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| Author: | CoreyJo [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:30 pm ] |
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| Author: | CoreyJo [ Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:37 pm ] |
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I'll start.... After I turned 16, my parents actually got me started when they bought me a 1983 Mustang GLX automatic with 98k miles on it. They paid $1,600 for the car. The car had power windows, locks, premium sound system, huge sunroof & cruise control. It was the lap of luxury, LOL! The car got me through the high school years and almost all of my college year. The head gasket finally blew during my last year at college. Attached is a pic I just found tonight. Enjoy! |
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| Author: | ssp mustang [ Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:14 pm ] |
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| Author: | Dansgt [ Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:50 pm ] |
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| Author: | Rick Hinkle [ Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:53 am ] |
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| Author: | Willy-Mach1 [ Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:26 pm ] |
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| Author: | CoreyJo [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:01 pm ] |
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Since we have a lot of new members, let's revive this old thread. So let's hear it. |
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| Author: | WHITE KNIGHT [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:18 pm ] |
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I must have missed this topic before, so I will update everyone on my story. I am the youngest of eight, and I got to watch as most of my siblings went through cars... oldest brother started with a '72 Pinto which he modified to handle like a slot car, then after wrecking it racing a 924 Porsche, he got a '78 Pinto, which was also modified in time. Other siblings had stuff like '67 Malibu, a Mazda B2000, another Pinto, Pontiac 2000 (Chevette) Dodge Omni, and some other stuff not worth mentioning. A good friend of a couple of my brothers had a '79 Mustang Pace car... that's when I first fell in love with them. It may have been sooner than that for our neighbors had a hot daughter who was about 18 who had a '68 Mustang coupe. I was just a kid, and did not know that I should have volunteered to wash her car for her... oh well. Anyway, back to my story. I was influential in a purchase decision my Dad had to make when one of my sisters needed a car to drive. It was an easy sell as in 1985 the Mustang stiil had the 2.3L engine that my Dad was so happy with in the pinto. So that was our first Mustang. When I was 13 in 1986 my brother was trying to decide between a Monkey Carlo SS or a Mustang GT. After a couple of test drives and many grins, he bought an Oxford White 1986 GT from Preston Ford in Preston, MD... the biggest little dealer on the shore. We lived in Howard County, and to this day I recall the sights and smells of the trip home. To not bore you guys too much, I will skip past my other brothers '87 LX 5.0, and get to my times in a Mustang. I joined the Marines right out of high school, and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. The brother who had bought the '86 had started a landscaping business and had bought a '92 F150 while keeping the '86 Mustang. One weekend while on Liberty he told me to take the car with me back to base, so no one would have to give me a ride, or come pick me up. I rejected the idea a little... and then took him up on the offer. So I was borrowing his car for a little while. On a later trip home he handed me the title, and told me to go get it in my name. Brother of the century! I offered to pay him for it, but he said no, he had his fun with it, I loved the car and took good care of it, he said I should have it. I kept the car with intentions of never parting with it. Until I rolled it! It was over seven thousand dollars worth of damage. I pulled every part off the car (steering wheel is now in Bob Thompsons car) and sold most of them. Adam Brown bought a lot of the parts. He now has a shop that modifies Mustangs. I bought another Mustang from my other brother... the '87 LX 5.0. Many of the wrecked eighty six parts went into the '87. After selling the '87 to Bob, I went without a Mustang for a while. Then I purchased a 1993 LX 5.0 used, drove it for a while, then sold it as well. I went without for a period of time until the '05 Mustang hit the streets. Had to have one. I ordered the white '06 GT I have now from Plaza Ford and took delivery in May of 2006. My heart is still with the four eyed foxes though. I purchased another well used original owner 1986 GT last year. My original intentions were to attempt to own a Mustang from every 10 years... '66, '76, '86, '96, '06... and so on and so forth. I realized the thought was noble, funds are short. I would rather have a really nice '86, rather than a bunch of okay Mustangs. Plus my garage is too small. I also have two Crown Vics ('02 and '05), a Jeep Grand Cherokee which my wife drives, and an '02 F350. Too many! I will always own a Mustang from now on, as I have a true appreciation for the basis of it's existence... an affordable four seat pony car that can be practical and wild all at the same time. Now that you have suffered through my story, let's hear from everyone else! |
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| Author: | 71bossmd [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:02 pm ] |
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Here is our story. Since 1980, my wife and I have owned at least 1 mustang at the same time. For my wife, it started in 1983. After getting her license at 21, she bought a ’83 silver Mustang LX. She owned it until 1988 when she saw the ’88 Mustang GT. We traded the ’83 for an ’88 maroon and silver Mustang GT. She owned that until ’96 when our third little one came along and we sold it for a conversion van (boy she wishes she still owned the car). In ’06, we had the opportunity to purchase an ’88 5.0 LX Convertible for one of our twin daughters. After driving the car, my wife said it was too powerful and there were no air bags for the girls. Right, she just wanted the convertible for herself. LOL Mine started in 1980, while attending college. I bought a ’71 blue with silver striped Mach I. After doing some work on it, it won many local shows. The funny thing about the car is one of my best friends from work (Dan) was sitting in my office about 6 years ago. He said that looks like Rick’s mustang (Rick is the guy I bought the car off of). I said that is Rick’s. Come to find out, Rick was one of Dan’s best friends in high school. You always have to laugh at what your kids say. While riding in our 4Runner one day, one of my daughters was fighting with my son on who would own the car after I die (they did not even have their license yet). I said hey, I am sitting right here, I am alive, and I plan on being that way for a long time. After sitting under a cover outside for years, the weather took its toll on the car. After moving and having a garage for the first time, I started to restore the car in ’05. I had Tom (a friend of Dan’s) do some work on the car. Come to find out, Tom used to work on the car when Rick owned it. While looking for a car for my other daughter, I ran into an ad on cars.com for a ’71 Boss 351 in Virginia for a pretty good price. I figured if I bought the Boss and sold my Mach I, it would be cheaper in the long run (I cannot do my own metal work) and the Boss was worth a lot more. We went to look at it and on 7/1/08; we became the owners of a numbers matching Boss 351 that was one of the fastest Mustangs from the Muscle Car era. Except for the original rims, carburetor, and some small RAM AIR parts, the car sat as it was originally equipped from the dealer. I am the second registered owner (I bought it from someone that did not title the car). I am trying to get a hold of the original owner to find out some history on the car. I hated getting rid of my Mach I after 28 years. But I always told my wife, the only way that I would sell it was for a ’69 302DZ Camaro, Shelby or Boss Mustang. Well, I found my Boss. |
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| Author: | etc1006 [ Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:38 pm ] |
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Was taught how to drive stick on an 85 GT, black on grey, T-Tops. And the rest is history. My Dad still wonders what went wrong as he was always a Chevy guy, LOL! |
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