Been Out Of The Game Since 2006

[emagdnim]

I had owned my 88GT for 8 years and after putting uncountable hours into restoring, rebuilding the motor, painting and dealing with the non stop issues of having such an old car as a daily driver I was Tboned. I thought about getting a Notch but I eventually went for a newer 01GT. I always missed the raw power of the 5.0 but I enjoyed the 01GT for about 4 years until the same fate happened and I got Tboned again so the mustang was another write off. I now drive a ..... (very embarrassed) Mazda 3.

I still have my 88GT sitting in storage untouched since it was Tboned and I thought it would be a fun project to swap over the engine and tranny into another mustang. The problem is that there are almost no cars available anymore! Back in the day I could buy decent chassis cars for 1K that need a bit of work but now almost nothing seems available. I would see classifieds littered with 2.3l notch mustangs that one could easily convert to a 5.0 with a bit of time and effort. I feel like I have waited too long and all the cars have either rusted to death or have happy owners.

What does a rolling chassis or 5.0 with a blown engine go for nowadays that isn't rusted to death?

 

[mikestang63]

I see prices for rollers all over the board- from$500 to $5000.. Most are in the 2-3 grand range for a decent one.

 

[emagdnim]

I live in Alberta, Canada so the issue I am finding is there just literally isn't anything available. At least not that I have found so far. Looks like if I want to get back into the game I pretty much have to buy a new running fox. I've been reading through old popular threads and I forgot how fun these cars are!

 

[joesfaster]

Hopefully you stick with it. I live in the Southeast and it took me about a year to find a rust free unmolested Fox body.

Good luck brother, I'm having a blast fixing up this old car.

 

[emagdnim]

Thoughts on this?

1991 Ford Mustang Coupe (2 door) 2200 obo | used cars & trucks | Edmonton | Kijiji

 

[Blandnuts]

I would pass. I always get a funny feeling when I see fresh paint (unless there's a lot of before and after pics). Plus, there might be a lot of parts missing judging by the pictures.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

+1 ... looks like someone else's nightmare to me.

 

[elarm1]

This one is for sale in my area...

89 Mustang GT body with title

 

[mikestang63]

Thoughts on this?

1991 Ford Mustang Coupe (2 door) 2200 obo | used cars & trucks | Edmonton | Kijiji

Car runs great but is stuck in 5th gear?

 

[LarsD]

Thoughts on this?

1991 Ford Mustang Coupe (2 door) 2200 obo | used cars & trucks | Edmonton | Kijiji

Car being half painted like that makes me think there is a lot hiding under that new paint. Plus stuck in 5th equals a likely hosed transmission. That happened to me on my old 89 LX years ago (got stuck in 4th). Was able to get it unstuck so I could limp it home in 1st.

 

[emagdnim]

Thanks guys, can't say I disagree with any of the feedback. I have been waiting since 2006 so I can wait a little longer instead of rushing into a nightmare. Id rather pay a bit more for quality.

 

[emagdnim]

Another beaut

1986 Ford Mustang 5.0 | used cars & trucks | Medicine Hat | Kijiji

 

[emagdnim]

Well guys I am now back in the game and I am excited. Pickings seemed to get less and less so I ended up picking up a 1989 LX with a blown motor from a teenager for 3K a year ago and split it with my Dad as we have fun working on the car together. We swapped the engine over from my old wrecked 88 and its up and running! The fun thing is the car came with a bunch of goodies that I had no idea about. The blown engine had GT40 heads, GT40 intake, BBK headers, CAI and a 65mm throttle body. We didn't put the GT40 heads on as they could use some work so we just used the heads on my 88 engine and plan on rebuilding the GT40 ones.

The real interesting thing was when we removed the blown engine it had a centerforce dual friction clutch and a 26spline input shaft which isn't common with fords. I managed to find one of the previous guys on facebook who did work on the car and the car has a very low milage Astro A5 transmission. Apparently that is one of the strongest T5 builds out there.

The car is far from perfect and still requires a lot of work and tweaking but the foundation is solid and it is mostly free of rust. Most importantly its running and can drive! I've taken it for a few rips and I forgot how fun it is to drive these cars and you can launch this thing hard.

Next steps:
Fuel pump was making a lot of noise so new one was installed last weekend. It had a walbro 255 in it and replaced with the same.
The car didn't have a back seat and has the battery in the rear trunk so I picked up some used GT seats this week which I will attempt to install next weekend.
Windshield has a leak which needs to be fixed and sealed.
Get the power windows working better.
I think the tires need to be balanced it shakes a lot at certain speeds.
Since we have a spare motor we can work on now maybe do a dry NOS system for even more fun?

Luckily I have a lot of spare parts that have come in handy already due to having a wrecked 88 I can pull from.

 

[emagdnim]

The car has 275 ET Streets on the back. Should I be worried about driving those on the street? Anyone have any experience driving those on the street? I'm considering changing the tires.

 

[emagdnim]

Should I look into lowering the stang?

 

[emagdnim]

The horse finally made it home to my garage in the city. Still a million things to fix but I wanted to get some actual road time in while the weather is still decent.

 

[Mustang5L5]

That's a nice looking car. What are your goals with it?

 

[Foxslider]

Hell ya, nice. Enjoy her.

Id suggest not driving in the wet/rain with those tires. Dry, fine. Great tire for dry. Wet, not so much. But im all scared now of hydro planing cause i wrecked mine a month ago. Lol. (Its fixed and rippin now). I was basically on slicks.

 

[General karthief]

I'm digging the mud flaps

 

[emagdnim]

That's a nice looking car. What are your goals with it?

Good question, I think just enjoy it and the nastalgia it brings to me. I enjoy tinkering and there is always something to do on these cars. For example I was replacing the serpentine belt in the driveway today and I think I snapped the ebrake cable... Doh! I'm not a huge fan of the drag strip setup with the skinnies up front but I can live with it or maybe eventually I'll trade someone. I have a nitrous kit I can install so I can run respectable times at the track if I decide to get into that. I also have a spare motor to slowly rebuild as well. The car will never be worth a lot of money as it's modified all over but it has some good parts in it such as the astro a5 and is in pretty solid shape for how old it is.

I think it comes down to I just want to enjoy having a Mustang again that is in decent but not perfect shape that I can play around with.