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.