Well to begin with, this may seem kind of long. My neighbor drives an '85 mustang GT. I noticed blue smoke coming out of the tailpipes which indicates ware in it somewhere. So my story begins when I was going to work one day and saw it broke down on the highway. A few days later my dad told me to go ask him what he was going to do with it. He said the motor was blown and that I could have it. So the next day I went back to his house and he gave me the title. So I drove home and we cleaned the garage out to make space for the car. The garage was ready for another project and we were ready to go tow it home. So we were on the highway and as we came over the hill we noticed it was gone. Just three hours ago it was still on the side of the road. It turns out the state police had it towed to a place not too far away. But just as my luck comes, the place was closed and I'll have to wait til tomorrow to even find out how much it is to get it out. The towing co. owner also has a junkyard so he probably thinks he'll get his money's worth out of it putting a hefty towing bill on it such that no one will want to pay the bill for the car. It was an excellent car to get the spindles and everything for the five lug conversion for my dad's future 2.3 turbo. So, I guess I'll try to get it back. Thanks for listening to my problems.
Well give him a chance, I would go there explain the whole story to them and work something out. If you "own the car" title in hand he can not strip it down unless you release it to him. it has been impounded yes and the State Po Po do have the right to clean the road. I agree that you may be paying more for the auto then you like but in the long run will that be worth the trouble? Good luck.
Does that car already have five-lug stuff swapped onto it? It's four-lug stock, just like yours, so you know. Ash
Damn, if it's an 85 GT don't part it out! Those things are nice! Drop a new 302 in it or something...
chances are its gonna be a pretty penny to get that thing outa hock, atleast that is the way it is around here ( 150$ a night in the impound...plus towing)
I thought they had to wait like 3 days before they could have a car towed off? or...did they? how long was this thing sitting there on the road? "few days"=??
Don't let this pass up. Think about it this way, if you had the opportunity to buy an 85 GT for $200 or so, wouldn't you? Same type deal here. Go for it.
You never told us what ended up happening. Is it still at the impound or have you gone to pick it up yet?
