what was your first experience with a 5.0 Mustang?

I drove a new 79 5.0 at a dealer in Biloxi, and the door trim was installed upside down. But it had a V8.
Bought a 280zx as my first new car. Was ok but would spin the fanbelt and slip the clutch, but never wanted to spin the tires.

Things were going well, and went to try out an 82 GT. Jackass salesman could not find the keys and did not want to show me the car.

Another dealer finally had one I could drive.

Then I found the Red on red 79 Capri 5.0 Ghia on used car lot in Panama City FL, in the pouring down rain on a Saturday afternoon. Salesman had the key in a second, cranked it up. Fell in love, bought it over the phone during the week. Drove down to pick it up Friday night.

Still have it, and 4 others. Best car ever made.

To me, this says it all, reliving my first experience in a 5.0 in my very own 5.0 (slightly more modded than the one i first rode in though )

rd said:

I drove a new 79 5.0 at a dealer in Biloxi, and the door trim was installed upside down.

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Are you referring to the door panel? The 79's had the door handles at the bottom of the door...

My VERY first experience with a 5.0 was when I was 4 years old in 1988 and my cousin came over in his nearly-new 87 maroon T-Top GT. He let my dad drive it and I rode in the back looking out the t-topless roof. My dad chirped the tires a little bit (probably didnt want to go crazy with a 4 year old in the car) and I was into cars even then and got a real kick out of it...22 years later I remember it like yesterday.

As I hit my early teens and really got into cars more and more, there was a guy in my neighborhood had a 92 Z28 25th anniversary with some sort of awesome sounding exhaust and I watched him drive by my house all summer long and I swore I would get a Camaro...that sorta faded as I got more into 4x4 trucks. Then one day in 1998 sealed the deal...

At a small gathering of some family and friends, the son of one of my dad's friends stopped by in his 85 GT. It was mostly stock IIRC but sounded great and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. When he left sideways I knew that was the car for me. I ended up with an 85 GT of my own as my first car and 15 Mustangs later, the love for them has never left me. Soon I will get my next one...

5.0's have been in in my life sinc I was a kid. Growing up in Maryland in the 80's/90's was mustang central. One memory I have is going to Ocean City as a kid with my family and seeing a what seemed like millions of 5.0's cruising up and down coastal highway.

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Originally Posted by rd
I drove a new 79 5.0 at a dealer in Biloxi, and the door trim was installed upside down.

Are you referring to the door panel? The 79's had the door handles at the bottom of the door...


Actually, the map pocket at the bottom of the drivers door was upside down. It was the same red color as the Capri I got later. The combo of the wrong trim and the salesman resulted in a no sale.

I had only had two Mustangs before that, a 65 and a 74.

My first experience was actually in my '94. I have been in plenty of 6-er's and 4.6's but had actually never ridden in a 5.0. After I bought mine.....I was hooked and have been ever since.

My first memory in a 5.0 was when I was 14. My neighbor brought home an early 90's fox and took me for a ride. It was completly stock but scared me to death sliding around a turn. I knew I would have one someday.

My first experience in a 5.0 was when I was about 16. My buddy from school had a 90 SSP. He brought me home in it from school and was sideways the whole way. Damn that car was a lot of fun....it all started with that. The next spring I bought my 89 and haven't looked back since.

In the mid 90's I was about eight and my dad's friend had just bought a silver '86 GT t-top. We went for a ride at night and remebering being scared to death in the back seat with nothing to hold on to. I also then knew a few people that had 87+ GTs. Then when I turned 16 my mom bought a new lazer red '02 GT 5spd. and rode in it for awhile, but I was never allowed to drive it - three times in three years! She sold it and still misses it. I'm nice tho and once I let her take mine for a drive

My first experience with one was..... Kicking it's a$$ with my modded '66 289 coupe. Well, that was my first experience with one.

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I was 9 when my uncle purchased a 1989 Mustang GT...It was love at first sight! He drove me around and I have been wanting one ever since. I finally scratched the itch when I bought an 88 GT last weekend. I immediate called him and sent him pics of it, and he actually cried. His was stolen about 15 years ago, so it brought back lots of memories for him.

tannerc91gt said:

my family is the same way. my mom drives a cavalier and my dad drives a volvo (turbo 5 cyl is strangely fast from 40+mph) no one ever really understood my mustang obsession. I had an 01 v6 for a while (that i just started driving again a month ago). I ended up selling it to my mom and used the money to get the '91. No one in the family understood why i would intentionally buy a car that was 10 years OLDER

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i got one of them to... all my friends make fun of it but its great on road trips and getting back and forth to work in. plus heated seats are very nice

First memorable experience: watching my friend fishtailing down the street in his brand new, black '86 Saleen. This after he'd taken me for a spin around the block. I was around 15 years-old. My buddy was a few years older, maybe 19. I already liked the Mustang, starting with the 85s, but before that day I hadn't seen one "in action". Having grown up during the 70's there were still a lot classic muscle cars roaming the streets. I always figured I'd have one. Well, after that day my dreams of owning a late-60's SS Chevelle immediately got pushed right to the side. The smaller dimensions on the Mustang were perfect, it looked cool and the dual tailpipes reminded me of my dad's '68 396 Chevelle. After seeing how effortlessly the 5.0 laid down the rubber that pretty much was the capper. From that point on I knew I was going to have one. There was never any doubt. Fast forward some twenty-three years later; the love affair between me and the Fox body 5.0 continues.