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Congratulations ALMOST STOCK December 2009 FOTM Winner!!

  • Thread starter Thread starter 1991notchbackLX
  • Start date Start date Dec 20, 2009
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1991notchbackLX

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  • Dec 20, 2009
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Congratulations Almost Stock!!


 

HISSIN50

"How long does it take to get help in here?
15 Year Member
Nov 29, 1999
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Dec 21, 2009
#2
  • Dec 21, 2009
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Well deserved, not only for the car but for the man as a valued member and enthusiast.
 

Tanus

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A to the Z
Dec 21, 2009
#3
  • Dec 21, 2009
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super jeleous of that interior.

18s for the back rims would give it a perfect stance.
 

beyondspexj

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  • Dec 21, 2009
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congrats!
 

apollo12

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  • Dec 22, 2009
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Great job on the engine and engine bay!!!
 

ALMOST STOCK

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Dec 22, 2009
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  • Dec 22, 2009
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First and foremost I’d like to say thank you to Strike for nominating me for Dec FOTM, and to all of those who voted for me for Dec 2009 FOTM; believe me I really do appreciate everyone for your support.

Just a little back ground of how this 1989 GT has gotten to where it is at this time, for those who might be interested?

May 1989 my wife needed a daily driver to and from work and since I’ve always been a Ford person and we’ve always talked about owning a Mustang the choice was simple, we bought the 1989 GT with only 7 miles on the odometer. My wife drove the 89 GT for a little over 10 years and put on over 145,000 on the odometer, so happens Oct 1999 we bought another car for her as a daily driver and the 1989 GT became my project car. With some help from my 2 sons we took the old stock 1989 GT and made it what you see today ALMOST STOCK.

My first mod was the exhaust and from there I did the 5 lug conversion because I was tired of the stock Turbines rims and I had a bigger selection of rims to choose from if I went with the 5 lug conversion. We all know that one thing leads us to another so my next mod was to the suspension, those mods usually took me a week or so to do.
November 2000 I started cleaning up the engine bay with welding up holes and painting the engine bay, hiding wires, vacuum lines and I polished every pieces of aluminum that was on the engine or in the engine bay, and had the engine rebuild since it had around 150,000 on the odometer and that took me about 4 months to complete.
November 2 years later I decided to have the whole car painted since it still had the factory paint, and that’s when I went back in the engine bay and pulled all the wires behind the dash and out of the engine bay, rerouted the brake lines so that they’re not so noticeable and basically finished that project up 3 months later; and is what you see today.
2 years ago I bought a ported Tubular GT-40 Intake and I polished that, so as you can see I still do some things to the car but most of the big mods are done now, and now it’s time to enjoy the car before I hand it over to my grandson in a few more years.
 

ALMOST STOCK

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  • Dec 22, 2009
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Thank you very much HISSIN50, Tanus, beyondspexj, apollo12
 

67coupe

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Dec 22, 2009
#8
  • Dec 22, 2009
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Very nice car! Looks like a lot of man hours in polishing.

Nice background story, too. Congrats!!
 
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undercnstrction

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#9
  • Dec 22, 2009
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CONGRATS on the win! and the car looks fantastic also like already mentioned, good background story too.

CONGRATS!!
 

hsean

10 Year Member
Jul 24, 2006
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dearborn,michigan
Dec 22, 2009
#10
  • Dec 22, 2009
  • #10
congrats but in a few years you will be giving it to your grandson one lucky kid
 

rbonella

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Dec 22, 2009
#11
  • Dec 22, 2009
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Awesome story, great car, great guy! Congratulations man, and happy holidays!!!
 

BDASPNY

Member
Jan 3, 2006
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HAMPTON ROADS
Dec 22, 2009
#12
  • Dec 22, 2009
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CONGRATS my friend. by far one of the most beautiful cars i have ever seen. all it needs is some boost. lol
 

89stang1

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Dec 22, 2009
#13
  • Dec 22, 2009
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Congrats!!!!!!!
 

DMAN302

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Dec 22, 2009
#14
  • Dec 22, 2009
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Congradulations my good man....this vehicle never does get the recognition it deserves, it's truely a masterpiece.
 
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92GreenGT

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Dec 22, 2009
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  • Dec 22, 2009
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DMAN302 said:
this vehicle never does get the recognition it deserves, it's truely a masterpiece.
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Agreed, this is the perfect example of how a fox should look.
 

ALMOST STOCK

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Sep 23, 2000
1,250
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88
CA.
Dec 22, 2009
#16
  • Dec 22, 2009
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I’d like to thank everyone for the congrats and the great complements, I do appreciate both believe me!
 

EPIK

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LEFT COAST
Dec 22, 2009
#17
  • Dec 22, 2009
  • #17
Congrats on the well deserved win. That engine bay is one of the best looking I have ever seen in a fox, & its even cooler that you have owned the car from day 1....
 

ALMOST STOCK

Founding Member
Sep 23, 2000
1,250
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88
CA.
Dec 23, 2009
#18
  • Dec 23, 2009
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Thank you.
 

4G-KDMP

10 Year Member
Jul 23, 2005
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CA
Dec 23, 2009
#19
  • Dec 23, 2009
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Congrats Paul!
You know how I feel about your car and a well deserved win.
 

Celeb

20+ Year Stangneter
Sep 8, 2002
736
13
59
Here and there
Dec 26, 2009
#20
  • Dec 26, 2009
  • #20
ALMOST STOCK said:
First and foremost I’d like to say thank you to Strike for nominating me for Dec FOTM, and to all of those who voted for me for Dec 2009 FOTM; believe me I really do appreciate everyone for your support.

Just a little back ground of how this 1989 GT has gotten to where it is at this time, for those who might be interested?

May 1989 my wife needed a daily driver to and from work and since I’ve always been a Ford person and we’ve always talked about owning a Mustang the choice was simple, we bought the 1989 GT with only 7 miles on the odometer. My wife drove the 89 GT for a little over 10 years and put on over 145,000 on the odometer, so happens Oct 1999 we bought another car for her as a daily driver and the 1989 GT became my project car. With some help from my 2 sons we took the old stock 1989 GT and made it what you see today ALMOST STOCK.

My first mod was the exhaust and from there I did the 5 lug conversion because I was tired of the stock Turbines rims and I had a bigger selection of rims to choose from if I went with the 5 lug conversion. We all know that one thing leads us to another so my next mod was to the suspension, those mods usually took me a week or so to do.
November 2000 I started cleaning up the engine bay with welding up holes and painting the engine bay, hiding wires, vacuum lines and I polished every pieces of aluminum that was on the engine or in the engine bay, and had the engine rebuild since it had around 150,000 on the odometer and that took me about 4 months to complete.
November 2 years later I decided to have the whole car painted since it still had the factory paint, and that’s when I went back in the engine bay and pulled all the wires behind the dash and out of the engine bay, rerouted the brake lines so that they’re not so noticeable and basically finished that project up 3 months later; and is what you see today.
2 years ago I bought a ported Tubular GT-40 Intake and I polished that, so as you can see I still do some things to the car but most of the big mods are done now, and now it’s time to enjoy the car before I hand it over to my grandson in a few more years.
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No problem. Well deserved brother.
 
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