i am also in michigan and hardly ever see them and they built them 5 minutes from my house .i love the foxbodies because i owned one in my senior year in high school back in 1988 and it's nice to feel young again.They are just rare around here. You do NOT see them, and when you do see them, only half of them are something you want to look at. Others are rough and worn out.
Not to mention, when done right, they look 100% badass!
For most in my age group, 30-35, it has to be the fact that these cars were the hottest thing on the street that the average guy could get when we were coming up. The body lines were simple and clean. They were defintely 80's in design, with their boxy look, but that body style is a classic. The ability to mod was easy, although the aftermarket was nothing like it is today. But back then, all it took to get your blood racing was a Flowmaster exhaust. The sound is all it's own. There is nothing that sounds like it, even today. A 4.6 with the right exhaust system sounds good, but it doesn't compare to the throaty, able to light 'em up at any time, sound of the 5.0.
What is sad is the fact that these cars are almost becoming extinct in my area. I rarely see a Fox on the road. And if I do, you can garauntee that the radio is off and the window is down to hear what the thing has. LOL. If we pass one that has a stock exhaust on it, even my wife calls it weak. Haha.
Today, I was at a friends who was buffing his black '88 LX. I was just sitting there looking at the car when he was working, and I just stared at it. Looking at how simple, yet beautiful these cars are. The average guy just doesn't understand the attraction we have to these cars. They view them as old and ugly. But if they were ever able to drive one, they would fully understand.
so true about guys liking these cars more than women my wife hates my car and thinks it's ugly.she can't understand the fascination i have with my car and she wishes i would just buy a new one.the other day i asked her opinion whether to get a saleen wing or a cobra wing and she says she definately likes the saleen wing better so even though i was leaning heavily towards the cobra wing i have decided to go with the saleen wing.Well why do we love them? I mean in all reality we the majority of us cant say it is because they are cheap, beings how with the money that we have put into our foxes most of us could have any mustang we wanted whether it be a terminator or mach 1 or an oh so drool worth 60s mustang, let alone being able to pick up a ls1 equipped f body. And its not like Foxes are great for picking up girls, I mean be honest you get a lot more attention from guys (fellow hot rodders but guys none the less) than you do from girls when you are rumbling around in your Stang.
So what is it that attracts us to them, is it the light weight and simple sportiness of them, or that they are in a sence the last of the true bare bones muscle cars. Or the legendary status that 5.0 badge has built up on the track as well as the streets, or the second hand stories you hear while bench racing of the time someone was at the track and this little mustang coupe annihilated this wicked 11 second Chevelle. I was sitting around the other day with this question in my mind and just wanted to hear some of your reasons for loving the foxbodys.
I like them...because yes they are cheap, light weight,ton of after market and to me the Fox Body is like a "Mullet" Hair Cut in that its out dated but it has attitude. It the motor is business in front and rwd makes for party in the back with nice burnouts. My favorite fox is the aero fox with t-tops...it has a lot of mulitude...you wear take the tops off...blast some guns and roses and sport a tank top to cruise in and not get laughed at
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