Its about time i make one of these..Maybe it'll help motivate me to work on it. Anyways, it was a month in the making, so here goes..
Its the Hawaii 5-OHFOX official progress thread!!!
This thread will take you through the progress of getting my 1993 Mustang LX 5.0 back on the road.
A little background on the car first:
It is a 1993 Mustang LX 5.0, Electric Currant Red Pearl Metallic in color. All power, pony wheels, and an AOD. I got the car in 2007 as a trade through my 98 GT. only two owners and 93k miles at the time. The car was completely bone stock, save for a conical filter and an aftermarket CD deck. Everything worked except the cat back was rusted out. Thats okay, i was gonna change it anyway.
Pics of it stock: (Circa 2007)
Although it looks clean, it really wasn't. It suffered from all the usual rust areas: Around the antenna, the lower part of the back window, and the edges of the hatch. Other than that, the car was clean.
About a couple years later we started to do body work in preparing it for paint. We were just going to repaint the car the stock electric red.
Some pics from that time:
So after filling dents, repairing rust, we sanded down the whole car and basically shot a gray primer around it. I also bought a set of 4 lug 2003 chrome cobra replica wheels from a friend.
Then, around 2009 or so, i couldn't drive the car. ( it was my daily driver since 2007) Basically, driving it to work could get me into a lot of trouble (unwanted attention) So i let the car sit and hardly drove it from then on. fast forward about 5 or so years. I let the car sit until the registration and safety inspection expired in 2011. After that, i never drove it, except parking it on the street to make room in the garage.
Well, this year, that all changed.
I wanted to get it back on the road again. I scraped up the money for the back registration, and got it road legal and fully insured. Now, over the years, weather and the elements took its toll on the car. Most of the rust areas on the hatch have come through again, so now that has to be redone. I polished the wheels and reassessed the car.
The interior was still in awesome shape, But there are some worn pieces that could be replaced. All the exterior trim needs to be replaced, as well as the headlights and taillight lenses. The car still ran perfectly. At first it had a hard time starting. We later found it was the fuel pump. 170 bucks later, a new one was in and it started perfectly.
We then removed the front bumper to repair the core support. Apparently, the last owner got the car stuck somewhere, and had the car towed out with a hook. Well, that hook bent the bottom of the support. I thought about getting a new one and just cutting the old one out and welding the new one in place. Now, in hawaii, it is difficult to get stuff shipped here for cheap. My dad decided against that, and repaired it himself using some old jimmy-rigging and old school body shop tricks.
Heres where we stand in its current state:
As far as paint goes, we decided on a two tone electric red/silver scheme. This scheme is mainly on the GT's, but it would be different to see on an LX. The silver is Lt. Titanium Pearl metallic.
So there you have it! Basically, its not gonna be a High horsepower, boosted, 9 second drag car. I just want it to look good and drive well. Power mods are gonna be kept to a very minimum- I already have an SVE cold air intake for it, new plug wires, cap and rotor, and new clutch fan. It already has Hooker long tubes, h-pipe, and spin tech mufflers with flow master tailpipes. I may replace the catback later with dumps.
Wheel wise, i may keep the cobras, but i would like chrome SVE drag wheels with a fox rotor style 5-lug conversion with drums. While in the back ill do 3.73 gears. 130 amp alternator is next.
Suspension wise, i think ill keep it at subframe connectors, good shocks and springs, and maybe all upgraded bushings.
The AOD is still in decent condition, although i may do a trans cooler and that'll be it haha.
This is a very limited budget project, and progress may be slow. I will be ordering more parts come january, and hopefully painted by the end of january. But for now, follow along! It'll be worth it
Oh, and all criticism and advice is welcome!!!
-John
Its the Hawaii 5-OHFOX official progress thread!!!
This thread will take you through the progress of getting my 1993 Mustang LX 5.0 back on the road.
A little background on the car first:
It is a 1993 Mustang LX 5.0, Electric Currant Red Pearl Metallic in color. All power, pony wheels, and an AOD. I got the car in 2007 as a trade through my 98 GT. only two owners and 93k miles at the time. The car was completely bone stock, save for a conical filter and an aftermarket CD deck. Everything worked except the cat back was rusted out. Thats okay, i was gonna change it anyway.
Pics of it stock: (Circa 2007)
Although it looks clean, it really wasn't. It suffered from all the usual rust areas: Around the antenna, the lower part of the back window, and the edges of the hatch. Other than that, the car was clean.
About a couple years later we started to do body work in preparing it for paint. We were just going to repaint the car the stock electric red.
Some pics from that time:
So after filling dents, repairing rust, we sanded down the whole car and basically shot a gray primer around it. I also bought a set of 4 lug 2003 chrome cobra replica wheels from a friend.
Then, around 2009 or so, i couldn't drive the car. ( it was my daily driver since 2007) Basically, driving it to work could get me into a lot of trouble (unwanted attention) So i let the car sit and hardly drove it from then on. fast forward about 5 or so years. I let the car sit until the registration and safety inspection expired in 2011. After that, i never drove it, except parking it on the street to make room in the garage.
Well, this year, that all changed.
I wanted to get it back on the road again. I scraped up the money for the back registration, and got it road legal and fully insured. Now, over the years, weather and the elements took its toll on the car. Most of the rust areas on the hatch have come through again, so now that has to be redone. I polished the wheels and reassessed the car.
The interior was still in awesome shape, But there are some worn pieces that could be replaced. All the exterior trim needs to be replaced, as well as the headlights and taillight lenses. The car still ran perfectly. At first it had a hard time starting. We later found it was the fuel pump. 170 bucks later, a new one was in and it started perfectly.
We then removed the front bumper to repair the core support. Apparently, the last owner got the car stuck somewhere, and had the car towed out with a hook. Well, that hook bent the bottom of the support. I thought about getting a new one and just cutting the old one out and welding the new one in place. Now, in hawaii, it is difficult to get stuff shipped here for cheap. My dad decided against that, and repaired it himself using some old jimmy-rigging and old school body shop tricks.
Heres where we stand in its current state:
As far as paint goes, we decided on a two tone electric red/silver scheme. This scheme is mainly on the GT's, but it would be different to see on an LX. The silver is Lt. Titanium Pearl metallic.
So there you have it! Basically, its not gonna be a High horsepower, boosted, 9 second drag car. I just want it to look good and drive well. Power mods are gonna be kept to a very minimum- I already have an SVE cold air intake for it, new plug wires, cap and rotor, and new clutch fan. It already has Hooker long tubes, h-pipe, and spin tech mufflers with flow master tailpipes. I may replace the catback later with dumps.
Wheel wise, i may keep the cobras, but i would like chrome SVE drag wheels with a fox rotor style 5-lug conversion with drums. While in the back ill do 3.73 gears. 130 amp alternator is next.
Suspension wise, i think ill keep it at subframe connectors, good shocks and springs, and maybe all upgraded bushings.
The AOD is still in decent condition, although i may do a trans cooler and that'll be it haha.
This is a very limited budget project, and progress may be slow. I will be ordering more parts come january, and hopefully painted by the end of january. But for now, follow along! It'll be worth it
Oh, and all criticism and advice is welcome!!!
-John