time, my attitude was; "the biggest engine you can get is a 302!?! How can they even call that a Mustang?"
But time has a way of changing you. Hell, the first time you hear a 5.0 w/ Flows at full throttle... that has a way of changing you. I was about 14, riding with my dad in mom's 72 Mach1. We're on the highway, and a jet black GT ripped past us like we were standing still!
Fast forward to highschool, early/mid 90s. You know what I'm talking about. The 5.0 was THE car to have. Yeah, couldn't afford one, so I cut my teeth on a 71 Maverick w/ a Boss 302 transplant. About 8 years, and a ton of cars, later I find myself with a 69 Fairlane that I've driven into the ground, a 58 Rambler with no hope, and my driver... a 65 Galaxie with a freshly grenaded motor. What to do? Sell 'em all for quick cash, and find a Stang!
I came very close to getting an '87 5.0 that looked like it had been wrecked and bondoed back together 9 or 10 times. Then I found my car. Sitting at this little mom-n-pop lot was this CLEAN 93 LX... 4cyl. Well, obviously I took it. They wanted $2,900! I set $1,700 cash on the hood, and it was mine. Original paint that still looks awesome to this day!
As time went on, I slowly made improvements here & there. Swapped the ugly-ass Eagle Alloys for a set of Ponys, got the 6pc clearcorners, Cobra R swaybar. But the damn 4cyl kept on chuggin away. At this point, it now had 160K on it, and not one leak, drip, or slightest sign of smoke. And with most of my cash going into other projects, including groundups on a 64 Impala, and a 72 Fastback, I left the little 2.3 alone.
Finally, bout a year ago, this guy says he's got an 88 Lincoln Mark VII sitting in his yard. So I go out and see it. Hideous of course, but the clock shows 75K miles! So I slowly raise the hood and... HO 5.0! Asked how much, he said if it was gone that day, it was free. It was gone that day!
Both cars were in pieces that night, side by side in my garage, with cherry picker between 'em. The swap itself was a breeze. The engine, trans, and exhaust all went in together as a unit. Nobody believes me when I tell them, but I've got the pics to prove it! The wiring proved a bit more challenging. But a week later, my snoozer was finally a screamer. Future plans include a T5 swap, a major susp. upgrade, and a rebuild of the motor. Either a 347 or a 331 kit will go in, depending on if I decide to go turbo or not.
Regardless, she's still my daily driver, just a helluva lot more fun! :SNSign:
I grew up a musclecar fanatic, my dad was always cranking away on something. My own list of rides includes several ballzy classics. But I remember my Dad always saying how if he had the money, which we never did back then, he'd get a brand new 5.0 Stang. Closest we ever got to that was a tan early 80's 6cyl Capri. I personally never got it. Being all of 12 at the time, my attitude was; "the biggest engine you can get is a 302!?! How can they even call that a Mustang?"
But time has a way of changing you. Hell, the first time you hear a 5.0 w/ Flows at full throttle... that has a way of changing you. I was about 14, riding with my dad in mom's 72 Mach1. We're on the highway, and a jet black GT ripped past us like we were standing still!
Fast forward to highschool, early/mid 90s. You know what I'm talking about. The 5.0 was THE car to have. Yeah, couldn't afford one, so I cut my teeth on a 71 Maverick w/ a Boss 302 transplant. About 8 years, and a ton of cars, later I find myself with a 69 Fairlane that I've driven into the ground, a 58 Rambler with no hope, and my driver... a 65 Galaxie with a freshly grenaded motor. What to do? Sell 'em all for quick cash, and find a Stang!
I came very close to getting an '87 5.0 that looked like it had been wrecked and bondoed back together 9 or 10 times. Then I found my car. Sitting at this little mom-n-pop lot was this CLEAN 93 LX... 4cyl. Well, obviously I took it. They wanted $2,900! I set $1,700 cash on the hood, and it was mine. Original paint that still looks awesome to this day!
As time went on, I slowly made improvements here & there. Swapped the ugly-ass Eagle Alloys for a set of Ponys, got the 6pc clearcorners, Cobra R swaybar. But the damn 4cyl kept on chuggin away. At this point, it now had 160K on it, and not one leak, drip, or slightest sign of smoke. And with most of my cash going into other projects, including groundups on a 64 Impala, and a 72 Fastback, I left the little 2.3 alone.
Finally, bout a year ago, this guy says he's got an 88 Lincoln Mark VII sitting in his yard. So I go out and see it. Hideous of course, but the clock shows 75K miles! So I slowly raise the hood and... HO 5.0! Asked how much, he said if it was gone that day, it was free. It was gone that day!
Both cars were in pieces that night, side by side in my garage, with cherry picker between 'em. The swap itself was a breeze. The engine, trans, and exhaust all went in together as a unit. Nobody believes me when I tell them, but I've got the pics to prove it! The wiring proved a bit more challenging. But a week later, my snoozer was finally a screamer. Future plans include a T5 swap, a major susp. upgrade, and a rebuild of the motor. Either a 347 or a 331 kit will go in, depending on if I decide to go turbo or not.
