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russ1979

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i have whanted a mustang sence i was 15. now after 12 years of working on buddys stangs i have finaly got my own.
it's a 88 LX 5.0 with the t tops. its missing the tranny and the power stearing pump. but it has 4.10's gt-40 heads, a e-303 cam, and a elderbrook intake. i paid $500 for it.

i could not sleep last nite i was so excited.

i know thay are kinda rare (not shelby cobra rare but more scarce then most fox bodys) but how rare are thay. i've done some searchs and i have heared that 18,000 verts were made in 88 of thows 10-15% were t-tops.
---does any boddy know if this is accurate?
 

grey5.0beast

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noone and I mean NOONE has an accurate guess at how many ttops were made, but very few in 88 so your lucky, tell me this is a coupe. If it is a coupe ppl, would literally pay 7x what you paid, GREAT DEAL!! Good luck with it!
 

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oh and congrats on the purchase! my first stang was an 87 t top gt. you'll LOVE it!
 

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it's a hachback
 

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'88 LX hatches with t-tops are pretty rare. Maybe a 1000 cars or so? Nobody really knows that's just a guess

Now '88 LX notchbacks with t-tops...that's probably ultra rare
 

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Awwwwman, I was hoping for another ttop coupe to surface. They are SICK!!
 

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Its amusing, my friend just got a mint TTop GT hatch. The first show he went too there were 8 mild mod fox GTs in his class, and 4 were TTop cars. They are rare, but not as rare as I thought.
 

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Please... post put pictures
 

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What a great deal!!! As far as them being 'rare', you just dont see TT LX's ever. Its kinda like spotting big foot or a ufo. Good job...............

Now post pics!!!!!!!!!
 

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here is a link for some pics of the stang
i'm not to good with comps so it's the best i can do
http://racingsouthwest.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45238&st=0&gopid=710518&#entry710518
 

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awsome man!
 

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Nice score man!

I almost picked one of those up last week (same color and everything)... but the floors were shot... I don't do rust!

how are the floors in yours?
 

russ1979

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it's been a new mexico and az car it entire life. no rust out here
we don't have enuff water for that.

it is kinda ruff arount the edges a little beat up by the last owner
 
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