lifetime Chevy man switches to a Ford (for now)!
 

Well all my life I have owned Bowtie hotrods, 3 1968 Camaros, 85 Camaro, 84 Camaro drag car, 1979 Camaro, etc...
I just could not pass up the deal on this one, 2 owner 91 Mustang LX, 33000 original miles, guy I got it from bought it in 95 and only took it to the track and car shows, parked in in 2002, pulled it back out in 2006 and went nuts, Ford Motorsports 460 Cobra Jet crate motor, QA1 tubular crossmember and front suspension, TCI Street Fighter C6 tranny and stall, all South Sise rear suspension, Moser 8.8 rear axle and on and on and on...
He drove the car maybe 50 miles when he finished it then parked it again in 07. I bought it with no battery and covered with dust. Put in battery, filled with fuel and it fired right up! When I asked why he was getting rid of it he says "he just got bored with the car"!
Did I mention the motor has 550 horsepower and 535 foot lbs of torque!Tell me, would you get bored with that :?:
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looks Nice..what will it Run on the radials ?

Brian,
never made it to the track yet, last runs are this weekend (welcome to Illinois!) and I have family plans. I am gonna buy some slicks for it this winter and try to get to a test & tune in early spring. Until then its a scary ride on the side roads, I can say I have never driven a street car with that much punch!

Good buy
 

With radials and that 100" wheel base (or something close to that) you may need to invest in one of those steering knobs so you can keep up counter steering during a good run!
One mans pain can be another mans pleasure..........
Looks very nice. I am sure you will have fun.
Bruce

Hey Chris, what track is local to you? I have some friends ( I know hard to believe ) that run at Byron.

Hey maybe once I get mine up and move back East we could hook up at the track? Cool ride. Love it.

dirka, head east this is a place to get away from not go to!

I lived iin KY for a couple years and LOVED it. I miss it back there. Tired of seeing sand. I wanna see more grass.

yea, after being up to your butt in sand I guess I would welcome the change ,kentucky is beautiful state. Ive been stuck here in il and dealing the crap of working the south side of chicago I cant wait to get the he!! out of here too.

Yeah we are kinda looking for property in TN--KY now. The only thing that kinda sucks but kinda not is that we need at least 30 acres due to us having horses.

Hey Chris,
The Stang looks really nice. Let us know what she does at the track.

Chris

Beast,
I have been to Byron but never ran there, I try to get to Midstate down in Havana at least a couple of times a year.

That is a nice ride Chris.

I recommend the biggest, stickest slick you can get under the fenderwell, dont even mess around with a drag radial - them 460's are scary fast in a mustang, be careful.

What is the gearing and converter stall?


Cp

Its has 4:30 gears on a spool and a TCI 3500 stall. I put a set of BFG Drag Radials on it just for the street but plan on buying a spare set of rims with some good drag slicks over the winter so I can take it to the track in the spring.

That sucker ought to pull the bigend like nobodies business with that gearing, 1/4 or 1/8 mile track?

Havana is a 1/8th mile track, it doesnt have a transbrake so I will be foot braking the car. I can't wait till spring!

Hell I cant wait till this weekend....lol

Living in the deep south has it's privilages, we race round here till late November, then fire things back in early march, you better have your ducks in a row in the off season, not much downtime.


That is a good looking mustang with a stout motor Chris, you should be proud even if your a die hard chevy man, drive it like you stole it I say.


Keep us updated,

Cp

He did steal it. Neat car I think,and I hate FORDS.(sorry Lively)

HEY GUYS---if it had a CHEVY in it ----it is still an awesome car
and yes-i think you stole it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

HAVE FUN 8) 8)

tell ya what Cris when u get use to the car and all..you might wanna check into that Stock suspension drag radial class...man they got that class down here and its a Hoot....thats what i am building my pro-charger for in my 69 camaro.

those stangs work very well in that class from what i have seen down here.

I've said it before...I'll say it again. That Stang is SICK! I'd love to put some miles on it for you. I'm just sayin...I wouldn't do it for just anybody, but I'd help you out.

You arent the only one, my buddy had one the same color back in the early 90's, now he is trying to figure out how to knock off his ol lady, collect the insurance and buy it from me! :lol:

Well But I could use some seat tiem in a Foxbody Stang whileai am building mine. :twisted: :twisted: :lol: :P :P

Re: lifetime Chevy man switches to a Ford (for now)!
 

I'M WORKING ON THIS FOR US, MAYBE WE CAN SAVE A LIL DIGNITY WHILE DRIVIN OUR FORDS... http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j.../ford_logo.jpg

Re: lifetime Chevy man switches to a Ford (for now)!
 

NOW THATS FUNNY!!!!!!!!!
You know the emblem on my Mustang grille is missing...hmmmm...

Steeda makes a direct replacement emblem for the Foxbody. Thats what I've got planned. You can get em from Jegs.

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What I am prolly going to do with my Ford emblem on the front is fill it in and then have someone airbrush one on or airbrush something else in that spot.

Harb,

I like your ride!! Should be a blast to drive....

Well its listed on RJ for sale right now, love the car but I gotta get back into a bowtie before I start developing a rash! :lol:

:cry: :cry: :cry: Say it aint sooooo??? :cry: :cry: :cry:

i tried to guess how long it would take, to get rid of the training wheels, and back to the bowtie. just jokeing ford guys. :)

You know it aint nice to try to degrade a Ford by refering it as a Mopar. :twisted: :twisted:

I love them all but just want to get back into some vintage iron, the car is probably one of the nicest/nastiest I have ever owned, just want to get back into something that was made before I graduated from high school. I actually was looking at a 64 Falcon back half car yesterday that was in a local trading paper, waiting for the guy to call me back...

dirka, you need to buy harb's car :idea: :idea: hey , I dont live to far from it, buy the car i can pick it up & i promise I wont take it to greatlakes or byron and have fun with it waiting for you to pick it up. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: 8)

The sad thing I would have prolly asked him bou tit if I was in this other deal already. Well that is depending on how much he wanted for it.

Wow, that didn't last long. :shock: :lol:

ya think it's the old hot horse deal :)

Harb,

A Gasser... that is what would be fun you to do next. The ol' 4spd tunnel ram, fenderwell headers, like a 60's tribute on a 56 Chev or something... big long ladder bars, w/a knarley high rake/straight axel... loud, fast, obnoxious, dangerous, etc... something that takes up all four lanes to going through the gears... MAN I WANT A GASSER SO BAD!!!!! I would DUMP the pro-street for one in heartbeat. I got off track... what were we talking about????