1988 5.0 LX Black with T-Tops

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98cobraghostman

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I used to own a 1988 5.0 LX, Black with t-tops. Does anyone know how many LX t-tops were made between 87-88 or where to find the production numbers on these cars??

I bought for $800.00 from a guy who had no idea what he had. The car had 151,000 miles on it and it wouldn't run for him, so he thought it was done. After taking it home and toying with it i discovered all it needed was an ignition! After that the car ran fabulous! It was in such great shape I was able to get $3000.00 for it. The $2200 profit was hard to turn down. Anyway, I am now wishing I would have kept this rare steed, any help finding the production numbers of these early t-tops would be greatly appreciated!

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cmozez

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Your wrong 88 was the last year. And sorry, but the car is gone so

 

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The last t-tops were 86. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

 

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You're not confusing t-tops with sunroofs? I had an 88 sun roof but I've never seen anything t-top after 86. Unless the previous owner took an 86 and changed the nose and the inside interior.

 

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86 is not the last year for T-tops. I have a 86GT with ttops. like above 88 was the last year for tops. my friends chris has a 87 and 88 GT with tops.

 

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What!!! I want one! I was told 86 was the last year but I didn't want to go through changing the dash and front end! Hmmm, I might have a new project in a year or so!

 

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88lx T-tops man thats rare. ive seen a few 87T-top GTs

 

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http://www.mustanggt.org/gtchange.htm#1988

Thanks for the correction. I now have something else to spend my money on.

 

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'88's are rare. Ford basicaly made them til they ran out of parts or filled left-over order's from '87. I've heard that only 500 or so were made but hard to say considering '88 was either the top or 2nd highest selling year for 79-04 Mustang with over 200,000 made that year.

I have seen an '88 LX notch with t-tops in person. Now THAT's a rare car. I think not too long ago someone posted a black '88 LX notch for sale with t-tops. Cool looking car.

 

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Guys, I've had 10 mustangs and have been on the bandwagon since 85 with the introduction of the roller motor. I kinda know what I had, it wasn't an '86 with nose job, etc. I will try to post pics. I know this car must be really rare. It was like four years ago, i was young and dumb, needed the money and couldn't turn down the 2200 profit. Now i regret selling

 

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Ive seen alot of 87 GT's with T-tops. I thought that was the last year they made em.

 

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There were some 88s with t-tops. Mustang5L5 is right, they wanted to get rid of parts so they made them till they had none left. I have seen a couple of 88s with T-tops. I almost bought one out of the San Diego area a few weeks back. If anybody has a 2-3 week old Mustang Trader you'll see it in there. Might have been a regular Auto Trader but it was the San Diego area a few weeks back.

 

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I'm no authority...I just have a lot of books...and in the 'Mustang Red Book', it states that "Although the T-roof was discontinued after the 1987 model year, a few early 88's were built with it."

It doesn't say how many were built with this option, however, it does say that it was a $1600.00 opt on a GT vs. a $1800.00 opt on an LX.

For what it'sworth...

 

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88 was the last year no exceptions

 

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Matts89LX5.0

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my friend has an 88 with TTops. Car is nice looking. He bought it for $500 from someone who didn't know what they had lol

 

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there were only approx. 800 t-toped cars built in 1988

 

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I have a 88 Mustang lx with t-tops. I bought it at the end of 1987. Sticker on door says was made in September of 87. Its the factory yellow of that year.