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Is finding a stock car that hard to do?

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Project 77

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I posted up pictures and was asking questions about the emerald green notch I just bought. The car is 100% stock down to the air silencer, it has 230K miles and is in pretty decent shape for the miles. Almost everyone who sees it goes bananas, saying you can't find these cars in all stock form, much less a rare colored coupe with no mods. I wasn't looking for a car when I found this one, so I wouldn't know, are these cars hard to find in all stock form?
 
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Yes, it's very hard to find an all original fox.
 
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Starting around 1990 the aftermarket for Mustangs really took off and the majority of the Foxes were modified in some shape or form. To find a low mile Mustang in stock condition is hard to do. They do pop up from time to time though. There is a low mile black 86 GT convert on ebay right now for $12k (sold for around $17 new). I found my 45k mile 90 LX 5.0 convertible (100% stock, except for the tires and battery) locally 3 weeks ago for $5k. So there are some bargains out there too. But the majority you find will be modified.
 

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I searched off and on for a few months the beginning of this year and mostly came across modified foxes, I ended up getting my 93 LX with 78k miles nearly stock (shorties and flowmaster catback), air silencer intact, etc. Glad I didn't rush it too.
 

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Project 77 said:
I posted up pictures and was asking questions about the emerald green notch I just bought. The car is 100% stock down to the air silencer, it has 230K miles and is in pretty decent shape for the miles. Almost everyone who sees it goes bananas, saying you can't find these cars in all stock form, much less a rare colored coupe with no mods. I wasn't looking for a car when I found this one, so I wouldn't know, are these cars hard to find in all stock form?
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Yes and no. If your car had only 23K on it, I would label it as a survivor and say don't touch a thing.

@ 230K, build it how you want it.

A lot of guys enjoy the Notches though because of the absence of add ons...ground effects, spoilers...a simplistic clean look if you will.
 

LarsD

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My 91 was a closest to stock I'd ever seen a Fox when I bought it. It still had shorties, O/R H, cat back, CAI, 3.55's, and a Hurst shifter. Stock appearing LX's like Notchbck93's car are the best looking IMO.
 

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I got my '89 stock 100% original. Still had the original plug wires,exhaust,gears,air silencer, etc.
 

aar0s

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id love to find a bone stock v-8 car and leave it that way, no matter how many miles is on it.
 
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my 91 is bone stock down to the mufflers and silencer.
 

aar0s

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you sir have the restraint of, well, something that has lot of restraint!
 
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dont give me any credit, just got it last winter and havent got around to it yet
 

MAC'n89Blckstng

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My daily driver LX is bone stock save for a Flowmaster cat back and a short throw! I love the way it is.
 

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Mine was bone stock down to the Goodyears when I got it back in 05. It had 16K, I have now got it to 85K and have only done some slights mods. U/D pulleys, Full exhaust and air filter. I just tuned it up for the 1st time this summer. Was very careful at removing the plug wires. Still have all the items that I have removed including the silencer.
As a matter fact my A/C still has never been charged. Still running R-12 and will freeze your cahonas off. How many can say that about their fox.
 
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FoxVerts said:
Starting around 1990 the aftermarket for Mustangs really took off and the majority of the Foxes were modified in some shape or form. To find a low mile Mustang in stock condition is hard to do. They do pop up from time to time though. There is a low mile black 86 GT convert on ebay right now for $12k (sold for around $17 new). I found my 45k mile 90 LX 5.0 convertible (100% stock, except for the tires and battery) locally 3 weeks ago for $5k. So there are some bargains out there too. But the majority you find will be modified.
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Awesome deal! I found a completely stock 92' Calypso LX 5.0 vert, 5 spd, black interior, 24k mile, original owner for $6500. Once I looked at the car though, the bumper was 3 shades lighter, OE tires were dry rotted, and the passenger door had been painted/cleared and stood out...

I have been searching for a couple of months and have come across a decent amount of relatively stock cars. Recently there was a 93' LX Notch, Red/black interior 900 mile car on ebay and it was incredible. $21k+ is waaaay out of my range but it was literally brand new!
 

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Bumpers almost never matched from the factory!
 

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I bought my '88 bone stock.

If it was still bone stock, i'd be bored as hell. Stock 5.0 Mustangs are slow, handle like crap and can't stop for chit. Yeah if you have a 10K mile car and want to keep it as a collector car, then go for it....but a 200K+ mile stock car....mod away.

In my opinion, the high value of some of these rare, low mileage stockers is driving everyone to think their 150K+ mile ragged out GT with broken trim and other defects is a $5000 car these days.
 

aar0s

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I bought my '88 bone stock.

If it was still bone stock, i'd be bored as hell. Stock 5.0 Mustangs are slow, handle like crap and can't stop for chit. Yeah if you have a 10K mile car and want to keep it as a collector car, then go for it....but a 200K+ mile stock car....mod away.

In my opinion, the high value of some of these rare, low mileage stockers is driving everyone to think their 150K+ mile ragged out GT with broken trim and other defects is a $5000 car these days.
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You wont get a disagreement out of me on that! problem is when you have a car in decent shape in a world full of beaters then seems everyone wants to beat ya down on it.
i had a guy a few years ago ask me how much for my car. didnt have a "for sale" in the window. i told him 4k and he about shat himself, he thought that he could pick it up for 1500 - 2k.
 
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saw this post and figured id toss out this info. I recently picked up my 1st fox, a 91 white gt, 5sp black interior and pony rims, its bone stock with 97k on the clock. ( has toyos on it and an aftermarket cd player) to be honest i mighta jumped the gun but ive been looking for a while and this one hit the spot so i dove in. I wish i read more on this forum before though cuz this project got a whole lot more expensive when i looked under the driver seat for a northeast car, its not that bad though. and a project it was intended so im happy in the end. i have to agree though, finding an untouched fox has become very hard. I paid 2900 for it. will post up a pic in the welcome wagon later this weekend. learning lots here, tons of info, thanks.
 
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