I had a little help from the StangNet staff finding a couple of old threads on these Limited Edition Mustang Convertibles. These Emerald Green PA colored convertibles even have their own place in NADA's car value guides so they are even acknowledged by NADA as a limited production car.
I owned a 1989 GT Convertible for 8 of the last 9 years or so, and the same day I decided to give this GT Convertible to my 19 year old daughter I found my first 7-Up Convertible. It was listed on Ocala4sale.com as a 7-Up Convertible so I had to go look at it. I had heard about these cars for years but never knew what one was.
I went and looked at it and it wasn't bad, for the price, and I bought it. The former owner gave me a little bit of information about the car. Since the car was hit in the left front corner, and repaired, according to the former owner, Florida issued it a Rebuild Title because the car was considered totalled when the radiator support area in the left front corner met a point just behind the front of the left front fender.
The former owner fixed it with red parts so when I bought it I decided to look for a PA colored parts car. HAH! This was going to prove to be almost impossible.
I answered an ad on CraigsList Ocala (or maybe it was Gainesville) for a 1990 Mustang Convertible that was Hunter green with a white interior. I knew Hunter green was a later model color so I had to check it out. I was there the day the guy got back to me. It was too nice to use for parts, thus, I added 7-Up #2 to my collection. Now I figured I needed a parts car to use for both of the 7-Up Convertibles I had.
Paydirt! An ad surfaced on CraigsList Gainesville for an abandoned 1990 green convertible with white interior. I was there the next day, and, after researching Florida's website I found that a landlord can "dispose" of property left behind by a tenant if the landlord deems the property to be worth $500.00 or under. The landlord gave it to his friend because the car didn't run. The friend got it running and sold it for parts, to me. That is 7-Up #3.
Well, I almost bought a real nice 1968 Convertible recently but backed out when the seller was "jumping title" on a car he towed home to Florida from Tennessee. I passed that car up, but still look for other 7-Up Convertibles on the Florida CraigsList sites. I couldn't have gotten luckier about a week after I passed up the 1968. I found another one! What a beauty! 7-Up # 4 was brought in, behind my 1968 F-100, on a tow-dolly from Longwood Florida. I thank Jerry to this day for listing the car on CraigsList Orlando. This car is the best of the bunch. It shows 45,000 +/- miles on it (could be over 100,000, but). The car has an almost perfect interior in it. The car has the original Mustang part numbered mufflers hanging under it (with a few holes starting in them) and it also has an original Carlite convertible back window in what may be the second top (worn a bit, but nice) that the car has on it.
Now that I have started this thread about these cars, who else out there has one of these cars and how did you happen to come across your car?
I know there is a registry for these cars too, but that is a registry.
(edit) I'm a little obsessed with these cars, eh? I have classics too, but I like the 7-UP Convertibles(end edit)
I owned a 1989 GT Convertible for 8 of the last 9 years or so, and the same day I decided to give this GT Convertible to my 19 year old daughter I found my first 7-Up Convertible. It was listed on Ocala4sale.com as a 7-Up Convertible so I had to go look at it. I had heard about these cars for years but never knew what one was.
I went and looked at it and it wasn't bad, for the price, and I bought it. The former owner gave me a little bit of information about the car. Since the car was hit in the left front corner, and repaired, according to the former owner, Florida issued it a Rebuild Title because the car was considered totalled when the radiator support area in the left front corner met a point just behind the front of the left front fender.
The former owner fixed it with red parts so when I bought it I decided to look for a PA colored parts car. HAH! This was going to prove to be almost impossible.
I answered an ad on CraigsList Ocala (or maybe it was Gainesville) for a 1990 Mustang Convertible that was Hunter green with a white interior. I knew Hunter green was a later model color so I had to check it out. I was there the day the guy got back to me. It was too nice to use for parts, thus, I added 7-Up #2 to my collection. Now I figured I needed a parts car to use for both of the 7-Up Convertibles I had.
Paydirt! An ad surfaced on CraigsList Gainesville for an abandoned 1990 green convertible with white interior. I was there the next day, and, after researching Florida's website I found that a landlord can "dispose" of property left behind by a tenant if the landlord deems the property to be worth $500.00 or under. The landlord gave it to his friend because the car didn't run. The friend got it running and sold it for parts, to me. That is 7-Up #3.
Well, I almost bought a real nice 1968 Convertible recently but backed out when the seller was "jumping title" on a car he towed home to Florida from Tennessee. I passed that car up, but still look for other 7-Up Convertibles on the Florida CraigsList sites. I couldn't have gotten luckier about a week after I passed up the 1968. I found another one! What a beauty! 7-Up # 4 was brought in, behind my 1968 F-100, on a tow-dolly from Longwood Florida. I thank Jerry to this day for listing the car on CraigsList Orlando. This car is the best of the bunch. It shows 45,000 +/- miles on it (could be over 100,000, but). The car has an almost perfect interior in it. The car has the original Mustang part numbered mufflers hanging under it (with a few holes starting in them) and it also has an original Carlite convertible back window in what may be the second top (worn a bit, but nice) that the car has on it.
Now that I have started this thread about these cars, who else out there has one of these cars and how did you happen to come across your car?
I know there is a registry for these cars too, but that is a registry.
(edit) I'm a little obsessed with these cars, eh? I have classics too, but I like the 7-UP Convertibles(end edit)
. You don't see to much of them today. Back when they were new they kinda stood out.
