I've had the car for over a year, and I've been talking about it in other forums, but I figured it was time to post her up here.
The previous owner was a member I discovered after I bought the car (I can't remember the handle).
Before I bought her I had a 90 GTS I was prepping for a 1MZ swap, but I kept running into problems with the age and millage of the car (~270000 miles) I'd seen this car for sale but just didn't want to get bogged down in a major alltrac project. Until my dad told me to go drive it. He'd let a very good priced Mustang California Special go years ago, and sagely warned me not to let this go without driving it. I drove it and I bought it. She came to me rough, I've seen this car for sale multiple times, always with a slightly different story, but a 93 with just less than 100,000 was too much to pass up, even with the problems that were obvious. It has a bad body kit, and some interesting modifications, I keep finding more the more work I do to her.
When I bought her she hadn't been through emissions in 7 years, the door sensors didn't work (oddly the always registered the doors opened, which was not my experience with my 90 GTS), the break light stayed on, the ABS light was on, and assorted other lights. plus the bodykit, uggh.
Since then I've got most of the body kit off, replaced the rear deck lid (they did a bad job of installing that wing leading to rust), stripped half of the interior, ordered new wheels, ditched the nology wires, Hit pick n pull a lot and generally spent as much money on her as I bought her for, already.
LIst of stuff bought:
List of stuff todo:
The previous owner was a member I discovered after I bought the car (I can't remember the handle).
Before I bought her I had a 90 GTS I was prepping for a 1MZ swap, but I kept running into problems with the age and millage of the car (~270000 miles) I'd seen this car for sale but just didn't want to get bogged down in a major alltrac project. Until my dad told me to go drive it. He'd let a very good priced Mustang California Special go years ago, and sagely warned me not to let this go without driving it. I drove it and I bought it. She came to me rough, I've seen this car for sale multiple times, always with a slightly different story, but a 93 with just less than 100,000 was too much to pass up, even with the problems that were obvious. It has a bad body kit, and some interesting modifications, I keep finding more the more work I do to her.
When I bought her she hadn't been through emissions in 7 years, the door sensors didn't work (oddly the always registered the doors opened, which was not my experience with my 90 GTS), the break light stayed on, the ABS light was on, and assorted other lights. plus the bodykit, uggh.
Since then I've got most of the body kit off, replaced the rear deck lid (they did a bad job of installing that wing leading to rust), stripped half of the interior, ordered new wheels, ditched the nology wires, Hit pick n pull a lot and generally spent as much money on her as I bought her for, already.
LIst of stuff bought:
- Porche BBK
- replacement GTS hatch
- All of the emblems except the All-trac emblem
- Front and rear whiteline strut braces
- Whitline sway bar
- RC bumper (still need a crash bar)
- wheels
- Completely new audio setup
List of stuff todo:
- 3rd gen swap (eventually)
- Coilovers
- Finish stripping the interior and repair the electrical damage
- paint it back to the factory color (medium blue)
- short throw
- fix or replace leather (the leather itself is good, but the stitching is rotting)
- CS hood
