August 2000: The car

An ugly duckling, just begging to be resurrected into a lithe steed. She is a 1991 Ford Mustang LX coupe, 2.3 automatic with 3.73 gears and a dual plug distributorless ignition featuring mass air fuel injection.

I didn't have it one week before installing a 1998 SN95 Mustang GT front suspension and brake system I bought for $500 at a swap meet. It features '98 GT struts, longer A-arms, 11" disc brakes, power rack and K-member. The rear axle will be replaced soon with a Turbo Coupe unit with SN95 axles and rotors. I'm going to have a set of 17's (three spoke design) powdercoated black to look like '93 Cobra R rims below.

She'll get some body work, the front fenders are shot, the trunk lid is showing some rust, there is a nice ding on the drivers side rear wheel well, two spots of rust randomly spread on the body, and the rear corners of the door jams are rusted. Hey, what do you expect for $1000?

A view I hope to show a few people...

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