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1991 Ford Mustang LX 5.0


One of my favorite cars while growing up was the Ford Mustang. My era was the 1988-1993's. I was a fan of the notchback and have owned more than 5 Mustang 5 liters. Hey that sounds catchy!


Anyway nothing in the world feels like a modified 302 with nitrous like the 88-93 EFI Mustang. The legendary sound with Flowmasters will ALWAYS raise the hair on the back of my neck. When they first come out they were called "Ass Hole" Cars. This was becuase there were so many of them they were considered to be like "Ass Holes" as in everyone has one. Later on down the line the "Ass Hole" reffered to the driver. This was a well earned reputation since the popularity of these fine cars made way for one of the best bolt on aftermarket rush since I dont know when. It was very inexpensive to set up a Mustang to do low 12's with minor finances! Therefore everyone thought they were ass holes becuase they WON.


Another fine example of just how well this car was marketed was its base price new of about $9000LX - $12,000GT. Today a 5.0 Mustang with low miles and in good condition will fetch almost every bit if not MORE than what it cost new! Thats NOT something a lot of other vehicle manufactures can say.


If you have never driven a 5.0 Mustang you should. Make sure its a manual with a nice set of flowmasters and off road exhaust. From the moment you get inside you know your in a very light, very overpowered car. Just taking off slow in first you can tell this pony wants to run. Give it some more gas and drop the hammer into second and you will always get a nice second gear burn out sure to get anyones attention. 2nd is real nice and quick and if you have ever driven the Mustang you know that 3rd gear means C-YA! And the rest is history.


Anyone else got any mustang tales?



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Yeah I got a tale for you!

How about that blue Mustang your wrapped around a fire hydrant?

Or how about that green one you got rear ended in that was full of Vodka? Your dumb ass was going to drive it home but the cop said it was leaking gas, why didnt you just tell him it was the 5 bottles of Smirnoff leaking out that had gotten busted in the trunk?

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Nothing says REDNECK better than an old mustang!!!!!!!

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Stoma you remind me of a redneck. What does that say for you?



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Your opinion means shit to me..... ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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You must be a redneck.



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You see PowerStroker... I don't hate ALL Ford's.

Back in the 1990's Fords offered a very fine quality product for a VERY FAIR price.

$10,000-$14,000 could get you a VERY NICE, Brand NEW Mustang 5.0 LX Notchback, but gawd forbid don't pay extra for the AOD automatic transmission as they were trash. Then again the T5's werent all the great either but it usually took some modifications to exceed the horsepower in order to take them out. As such there was no real way to blame Fords for that. I smoked several AOD's in stock trim on the expressway however, then again I was driving slightly over the posted limit. Ironiclly the first AOD I blew up was trying to race a 90's SEC on the expressway, I would have had that fucker if it wouldnt have been for smoking the Overdrive band! A well known weakness on the AOD.

I should also mention that Ford's also sent me a check in the mail for an ignition module due to a recall, however that was only because they got sued in a class action suit.

Another weakness of the Fox body Mustangs were the rear control arm boxes that would seperate from the chassis, but again, this only happend when you modified them with Nitrous or excessive HP mods. Even then you had to be running wrinkle wall full on slicks to get them to seperate from the chassis, so again, nothing that Fords could be blamed for.

Now days V8 Mustangs cost what? $40,000-$60,000? Yet a well cared for 1988-1993 5.0 Mustang is worth as much or MORE than it sold for new!

I doubt the newer Mustangs (Less the very RARE ONES) will ever be able to match the re-sale value of the 1988-1993.

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Check out the insane re-sale values of the old Fox Body Mustangs currently!

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Keep in mind the 1989 Saleen Mustang only has a stock 302 Mustang engine @ 225HP along with the factory Borg Warner T5!

It does not have the forged DSS lower end w/ girdle, GT40 Heads and Upper Intake, Tremec TKO Transmission with scatter-proof bell housing, SVO Disc Brake Conversion Kit, South Side machine lift bars, BBK headers with Flowmaster Exhaust, or the Motorsport 3:73 rear end!

It's just a plain Jane LX convertible fox body with some stickers, suspension kit and rims!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/167118068274

Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful car, and it has pedigree with the Steve Saleen name and numbered plaque... and in the collectors world, well -- them folks are the kind of people who don't fu@k their girlfriend so they can keep them tighter for the next guy!

You can see it's pretty clean in that video... but to be honest, I like mine better!

Even just the regular GT's and the LX Notch and Convertibles are fetching $20,000 - $30,000!

You see people with brand new cars that cost upwards of $80,000 - $100,000 but you know MANY of these regular base models will be worth HALF that or less in six or seven years! While the classics typically tend to only go up in value!

So there you have it... 

 



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Wow !!!

You can sell the car & lose around 1/2 of the debt that Genocide Joe provided for you !

Now that's a gift your friend who passed-on would like to see you acquire I'd guess...

Hint, hint...

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I've thought about it on occasion... but the truth is, what people ask for a vehicle -- and what they get are two different things entirely.

No doubt the low mile Saleen in the advertisement at $65,000 is not representative of what kind of money I'd see for mine.

That being said, I should have enough old Mercedes parts and other such automotive stuff to sell laying around to clear well over $65,000+ if it were all properly listed. 

I did once list it for $18,000 the first year I bought it to appease the wife... I had a lot of watchers, but it killed me to see it on the block! Now days, I'd have to have $28,000 or it's just not worth parting with it! I'd never be able to buy this car with all the bolt ons again.

It would be one of them cars that when I sold it, I'd be kicking myself every time I seen one. Also it's almost $100 to list a vehicle for sale on eBay now days -- I really don't feel like wasting $100 to torture myself for 30 days.

Best bet would be getting myself listing 10 items of no importance a day -- every day, for a whole year. I have LOTS and LOTS of inventory! I'd guess it to be well over $100,000 worth, if listed properly and if we're including the cars.

I keep making excuses because I have regular jobs to do, or I have home improvements going on -- or because it's hard to import and change file types to use on eBay and other listing sites... but the bottom line is I have to start getting rid of some of this stuff! If only because I could use the space.



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