My car has taken a beating, and beat the crap out of me even more. Im a Chevy man and the only reason I bought the Mustang is cause the Camaro I wanted to buy was sold 3 hours before I could get to it. So I seen my 86 and after test driving it I caved. It was everything I wanted and more. This was in 2003.
Two weeks after I bought it I lost my job. So I drove my baby back home 16 hours all the way non stop.
3 weeks later it was stolen. So I called the cops to report the theft and they arrested me for a old traffic ticket I completely forgot about.
After around 3-6 weeks I was contacted by a detective and he said they found it, heres the info to get it back. I called right then and the tow lot wanted over $700 for storage. Can u believe this sht I thought. Its like it was stolen twice and held for ransom. Why did they not tell me sooner?
I blew the car off to look at a few more mustangs but nothing felt like it was "mine". Finally I made up my mind I have to get it back. By this time they want $1300. I showed the guy a grand and he let me have it.
So here I am driving down the road with the worst wheels ever and bald tires the tow lot gave me, dented front fender from a wreck, busted window, busted column, a knocking motor, and no tunes to drown it out. Lost about $1300 cash, cobra r rims with brand new cooper cobra tires, and $650 in the stereo.
Dumped about 3 more grand in it just to get it looking good again and upgraded a few things along the way. Its back on the road by then. Dumped another $1500 into the motor paint and body.
After that it was driven about a thousand miles then parked for 2 years while I did some more building to the motor. When it was parked I gave the cd player to my dad and it was broke upon installation in his camper. In the mean time I bought a used cd player and it would not eject cd's so I had to pull it back out and toss it.
So now timeline is the first of this summer. I get it running and the steering was messed up. Steering rack and alignment. $200. That takes me to just 3 weeks ago now. Tagged it and drove it a few times. Man its finally come back together and its faster then I could ever wish (with a 302 under the hood). Just yesterday I robbed the Alpine out of my truck. Wouldnt u know it I drive 15 miles into town to a store. Get back in and I get 5 feet before it dies like I just let the clutch out too fast. Wont start. I looked it over for 2 hours and I cant find anything with no tools on me. Im thinking the new double roller timing chain broke or I popped a hole in a piston. Only thing is that the car never made a strange noise the whole time. Went to tow it and had to back up a hill using the starter and holding the clutch switch in so it would roll back. Just as I was hooking up a "come along" to get on dolly I noticed oil all over the ground.
I have no garage and its too late to look now. So whats your guess as to what happened to my car? I will post results as soon as I find out. Its probably something big. When it stalled id say I had pulled about 1000 rpm and that's it, Blah. Nothing else. Sorry for the long post. Im just so depressed about this car. Only put maybe 6k on it since 2003. I wont ever give up on it. but man its killing me. Ive had 5 3rd gen "F" body gm hotrods and never had this much trouble out of any of them. Yet I love my Mustang so much I will put up with this crap. screw the car; Whats wrong with me?
Two weeks after I bought it I lost my job. So I drove my baby back home 16 hours all the way non stop.
3 weeks later it was stolen. So I called the cops to report the theft and they arrested me for a old traffic ticket I completely forgot about.
After around 3-6 weeks I was contacted by a detective and he said they found it, heres the info to get it back. I called right then and the tow lot wanted over $700 for storage. Can u believe this sht I thought. Its like it was stolen twice and held for ransom. Why did they not tell me sooner?
I blew the car off to look at a few more mustangs but nothing felt like it was "mine". Finally I made up my mind I have to get it back. By this time they want $1300. I showed the guy a grand and he let me have it.
So here I am driving down the road with the worst wheels ever and bald tires the tow lot gave me, dented front fender from a wreck, busted window, busted column, a knocking motor, and no tunes to drown it out. Lost about $1300 cash, cobra r rims with brand new cooper cobra tires, and $650 in the stereo.
Dumped about 3 more grand in it just to get it looking good again and upgraded a few things along the way. Its back on the road by then. Dumped another $1500 into the motor paint and body.
After that it was driven about a thousand miles then parked for 2 years while I did some more building to the motor. When it was parked I gave the cd player to my dad and it was broke upon installation in his camper. In the mean time I bought a used cd player and it would not eject cd's so I had to pull it back out and toss it.
So now timeline is the first of this summer. I get it running and the steering was messed up. Steering rack and alignment. $200. That takes me to just 3 weeks ago now. Tagged it and drove it a few times. Man its finally come back together and its faster then I could ever wish (with a 302 under the hood). Just yesterday I robbed the Alpine out of my truck. Wouldnt u know it I drive 15 miles into town to a store. Get back in and I get 5 feet before it dies like I just let the clutch out too fast. Wont start. I looked it over for 2 hours and I cant find anything with no tools on me. Im thinking the new double roller timing chain broke or I popped a hole in a piston. Only thing is that the car never made a strange noise the whole time. Went to tow it and had to back up a hill using the starter and holding the clutch switch in so it would roll back. Just as I was hooking up a "come along" to get on dolly I noticed oil all over the ground.
I have no garage and its too late to look now. So whats your guess as to what happened to my car? I will post results as soon as I find out. Its probably something big. When it stalled id say I had pulled about 1000 rpm and that's it, Blah. Nothing else. Sorry for the long post. Im just so depressed about this car. Only put maybe 6k on it since 2003. I wont ever give up on it. but man its killing me. Ive had 5 3rd gen "F" body gm hotrods and never had this much trouble out of any of them. Yet I love my Mustang so much I will put up with this crap. screw the car; Whats wrong with me?