The rear seat in a Fox vs 2017 is night and day. That said, you can fit a couple of dead hookers in the trunk of the 2017, the 1990, not so much.
I’m Curious —-Why a Fox?
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Fox trunks are pretty small. I’m not so sure about hauling dead hookers or mob hit victims. And if I did, I probably would not post it publicly, unless it was to get paid.
I did camp at KOA’s a few times in my 79 hatch on road trips. Fox trunks are pretty small.
It's a joke from Dirty Work. RIP Norm MacDonald.Fox trunks are pretty small. I’m not so sure about hauling dead hookers or mob hit victims. And if I did, I probably would not post it publicly, unless it was to get paid.
I did camp at KOA’s a few times in my 79 hatch on road trips. Fox trunks are pretty small.
Even an SN95 rear seat is better than a fox. More legroom, and headroom.
It's been 20 years since i've ridden in the rear seat of a Fox driving down the road and I can tell you that I don't miss having the seatback of the front seat in my crotch and banging my head off the metal roof trim over the back seat.
Actually. That is something that grinds my gears. Why the hell did ford put a METAL trim plate directly over the heads of the rear seat passengers?
Growing up they were EVERYWHERE in NYC in the 90s . You couldn’t go a block without seeing one . The flow master sound so distinct . I hated them actually . My dad being a die hard gm guy I liked corvettes as a kid . As I got older I was about 9-10 we had a family friend that had a 91 black with grey interior gt and the car started to grow on me but we had one friend who had 86 coupe .
This was early 2000s . The car was a TW headed 302 with an s trim and a 3550 that had been 10.9x - 11.0s , Motorsport rear , flo fit seats . It sat on polished 10 holes . He had just finished doing a line lock as my family and I were at his for dinner . He goes to take my step dad for a ride and I wanted to come .
He said you sure? it’s going to be a ride . We’ll after doing a burn out - Making a left on to the main road and sticking it 1-4 I was HOOKED . My body was shaking from the adrenaline as a kid, the feeling in my gut I couldn’t even describe . After that I wanted a blower car to re create the feeling . Here we are almost 20 years later and I have my own that makes prob close to double the hp.
This was early 2000s . The car was a TW headed 302 with an s trim and a 3550 that had been 10.9x - 11.0s , Motorsport rear , flo fit seats . It sat on polished 10 holes . He had just finished doing a line lock as my family and I were at his for dinner . He goes to take my step dad for a ride and I wanted to come .
He said you sure? it’s going to be a ride . We’ll after doing a burn out - Making a left on to the main road and sticking it 1-4 I was HOOKED . My body was shaking from the adrenaline as a kid, the feeling in my gut I couldn’t even describe . After that I wanted a blower car to re create the feeling . Here we are almost 20 years later and I have my own that makes prob close to double the hp.
My teenager fit in the back seat of the 90 convertible. They have zero legroom in the 2017. There's more headroom in the 2017 though than a fox hatchback.
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The left one hangs a little lower
I loved late 60’s- early 70’s muscle cars as a kid. They were way before my time and that was ok. I was probably 14-15 and I saw a red 87-93 coupe next to me in traffic. It was was very clean and had a cam and sounded amazing. That was the moment I knew I had to have one, even though it wasn’t a traditional “muscle car”. A few years after a friends dad took me for a ride in his 86 5.0/5 speed Capri. We did donuts and that pretty much sealed the deal for me. After that I constantly kept and eye out for one and ended up buying my first around 7 years later, when I could afford to have a toy car.
For me it's wasn't why a Fox , more like why not a Fox. I've had soo o many cars starting with my first@ 17 years old,caddys,cordovas,Z28,442,omega,apollo,corrolla,chevelle,t100,renult,volarie,duster,monte carlos,a taurus ,and probably a shot load more I'm forgetting.
Then one day the 93 tourass transmission gave up the ghost. No way I was putting 2-3 grand into a car I disliked and only paid 2 k for .
I happened to be working at a car dealership,I went to the used car mang. and asked what cash cars he had for wholesalers,low and behold two cars cheap enough for me. First was a 89 vert that needed so much cosmetically it was hard to look at and then to my surprise a 93lx5.0 five speed hatch.
Took her for a test drive that lasted over a week. I guess it was love at first drive, she was clean, good looking,purred like a kitten,and I was smitten.
