May start a long term project on a 92 LX Vert...

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Found a 92 LX Vert with some rear end damage for $1600. its the color me and my wife want already, it has a black working convertible top that lines up near perfect, 4 cyl auto. No apparent frame damage, but plan to take it to my body guy before I pull the trigger on it. everything works good as far as AC radio power options, brakes, seatbelts, and my 6 year old daughter approves and wants to help me work on it. I am sure I am looking at $3500 in body work to get it as perfect as I want it. Late Model Resto will be added to my favorites list on Mozilla. I just look at the car and see a ton of good and some bad and overall a great amount of potential. Even though it is a 4 cyl car and will be driven until I start the motor work I think the FIRST thing I will do is add Full length Subframe connectors as they really stiffen out the body on these Fox cars.

What do you guys think? This is possibly a long term car that may very well be passed to my daughter in 10 years if I buy it. Would you guys do it? Financially I know I am buying a money pit, and will never get 1/4 out of it I put into it if I ever had to sell it, but the low starting price seems like a good starting point.

Can't seem to find used or new convertible rear driver quarter panels anywhere though so that has me worried!

Any tips?

Jared
 
#2
You should be able to find the skins. My vert was t boned in the right rear quarter and had to be cut out and welded back in. As long as a body shop re insurers the frame is straight it should be fine. Although 1600 is a lot even for a mint 4 cyl. I paid 500 for my coupe. You might wanna pass. Covertibles aren't hat desirable and I'm sure you'll find a non wrecked for the same price. I would pass
 
#3
I have done a 5.0 swap before and I felt I was literally spinning my wheels. If there is rear end damage, the unibody will make that a PITA to repair. I have had 3 verts as well. If the top lines up I would say the structural damage is minimal. Honestly I would pass on this one and just wait for that perfect 5.0 vert to pop up.

when I did my first one I bought the car for 300 dollars and all it needed was a new top and a dent or two popped out. Resourcing all my parts as I didnt have a donor car nickle and dimed me and I the swap itself took forever. If you do this it would be best to find a donor car on the cheap.
 
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went back and looked at the vert again, and decided to take it to my body shop. Just had a really bad feeling about a couple things, sure enough, the rear bumper had been replaced and they had done a great job of matching up the paint, but UNDER the car the frame was bent, and rusted a bit the black convertible top plastic piece had broke off and a screw was starting to wear into the top, my body guy estimated that it would be about $2500 to put it on the fram machine and get it all back to gether right and put a used quarter on it and paint it and fix the convertible stuff. so just to get it LOOKING nice all the way around would be:
$1650---for the car
$2500---for the needed repairs

$4150 for a great looking/running/driving 4banger convertible Mustang with who knows what other issues BEFORE I start really digging in and doing the stuff I want to do to it... NO GO!

Still looking around though

Jared
 
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