Regardless, she's still my daily driver, just a helluva lot more fun! :SNSign:
blackened88lx
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Well, I'm only 18, and I just bought my car a month ago, so this is a short story, but here goes. A friend of mine in high school bought a stock '90 SSP notch, rusty, had a million miles, beat to snot with a trashed t5, but the car ran very well, and I loved it ever since I saw it and rode in it, then I drove it and I was really hooked. I always liked foxes, but after that car I loved foxes. I searched for one for almost 2 years, and I really wanted a notch, but I came across my one owner, babied '88 LX hatch with 37k miles on it, and for $5800 I couldn't pass it up. The car will definitely no longer be babied, the t5 will be soon be powershifted to death, and the stock short block will be pushed to the limit 
Well my story is a little interesting I guess. I bought my first mustang when I was a freshman in high school for $750. Thats $50 more than what others who were looking at the car were willing to pay. When I finally got my license this was my beater. I put the car through hell and I'm suprised the aod and 4 banger didn't explode. Then I wanted a little more and started saving for a 5.0. I had about $3300 saved and I found that finding a clean 5.0 wasn't as easy as I thought. I'm a very picky person by the way. I saw one mustang online that looked perfect (it was for a inch by inch picture) so I called the guy. He said the car was in excellent shape "cough, b.s, cough" so my dad and I drove a couple of hours to see it. Excellent shape included a stained carpet, broken seat brackets, a destroyed interior, a demolished front bumper and Euro taillights (thats when I realized that I was an idiot for having liked them at one point in time). "But it has cool chrome stuff under the hood," he said. Needless to say I was extremely dissappointed and I didn't purchase his pos.
Then one day after my classes got out I walked to the front of the school and see a cherry black 5.0 with an elderly gentleman in the drivers seat. I mean this car was mint. I walked over to him and asked if he knew of anybody selling a car like his in town and he just smiled at me. He just looked at me and and asked, "Your name wouldn't happen to be Jason would it?" At this point I was confused as hell. I told him yes and thats when He told me that the car was mine. Turns out it was a car that I found online (no picture) and he ended up coming down to meet my dad while I was at school. My dad told him that the car was sold before I even got to see it. I was the most happy person in the world. Then after having only about $300 dollars left to pay off on the car I totalled it
2 1/2 years later my dad and I completed the car I have now. My first two mustangs combined. You can read more about this and see some pictures in the link at the bottom.
Then one day after my classes got out I walked to the front of the school and see a cherry black 5.0 with an elderly gentleman in the drivers seat. I mean this car was mint. I walked over to him and asked if he knew of anybody selling a car like his in town and he just smiled at me. He just looked at me and and asked, "Your name wouldn't happen to be Jason would it?" At this point I was confused as hell. I told him yes and thats when He told me that the car was mine. Turns out it was a car that I found online (no picture) and he ended up coming down to meet my dad while I was at school. My dad told him that the car was sold before I even got to see it. I was the most happy person in the world. Then after having only about $300 dollars left to pay off on the car I totalled it
2 1/2 years later my dad and I completed the car I have now. My first two mustangs combined. You can read more about this and see some pictures in the link at the bottom.Foundmy84 - That car's a beauty, glad you got her back!
As for me, I can remember seriously getting into Mustangs around grade 10. I hated Fox Bodys. My dad kept pointing them out to me as they were more in my price range as opposed to classic Mustangs.
Finally, I noticed my neighbour had one, I took one look at it and decided I wanted one. One day looking in the Buy and Sell I circled the first ad that looked good in black sharpie. It bled all over the place, so I switched to a ballpoint for the rest of the ads. Went to the see the car, took it for a test drive. My dad talked to the guy, he originally wanted $6000, relisted at $5200, and let it go for $4600! I feel pretty fortunate. Car was stock, taken care of mechanically and not very abused. First ad circled in a different pen than the rest and first car looked at. Guess it was fate.
As for me, I can remember seriously getting into Mustangs around grade 10. I hated Fox Bodys. My dad kept pointing them out to me as they were more in my price range as opposed to classic Mustangs.
