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Used fox body help

AnthonyA1234

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I’m looking to get a foxbody to be my project car and was wondering what you guys think about this one. Does anything bad stick out to you I don’t want anything with a lot of problems.
 

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broncojunkie

Well-Known Member
Looks nice from the pics. Unfortunately, fox Mustangs are bad about hiding the bad problems. First place to check are the front frame rails.... bottom of shock towers. Open hood and look down inside. It may be a little hard to see, but look down low. If there's just a little rust bubbling through the paint or bulging/swelling up, you can rest assured that it'll be much worse once you open it up. If the rust doesn't look bad, it's a fairly easy cut & patch job, if you can mig weld. If it looks bad, then you may end up having to do a full replacement of the frame rail and shock tower. So enter at your own risk, but use it as a bargaining chip if you proceed.

Check floors for rust...particularly the passenger side, below the heater core. While you're at it, make sure the heater core hasn't been bypassed or the floor isn't wet from a leak.

Look under rear end where the control arms bolt to the chassis. Look for damage ...particularly the upper arms. The stock torque boxes can get damaged from abuse. Again, not a deal breaker, but you need to decide if you want to deal with repairs.

Since it's a manual shift, check for any scraping of gears. Ask the seller if there is any scraping when shifting. This most likely starts at higher-rpm shifts, as the synchros wear. As it gets worse, the scraping happens during regular driving.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!
 
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