my new playtoy

[flyingn]

Ive always wanted a Fox convertible 5 speed and I just scored this. 20k mile completely original right down to the air injection system, exhaust and even original spark plug wires. The rare factory eq/amp and 3.08 gears are just icing on the cake. cant wait to get her detailed at the shop as soon as the weather breaks

[A12pilot]

Graduating high school in 1991, this was my dream Mustang! I was a lot boy at Rice & Holdup (as my grandfather called it:laugh:) and watched guys trade in their 85/86 Four Eyed Foxes for the new 87+ style. A buddy bought a 1991 brand new and while I drove my 66 Coupe to school with stop signs riveted into the rotted pans for make-shift floors, we would all gaze in awe at his gorgeous GT.

Good score, Frank! Where’d you find it?

Cheers
Dave

[AnthonyS]

Very nice! I bought a 1992 LX 5.0 5 speed hatch new. Lots of fun. Enjoy!

[RPOLS3]

Nice score.............need to get some of the reproduction Gatorbacks from Rusty as the cherry on top of this beauty.

https://kelseytire.com/product/goodyear-p225-60-vr15-eagle-gatorback/

[JRSully]

I bought a brand new 89 5.0 LX Notch stripper, bought it home, and within a few hrs: New mass air, pulley kit and headers was street racing it that night. The street racing was great back then, had IROCs, GNs, 5.0's, not fast cars but well matched at the stoplight. Wish I still had it

[EZ Nova]

Nice score, I bought a 1988 white GT convert in 1990, same interior with every option. Was a fun car but going from my '69 Nova SS396, or my '76 Vw Bug and '76 C10. The interior of those were tight with the leather seats and I'm not overly big, 5' 10" 230.

I ended up BREAKING 11 T5 trans, 1 factory engine and a couple modified engine. Best stock I got out of it was 14.53 in the 1/4. Then with long tube headers, McCreary dirt stars and with nitrous was 11.70. Never used nitrous with the modified motors and went 11.30 best.

WAs a fun cat with a big stereo.......

[napa68]

Nice car, great colors!

[dykstra]

I bought a brand new 89 5.0 LX Notch stripper, bought it home, and within a few hrs: New mass air, pulley kit and headers was street racing it that night. The street racing was great back then, had IROCs, GNs, 5.0's, not fast cars but well matched at the stoplight. Wish I still had it

Agreed! That was my brother and I’s era. If you had a 12 sec car, you were king chit back then.

[SupremeDeluxe]

It's no secret I love these cars.

Great colors and condition. Is it an 87 or 88?

I'm always surprised how fast these feel, even in the current era. 3.08 gear makes a big difference.

[GMC_Typhoon]

That car is a time capsule. Back in the day most of them were rode hard and put up wet. Always nice to see an 80's muscle car that was babied.

[markinnaples]

That's sweet! I had an '89 5.0 LX hatchback and it was pretty quick.

I always wanted an '85+ LX or GT convertible. I like the early Fox bodies before the ground effects but they all looked good. I always though the LX 5.0 convertibles looked really clean and almost European, and I'm a big fan of the McClaren ASC convertible as well.

[JRC99]

Those turbines look so good when they're clean, but, man are they a PITA to keep them that way. I speak from much experience.

(This is the most fun car I've ever driven. More fun than our GN, more fun than our Chevelle, more fun than the Scat Packs I used to drive at work, and even though it's never run well enough for me to rag on it, I won't be surprised if I find not even my Camaro is as fun as this little Foxbody. Pap said bang for the buck it was the best car he ever owned because you could beat the ever loving hell out of it and it just took it.) Fun fact: The original owner lives down the street from me.

(Didn't mean to hijack, I've just never had a chance to really talk about this car on here)

[A12pilot]

The Fox Stangs are pretty fun. I owned two 1982 GTs, two 1979 Pace Cars, an 85 GT and an 86 LX 5.0. You’re not setting the world on fire by any means, but for the day, a good car for the buck. If another 82 or four-eyed Fox came my way, I’d jump at the chance. I’m always looking.

