first mustang
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Hello out there.
As a car guy of 58 years of age owning half a dozen AMC's in my 40's, then selling out cause they aren't worth anything value wise, and since owning 6 Oldsmobile Cutlasses from
1978 to 1988, selling all but have kept an 80,000 original mile 88 Cutlass Supreme Classic T-Top Car loaded to the gills. With that said I wasn't really car shopping.
Despite really liking G-body cars as I grew up in the 80's, I've always had other cars that were bucket list vehicles. So 8 miles away sat a 1979 Mustang Pace Car which was on that
list as I remember they are cool looking. This had not been on the road for around 25 years. It's whole, complete but ROUGH. So for the dirt cheap price I paid, I took a chance. The problem is I don't know much about a Ford nor a Mustang. Wasn't a ton of rust, some on the floor boards easy to fix, a few small holes in the roof, roof as thin as a tin can, interior shot but all there and zero wiring in the engine bay and to the dash was a bad issue. I didn't even know if the engine or tranny was any good but luckily it was as my mechanic got it running perfect after a carb rebuild, new gas tank, sending unit, gas lines, fuel pump etc. etc. etc. From what I researched its the rarest of the bunch as it's a 302 automatic car.
Well just wanted to say, I guess any car is sitting out there somewhere of any model and for sure when I fully restore it the paint and stripping scheme is WILD for sure. Thanks for anyone's reading.
As a car guy of 58 years of age owning half a dozen AMC's in my 40's, then selling out cause they aren't worth anything value wise, and since owning 6 Oldsmobile Cutlasses from
1978 to 1988, selling all but have kept an 80,000 original mile 88 Cutlass Supreme Classic T-Top Car loaded to the gills. With that said I wasn't really car shopping.
Despite really liking G-body cars as I grew up in the 80's, I've always had other cars that were bucket list vehicles. So 8 miles away sat a 1979 Mustang Pace Car which was on that
list as I remember they are cool looking. This had not been on the road for around 25 years. It's whole, complete but ROUGH. So for the dirt cheap price I paid, I took a chance. The problem is I don't know much about a Ford nor a Mustang. Wasn't a ton of rust, some on the floor boards easy to fix, a few small holes in the roof, roof as thin as a tin can, interior shot but all there and zero wiring in the engine bay and to the dash was a bad issue. I didn't even know if the engine or tranny was any good but luckily it was as my mechanic got it running perfect after a carb rebuild, new gas tank, sending unit, gas lines, fuel pump etc. etc. etc. From what I researched its the rarest of the bunch as it's a 302 automatic car.
Well just wanted to say, I guess any car is sitting out there somewhere of any model and for sure when I fully restore it the paint and stripping scheme is WILD for sure. Thanks for anyone's reading.