Thread: budget build for the fox body

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Then there are days that I wish I could get my '86 GT back. Unfortunately, it's now tied up in a messy estate after the guy I sold it to passed away - and it was still in very low mileage pristine condition the last time I saw it about 5-6 months before he died. Oh well another shoulda coulda. Then there was the '79 TRX Turbo - and that is also still 'alive'

PLEASE as you do your mods, keep the pictures coming. One of my favorite cars

Short version of my Fox Mustang daliance.
In '84 I was intrigued by the SVO Mustang. Zooty body mods, intercooled turbo, race car like seats, yada yada....
Figured the biggest Ford dealer in the area would be the first to get one, so I drove down there. This dealership was one of those high pressure, T.O. kind of places that moved a lot of hardware. The salesmen were on an "Up system" where they each had a turn at the next suc.., uh, prospect that rolled on the lot. They stood in a group about 20 feet in from the driveway ramp. Oh lucky me, I got a guy I call "Big Tex". About 6' 2", gee haw boots, shiny belt buckle as big as a billboard, and a 12 (10 must not have been good enough for him) gallon hat.........for his 2 quart head.

After all the back slappin' intro was done I tell him I want to test drive the SVO Mustang. He seemed confused by that nomenclature, so I pointed to the one I'd spotted. He gets the key and off we go. I knew we were in for some fun when he started his pitch with....."ya know, this here is a SPECIAL EDITION just for the Northwest"...........

So I gave him a SPECIAL experience...........

I know. In 85 I went to a local Ford/ Mercury dealer and test drove a 5.0 stang. Wow, it felt and sounded like all the cars I remembered from the mid 60''s. I ended up buying a Cougar instead because it made more sense for my business traveling, but I sure loved what Ford had done with the 5.0 Fox cars.

Don

one thing i have noticed with these fox bodies is the seats, they are posistioned in a way that makes it feel like your going fast, in wich case you arent,