Cheers
Dave

[flyingn]

Graduating high school in 1991, this was my dream Mustang! I was a lot boy at Rice & Holdup (as my grandfather called it:laugh:) and watched guys trade in their 85/86 Four Eyed Foxes for the new 87+ style. A buddy bought a 1991 brand new and while I drove my 66 Coupe to school with stop signs riveted into the rotted pans for make-shift floors, we would all gaze in awe at his gorgeous GT.

Good score, Frank! Where’d you find it?

Cheers
Dave

Thanks Dave. Found it in Michagan.

[flyingn]

Im getting a set for it . It deserved em


Nice score.............need to get some of the reproduction Gatorbacks from Rusty as the cherry on top of this beauty.

https://kelseytire.com/product/goodyear-p225-60-vr15-eagle-gatorback/

[flyingn]

Its an 87. First of the new body style.


It's no secret I love these cars.

Great colors and condition. Is it an 87 or 88?

I'm always surprised how fast these feel, even in the current era. 3.08 gear makes a big difference.

[flyingn]

That car is a time capsule. Back in the day most of them were rode hard and put up wet. Always nice to see an 80's muscle car that was babied.

It still smells like 1987 when I start it. The converters work like new.

[ScottG]

Wow thats clean..

[GM Powertrain]

When I worked at ECS/Roush in the late 80's, a coworker bought a Cabernet Red '89 LX Hatch 5 speed. Got to spend a bit of time behind the wheel. Very entertaining to drive with quite a bit of wheelspin (I'm sure the OE Gatorbacks had something to do with it.) Thought long and hard about ordering a stripper notch, 5 speed 3.08 car before I started my 34 year journey with the intercooled Buicks'.

Set the base timing to 14 degrees, pull the silencer from the airbox and have fun!

[AnthonyS]

I too, can attest as to just how much fun they are; this was the end of the assembly line Michelins... I had already pulled the caps because even then I didn't trust most techs to not chip the paint on the wheel... I was by myself on the way to the shop and thought, why not? After I saw the road behind me, I doubled back, jumped out and snapped this photo - with a film camera! It was not very old here, but you can see that it was already being rode hard as they say.

It's older now than my Camaro was when I restored it... this car's time will come... and yeah, I tell everyone it's not for sale; I'll get to it someday...

Cheers, and thanks for triggering some fun memories!
Anthony

[turbo69bird]

I had that same car but in blue and silver , one of the hundreds of cars I flipped that I wish I’d kept
Had so many fox bodies that were crazy clean. If I’d kept them all….

[JRC99]

I think one of the best things about the Foxbody is just about everyone who's owned one is psycho in love with them. Every single time I take mine out I have at least one person come up to me and say either "Man, I always wanted one!" or "God, I wish I still had mine."

They're magical cars, honestly. I jokingly tell people I'm going to be buried in mine.

[Xplantdad]

Congrats Frank!

[flyingn]

thanks Bruce

[L_e_e]

Very cool car!! Here's a link to it before Mike acquired it. http://classicvehicleslist.com/ford/22251-1987-ford-mustang-gt-50-convertible-15000-actual-miles-5-speed.html

Those Fox body Mustangs are the most bang for the buck fun car you could wish for.

I've had about a dozen of them, here's a link to the last one I had and sold a couple years ago. https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=151010

[flyingn]

thanks. Your black GT was super nice

[flyingn]

Hoping the eq tadio was not added by a previous owner. It wasn't ..

Also after I carefully buffed out the original paint. it shines perfectly

[JoeC]

Judith Rosan's 1989 Motion Mustang GT convertible

Joel built this car for his wife

This is one of the last Motion cars built in Baldwin NY with Motion parts and Motion emblems

[RPOLS3]

Looks great Frank!

[JRC99]

Judith Rosan's 1989 Motion Mustang GT convertible

Joel built this car for his wife

This is one of the last Motion cars built in Baldwin NY with Motion parts and Motion emblems

Do we know what all Joel did to it?