Fox Considering A 5.0 Foxbody

#41
You dident say if you were buying it for a Daily Driver or for a "toy". DD a 20 plus year old mustang can get expensive, especially when you just get it and don't know its history. My first 5.0(3rd stang) was a 1990 lx with 80,000 miles in 2000. The first year I dd it I had to replace shocks, struts, bearings, tie rods, ball joints, rack..
 

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#42
Cruzer1984 said:
Found another one, this time it's a 93 notch, but still carbureted. Apparently it is next too impossible to find a nice looking EFI Stang in ohio. If anyone is curious about the notch, here's a link:

http://chillicothe.craigslist.org/cto/4743614218.html

Talked the guy down to 7k in a matter of minutes, so most likely I could negotiate down to 6.
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I actually LIKE this coupe! I'd take this Coupe for $6k all day long. From that picture it looks really clean and the paint looks great. This guy has a lot of $$$ sunk into this car. My only problem is the EFI to carb switch. Why do that? It hurts resell but still, for the right price, could be a great driver. This car has a fresh rebuilt motor, assuming clean interior since the rest of the car looks good, and all the body, paint and weather stripping looks to be good for years to come.

Do you realize how much MONEY it takes to get a 20 year old Fox and restore it to that condition??? Probably $15k if you started with a run down fox that needs all the TLC (motor rebuild, body, paint, interior, electrical, trans) and it'd take years of working in the garage and purchasing tools to get it done.

If people have built a Fox they'd know that even $10k is a "budget" resto build. Heck, since I bought my Fox I've probably spent nearly a $1,000 just in tools to be able to work on the car in my garage and trust me I already had a ton of tools. What I didn't have was an engine hoist, , load leveler, engine stand, my welder (to weld my subframes and smooth engine bay), converted welder to C25 gas plus getting a quality auto darkening welding helmet, grinders and discs, Devilbiss paint gun, etc.....
 
#43
My requirements for a $7-8k car
-Suspension upgrades including subframes and CC plates
-tasteful wheels and tires, 4 lug acceptable
-rear disc, turbo couple or cobra upgrade
-clean and complete interior, black or gray only (no red or blue for me)
-no hacked electrical under hood or dash
-strong running motor (EFI preferred) with upgraded aluminum heads, cam, intake manifold
-good paint and straight body with only minor scratches/imperfections yet needs nothing
-everything should work, door locks, door handles, power windows, etc
 
#50
FoxMustangLvr said:
I actually LIKE this coupe! I'd take this Coupe for $6k all day long. From that picture it looks really clean and the paint looks great. This guy has a lot of $$$ sunk into this car. My only problem is the EFI to carb switch. Why do that? It hurts resell but still, for the right price, could be a great driver. This car has a fresh rebuilt motor, assuming clean interior since the rest of the car looks good, and all the body, paint and weather stripping looks to be good for years to come.

Do you realize how much MONEY it takes to get a 20 year old Fox and restore it to that condition??? Probably $15k if you started with a run down fox that needs all the TLC (motor rebuild, body, paint, interior, electrical, trans) and it'd take years of working in the garage and purchasing tools to get it done.

If people have built a Fox they'd know that even $10k is a "budget" resto build. Heck, since I bought my Fox I've probably spent nearly a $1,000 just in tools to be able to work on the car in my garage and trust me I already had a ton of tools. What I didn't have was an engine hoist, , load leveler, engine stand, my welder (to weld my subframes and smooth engine bay), converted welder to C25 gas plus getting a quality auto darkening welding helmet, grinders and discs, Devilbiss paint gun, etc.....
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The problem with this car for me is not that it was converted to carb it's that it is Jegs engine, which is Blueprint motors. If it has aluminum heads they are Chinese made. I think a quality top end on a higher mileage stock shortblock is better than this.
 
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#54
Mustang5L5 said:
Eh, i dunno. Need more pics. Mismatched color on the nose, and what looks like rust under the pass door.

Parts list looks great but i have a feeling the car is not worth it.
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Parked in grass or dirt says enough to me. So you are probably right about the rust.
A car doesn't necessarily need to be in the garage or never see rain to be in decent shape, but anything parked on a natural surface gets eaten alive.

As for that reddish colored coupe, looks nice, but again the carb swap. Anyone that knows what they are doing does not swap in a carb on one these cars, so i'd question everything about it.
 
#55
That 79 is nice, they had those decals originally, good friend had a black on black 79 Cobra , his decal was gold....its easy to check under the body .. how many owners? why selling? Check out the trans for slip, dip stick for burned fluid etc, body repair as outlined previously, Who rebuilt the engine? warranty on the work....
 
#56
Price for the cobra is 6250 delivered to my front door, is this a reasonable price. I have about 100 pictures of the vehicle and a video of it running. Everything looks and sounds great!!
 
#57
Cruzer1984 said:
Price for the cobra is 6250 delivered to my front door, is this a reasonable price. I have about 100 pictures of the vehicle and a video of it running. Everything looks and sounds great!!
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At the end of the day only you can decide what is a resaonable price. I personally would not buy that car, it still has work to be done. One question that I am surprised no one asked and I missed at first is, what is under the bra? Also if you look closely when they painted it, they painted over the door striker, and there seems to be some over spray on the weather stripping, that gives you some idea about the quality of the paint work/restoration. I still think for that money you can get something more. Be patient.
 
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#58
I still don't see where you said how you are going to use the car.
That changes quite a bit of what is acceptable now and later.

If it's a toy, certain things could be dealt with at a later date, on a daily driver there would be immediate concerns.
 
#59
This is what a $6k Fox looks like, and you could even get it a little cheaper than this too if you know how to haggle.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/4749782297.html

Oh if only I still lived in San Diego I'd get something much cleaner and ready to go like this! Hmm, wait, no I'd still be an unemployed surfer engineer that can't make ends meet in Socialist California.
 
#60
FoxMustangLvr said:
This is what a $6k Fox looks like, and you could even get it a little cheaper than this too if you know how to haggle.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/4749782297.html

Oh if only I still lived in San Diego I'd get something much cleaner and ready to go like this! Hmm, wait, no I'd still be an unemployed surfer engineer that can't make ends meet in Socialist California.
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I'm kinda suspicious on the miles. All he says is "the odometer reads 58" but doesn't actually state it's a 58K mile car. Could be 158K mile.


If it is 58K original miles, i'd spend $6K on that vs the '79 Cobra.
 
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