That was almost fifteen years ago, she is the longest lasting relationship I've had with a car in my 42 years of driving( legally ).I
What can I say, Im in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile.( Madison square garden 11/78 I was there)
Then one day the 93 tourass transmission gave up the ghost. No way I was putting 2-3 grand into a car I disliked and only paid 2 k for .
I happened to be working at a car dealership,I went to the used car mang. and asked what cash cars he had for wholesalers,low and behold two cars cheap enough for me. First was a 89 vert that needed so much cosmetically it was hard to look at and then to my surprise a 93lx5.0 five speed hatch.
Took her for a test drive that lasted over a week. I guess it was love at first drive, she was clean, good looking,purred like a kitten,and I was smitten.
That was almost fifteen years ago, she is the longest lasting relationship I've had with a car in my 42 years of driving( legally ).I
What can I say, Im in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile.( Madison square garden 11/78 I was there)
To be honest I didn't choose a fox, I was driving a 1981 Z28 but my wife wanted a new car in 1989, Hot Rod magazine for 1988 called it the best bang for the buck. We looked around at some different cars but she really like the LX hatch in black. We ordered the car and she drove it every day for over 10 years. Once we decided to have kids it got retired for an Explorer and I thought I'd sell it and get a classic 60/ 70's muscle car. Well anything that wasn't a complete basket case was way over my budget, so the Fox with it's sentimental value became my project muscle car.
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Mine is a long story but short version is I never liked Foxbodies because they were so popular and everyone drooled over the five point oh so I wanted something different. That didn't happen and I ended up being in a jam when my older brother picked up and surprised me with a 90 black/black hatch. Pas fender had a big ding but otherwise it was sweet. I didn't even know how to drive manual yet and didn't even want it but made me try it out. I instantly fell in love with it and ever since I want to say 1997 it's been a thing with some turbo buicks and turbo gmc's in the mix here and there. They are just great sounding, easy to work on and yeah they ride like chit compared to new cars but I feel more intune with the road. I had so much fun racing people for money, he'll I had my co pilot friend trained to pop out at red lights and pop the serp belt off in under thirty seconds for that added edge. These cars helped mold me into the person I am today. They kept me away from drugs, drinking and all that bad stuf. Same goes for the dirtbikes and atvs i've owned.
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Baseball practice, 1993, 13 years old. One of my teammates dads drove up in one to drop his son off. Blue and silver two tone GT. I had seen them before, but that’s when I knew I would have one, one day. I had friends in high school that had some and got my first one in 1999. I’m on my 5th now, no plans to get rid of this one.
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My story....
I've been turning wrenches for over 32 yrs now. Everything from RC cars and go karts to semi truck.
I was always a GM fan when I was younger. I didnt like Ford back then. I had a 1969 Pontiac GTO I pulled out of an alley and fixed up. A friend of mine had a 70.
Then one day he bought an 88 GT hatchback. I spent many hours working on it with him and saw a lot of things I liked about Ford.
That led to my first fox, a black 86 LX, 5 speed with T tops. That was a nice car that I do miss.
Sold that and bought a black 89 LX convertible 4 cylinder auto and a wrecked 88 GT and swapped the 4 cylinder to V8 and 5 speed under a carport, outside in the winter. This was in my mid to late 20s when I could do that kind of crazy stuff.
I sold the 89 and had a green 93 4 cylinder hatch for awhile. Sold it and bought an 83 convertible, V6, auto. Swapped that over to a 351 Windsor and 5 speed.
Eventually sold it and the GTO and had no performance cars for awhile.
Then after several years after we got settled in a new home, I wanted another project car. Wanted another convertible as my motorcycle riding days are done.
I orginally wanted a 60s convertible, but then got to thinking about my 20s and all the fun times wrenching and street racing and figured I'd relive my youth with another foxbody.
Wanted an lx, but found my 87 GT convertible. 60k original miles, all original. What sold me on it was that it's a factory 5 speed convertible, and is factory ac delete and manual crank windows..a combo I've never seen on a GT. It reminded me of the GTO, old school, no ac, manual windows.
When I drive the 87, I don't feel any different than I did in my 20s ...but I am.
. These cars just have such personality and you really feel connected to them compared to modern vehicles. My boys love it. They are not used to loud V8 performance cars and get a kick out of how fast it accelerates, spinning tires, etc. My car is not a race car at all and slow by today's standards, but I love it and wouldn't give it up for a new GT. I have history with these cars that cannot be duplicated with new iron. It still runs strong for what it is.
I agree, legitimately the last of the true muscle cars from Dearborn. I hope to keep this one and pass it onto my son someday.
