New to this forum anyway..
I was an apprentice mechanic when the 1987 Mustang GT came out,,loved the car,couldn`t afford it..
So that kinda tells you my age I guess..
Fast forward to last summer,i was going to buy another Dual Sport bike .. already have a highly modified Honda XR650L,,then I thought why not finally get a summer car..lol
So me and the wife flew out to Watford Ontario and picked up an 87 GT convertible..
This car only had 15,000 miles on it,,put I wasn`t sure that was real yet..but it was verified and I bought it..
The dealer had the original wheels with the original VR60 tires still mounted with 3/4 of the tread still left on them,,it had 16" OE Pony wheels on it with almost new tires which were 17 years old..i guess the original owner was going to keep it low miles and not enjoy it...
the car was also stuffed full of original take off parts,,the OE antenna,original shifter (short throw Hurst was installed),the OE inner fender intake muffler,the original serpentine belt,the original headers (BBK shorty headers and full Flow Masters are on it) and also the original air filter in a K&N filter box ans also the dealer window tag that shows the price it sold for lamented in plastic..lol
It had frame connectors welded in,,which pissed me off,,until I found out these cars actually need them..it`s still on it`s OE spark plugs and brakes,,,the calipers still have their plating on them..
Never seen the likes of this..lol
The paint was quite badly oxidized though...buffing it made it shine but it still could use a good paint job to really look nice...
I have been reading up on things to do to it.butb right now I`m replacing all the weather stripping with is 30 years old and flattened out...typical of a 30 year old car I guess..
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I was an apprentice mechanic when the 1987 Mustang GT came out,,loved the car,couldn`t afford it..
So that kinda tells you my age I guess..
Fast forward to last summer,i was going to buy another Dual Sport bike .. already have a highly modified Honda XR650L,,then I thought why not finally get a summer car..lol
So me and the wife flew out to Watford Ontario and picked up an 87 GT convertible..
This car only had 15,000 miles on it,,put I wasn`t sure that was real yet..but it was verified and I bought it..
The dealer had the original wheels with the original VR60 tires still mounted with 3/4 of the tread still left on them,,it had 16" OE Pony wheels on it with almost new tires which were 17 years old..i guess the original owner was going to keep it low miles and not enjoy it...
the car was also stuffed full of original take off parts,,the OE antenna,original shifter (short throw Hurst was installed),the OE inner fender intake muffler,the original serpentine belt,the original headers (BBK shorty headers and full Flow Masters are on it) and also the original air filter in a K&N filter box ans also the dealer window tag that shows the price it sold for lamented in plastic..lol
It had frame connectors welded in,,which pissed me off,,until I found out these cars actually need them..it`s still on it`s OE spark plugs and brakes,,,the calipers still have their plating on them..
Never seen the likes of this..lol
The paint was quite badly oxidized though...buffing it made it shine but it still could use a good paint job to really look nice...
I have been reading up on things to do to it.butb right now I`m replacing all the weather stripping with is 30 years old and flattened out...typical of a 30 year old car I guess..
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