Finally, I noticed my neighbour had one, I took one look at it and decided I wanted one. One day looking in the Buy and Sell I circled the first ad that looked good in black sharpie. It bled all over the place, so I switched to a ballpoint for the rest of the ads. Went to the see the car, took it for a test drive. My dad talked to the guy, he originally wanted $6000, relisted at $5200, and let it go for $4600! I feel pretty fortunate. Car was stock, taken care of mechanically and not very abused. First ad circled in a different pen than the rest and first car looked at. Guess it was fate.
thanks all.... She definatly is a beauty... I did thank the mechanic who reported her and wrote a lengthy letter to Midas head office about my unique experience with their honest mechanic. She certainly is my project car for the winter as she does need a few things..( but nothing major..mostly cosmetic) ... they guy who had her was a pig ..literally the 3rd pic in the link i posted was our first look at her in impound..she was filthy and full of ciggarette butts, McDonald's junk and of all things a bag of loose dog food and dog bones) all that was cleaned out of her after we took her home ...She had 106000 more Kms on the odometer than when she was stolen.. and the weekend of the 16th of Sept we are showing her at Mustang Show at the ford dealership 20 minutes away from where she was found ( kinda hope someone who knew her while she was away sees her now lol) even after the work we did to her The 1st pic in the link was taken the end June after we cut all the fake window tint out of her cleaned her up and while she was waiting for the wheel center and new clutch from ford..she now has an alarm ... new igintion and new locks! .. So thanks for reading her story if nothing else its unique!
grey5.0beast
Cookies should never be DUNKED!!!
Well growing up my buddy’s dad had an 85 GT vert CFI. I loved the car we use to take trips in it all the time (at the time I was over there a lot when my folks would fight). I always said I would get the car. Well I ended up getting another 85 vert CFI. After driving it for a while (with a 351w in it), my buddy’s dad told me he would sell me his car. So six months ago I bought the car from him. It’s in bad shape. It has 240k on the odo. It will hardly run. But it will be running soon with a 351w.
RUNINAGT
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AUG 2005, ORLANDO FLA.
FOUND== 1993 black Mustang GT, 5-spd, grey leather interior, fully stock motor with original plug wires (dated 1993) and other tune up parts, silencer in fender, original radiator, hoses, and belt, stock radio and speakers, (still working great), spare looks brand new, headlights not sandblasted, pulled wheels and found O.E. pads and shoes, had to remove clips from around the studs on rear to inspect, and the best for last had the original Goodyear Eagles on it with code dates of 1993.
MILES 16000.
Carfax gave enough proof to me along with other items on car about the mileage. Guy selling it was not sure of the mileage because he got it from an estate where the previous owner died, and he assumed that the year of car made it have more. No hundred thousand mark. He was just in it to make a quick buck, had absolutly no interest in the car. So we drove to Orlando to pick this car up thinking the mileage was 116k SURPRISE!!!!! Once I showed the guy all the proof he was in shock, but stuck to his word (good man) and sold me the car for the agreed price. We lifted car in air to inspect under @ a local place and the engine area was spotless, minus the dirt and dust. Did before we paid for it. Many technicians have inspected this car through out and agree with everthing. I work in a shop with 18 bays. Trust me everyone was nitpicking this thing. Only bad thing was that the paint took a beating.
PRICE $5000
Been offered $7500 here and turned down. Im sure I will not find another close to the same.
The story started with the wife giving in and agreeing on me finding another Stang. She was smart this time though, she made me write down what car I wanted, year, color inside and out, mileage, trans type, and anything else. You know the only thing off the list was that I wrote down grey cloth interior, the leather was a bonus, and the mileage originally was a tad higher than I wanted. But the explanation is above.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT--------DONT CARE! IT WILL STILL BE IN MY GARAGE EVERYNIGHT!!!!!!
FOUND== 1993 black Mustang GT, 5-spd, grey leather interior, fully stock motor with original plug wires (dated 1993) and other tune up parts, silencer in fender, original radiator, hoses, and belt, stock radio and speakers, (still working great), spare looks brand new, headlights not sandblasted, pulled wheels and found O.E. pads and shoes, had to remove clips from around the studs on rear to inspect, and the best for last had the original Goodyear Eagles on it with code dates of 1993.
MILES 16000.
Carfax gave enough proof to me along with other items on car about the mileage. Guy selling it was not sure of the mileage because he got it from an estate where the previous owner died, and he assumed that the year of car made it have more. No hundred thousand mark. He was just in it to make a quick buck, had absolutly no interest in the car. So we drove to Orlando to pick this car up thinking the mileage was 116k SURPRISE!!!!! Once I showed the guy all the proof he was in shock, but stuck to his word (good man) and sold me the car for the agreed price. We lifted car in air to inspect under @ a local place and the engine area was spotless, minus the dirt and dust. Did before we paid for it. Many technicians have inspected this car through out and agree with everthing. I work in a shop with 18 bays. Trust me everyone was nitpicking this thing. Only bad thing was that the paint took a beating.
PRICE $5000
Been offered $7500 here and turned down. Im sure I will not find another close to the same.
The story started with the wife giving in and agreeing on me finding another Stang. She was smart this time though, she made me write down what car I wanted, year, color inside and out, mileage, trans type, and anything else. You know the only thing off the list was that I wrote down grey cloth interior, the leather was a bonus, and the mileage originally was a tad higher than I wanted. But the explanation is above.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT--------DONT CARE! IT WILL STILL BE IN MY GARAGE EVERYNIGHT!!!!!!
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