I've been turning wrenches for over 32 yrs now. Everything from RC cars and go karts to semi truck.
I was always a GM fan when I was younger. I didnt like Ford back then. I had a 1969 Pontiac GTO I pulled out of an alley and fixed up. A friend of mine had a 70.
Then one day he bought an 88 GT hatchback. I spent many hours working on it with him and saw a lot of things I liked about Ford.
That led to my first fox, a black 86 LX, 5 speed with T tops. That was a nice car that I do miss.
Sold that and bought a black 89 LX convertible 4 cylinder auto and a wrecked 88 GT and swapped the 4 cylinder to V8 and 5 speed under a carport, outside in the winter. This was in my mid to late 20s when I could do that kind of crazy stuff.
I sold the 89 and had a green 93 4 cylinder hatch for awhile. Sold it and bought an 83 convertible, V6, auto. Swapped that over to a 351 Windsor and 5 speed.
Eventually sold it and the GTO and had no performance cars for awhile.
Then after several years after we got settled in a new home, I wanted another project car. Wanted another convertible as my motorcycle riding days are done.
I orginally wanted a 60s convertible, but then got to thinking about my 20s and all the fun times wrenching and street racing and figured I'd relive my youth with another foxbody.
Wanted an lx, but found my 87 GT convertible. 60k original miles, all original. What sold me on it was that it's a factory 5 speed convertible, and is factory ac delete and manual crank windows..a combo I've never seen on a GT. It reminded me of the GTO, old school, no ac, manual windows.
When I drive the 87, I don't feel any different than I did in my 20s ...but I am.
. These cars just have such personality and you really feel connected to them compared to modern vehicles. My boys love it. They are not used to loud V8 performance cars and get a kick out of how fast it accelerates, spinning tires, etc. My car is not a race car at all and slow by today's standards, but I love it and wouldn't give it up for a new GT. I have history with these cars that cannot be duplicated with new iron. It still runs strong for what it is.I agree, legitimately the last of the true muscle cars from Dearborn. I hope to keep this one and pass it onto my son someday.
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Growing up all the women loved the guys with clean fox mustangs. Especially, the gt convertibles. They were the car to have. I remember gazing at them at the park with hammer wheels, sheep skin seat covers, and custom sound systems. I was more into pre fast and the furious imports and chevy's. Really liked chevy trucks, Monte Carlos, and 80s Camaros
I didn't buy one until I rode to the track with my neighbor, Charles. We left our apartment complex and headed to Capitol Raceway in MD about 45 mins away. I had no idea who he was at the track or the legend of his car " Country Time ".
The first pass out was a 9.80 quarter mile. Car caught on fire in the staging lanes. I think it was running rich dumping fueI and caught at the dumps. I stopped people from spraying his engine and sprayed under the car putting the fire out after shutting the car down and covering the carb. Second run was an 8.90. That might not seem like a lot now but back in 2000 that was hell of fast. Fast enough to have him as the fastest street car fox on the east coast. I can remember running outside every time he fired it up to go to work. Yes, he drove a big block full racecar to work almost every day. One morning he let it idle for about an hour while we talked bs. At the end of our conversation he told me to put my hand on the intake. I was hesitant expecting to burn my hand. That thing was barely luke warm. He was the guy that made the biggest mustang impression on me. We lost touch when we both moved but he introduced me to a huge mustang family including Hurricane Racing Tours.
Charles enticed me to buy my first fox. It was a 1987 LX 4 banger 5 speed for $750. That car got a 460 JY engine and was a complete death trap, but it was the most fun I ever had trying to kill myself. Since then I've owned a 86 gt convertible, 91 gt convertible, 89 gt convertible, 84 v6 notch back, 93 lx hatch 5.0, countless parts cars, flip cars, and my 88 331 turbo notch back. Most of my friends have high power mustangs. The running trend is that the lowest horsepower one is 1200hp. No...nope...not right... I'm the lowest horsepower one...just me...with my non racecar street car. Just my little turbo 331.
Dang !!! I'm not the lowest anymore. Now it's my Ol' Ladies bone stock 86. LMAO. I'm movin' up in the world. SMH
I didn't buy one until I rode to the track with my neighbor, Charles. We left our apartment complex and headed to Capitol Raceway in MD about 45 mins away. I had no idea who he was at the track or the legend of his car " Country Time ".
The first pass out was a 9.80 quarter mile. Car caught on fire in the staging lanes. I think it was running rich dumping fueI and caught at the dumps. I stopped people from spraying his engine and sprayed under the car putting the fire out after shutting the car down and covering the carb. Second run was an 8.90. That might not seem like a lot now but back in 2000 that was hell of fast. Fast enough to have him as the fastest street car fox on the east coast. I can remember running outside every time he fired it up to go to work. Yes, he drove a big block full racecar to work almost every day. One morning he let it idle for about an hour while we talked bs. At the end of our conversation he told me to put my hand on the intake. I was hesitant expecting to burn my hand. That thing was barely luke warm. He was the guy that made the biggest mustang impression on me. We lost touch when we both moved but he introduced me to a huge mustang family including Hurricane Racing Tours.
Charles enticed me to buy my first fox. It was a 1987 LX 4 banger 5 speed for $750. That car got a 460 JY engine and was a complete death trap, but it was the most fun I ever had trying to kill myself. Since then I've owned a 86 gt convertible, 91 gt convertible, 89 gt convertible, 84 v6 notch back, 93 lx hatch 5.0, countless parts cars, flip cars, and my 88 331 turbo notch back. Most of my friends have high power mustangs. The running trend is that the lowest horsepower one is 1200hp. No...nope...not right... I'm the lowest horsepower one...just me...with my non racecar street car. Just my little turbo 331.
Dang !!! I'm not the lowest anymore. Now it's my Ol' Ladies bone stock 86. LMAO. I'm movin' up in the world. SMH
I got mine on a trade. The original owner had it in the yard, and I painted his house. I loved Foxes, and he said how about trading the Mustang. Three hundred in paint, and three days and the car was mine. He later said he misses it every day.
My first car in '86 was a '65 with a sprint 6 & 5-lugs axles, so a 289 got dropped in that. Sadly slid it off the road in the rain very undramatically on bald tires...
Wanted a convertible so found a '72 LTD (Land Shark), then my aunt let me drive her '86 GT 5-spd vert (she just wanted a vert & that's all they had on the lot) to graduation. I went to a little private school about an hour away and had great back roads to drive.
That was it - I realized how much I enjoyed driving a car I could get sideways at any time by moving just my right foot.
Took until 2005 when I refinanced the house to find my '93 LX 5.0 5-spd w/91k miles for the (to me at the time) princely sum of $6500.
Wanted a convertible so found a '72 LTD (Land Shark), then my aunt let me drive her '86 GT 5-spd vert (she just wanted a vert & that's all they had on the lot) to graduation. I went to a little private school about an hour away and had great back roads to drive.
That was it - I realized how much I enjoyed driving a car I could get sideways at any time by moving just my right foot.
Took until 2005 when I refinanced the house to find my '93 LX 5.0 5-spd w/91k miles for the (to me at the time) princely sum of $6500.
So although they look smaller and the roof more rounded and are an update on the Fox Mustang platform, how’s headroom in an SN 95’s rear seat? I did not want to get in the ones we saw during shopping recently.
If I recall, when my sister bought the 83 ( in 1984) I am working on, it was the first convertible produced with V8 manual transmission produced in 10 years... After growing up with cars from the late 60's/early 70's, the late 70's were some sad times...
Rear seat is slightly lower, so it’s not as bad. The fox cushion sits high and flat but Ford kinda “scooped” the SN95 seat so you gain a few inches of headroom. I find it somewhat better, but both options still suck. I have no desire to ever ride back seat of a mustang again.
The first Mustang I ever rode in was an early 90s Fox. I didn’t know anything about it other than that it was a Mustang and it was “cool”.
When I really got into cars, shortly after high school, I ended up with a Honda that I dumped way too much money into. I made friends with some guys that had Fox Mustangs and riding with them when they would go racing really got me into the platform. I eventually ended up buying an LS1 TransAm for my first real “fast” car but I never lost my interest in the Fox Mustangs and always told myself I would have one of my own eventually. It took almost 20 years but I eventually got my Fox.
Now I just need to get it back from the gear shop, lol. The ice storm this week didn’t help things.
When I really got into cars, shortly after high school, I ended up with a Honda that I dumped way too much money into. I made friends with some guys that had Fox Mustangs and riding with them when they would go racing really got me into the platform. I eventually ended up buying an LS1 TransAm for my first real “fast” car but I never lost my interest in the Fox Mustangs and always told myself I would have one of my own eventually. It took almost 20 years but I eventually got my Fox.
Now I just need to get it back from the gear shop, lol. The ice storm this week didn’t help things.
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