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This is dedicated to my 1995 Mustang, LX
I bought this mustang back in 2000 when I was a freshmen in highschool. It's a 95 with the basic options, when I bought it, it had the 3.8 v6 with the common head gasket failure, the engine was fried due to the overheating that resulted. The car was close to going to the scraper. The front bumper was gone, the rear bumper was destroyed. The driver side had hit something hard right arround the rear door and the dents and scrapes from that accident covered the driver side. It wasn't pretty, it looked as if the car had been used in a demolition derby. Besides the drivers side, the rest of the car also had suffered from one too many parking lot dents, dings, scuffs, and scrapes. The interior was mostly complete with airbags still intact. Overall the car was in bad shape, the motor was blown, paint poor, and the roof and rear deck were about the only good panels on the car. The good news was I got the car for almost nothing!
Here�s a Pic of the good side:
This is the only pic I could find of before I fixed it, it was before I had a digital camera.
Thinking back, I�m surprised my parents even let me buy the car, I wasn�t even 15. They also let me bring it home and use the garage for a couple months to complete the project.
When I got the stang, it had 78000 miles and was 5 yrs old. The place I bought it from thought there was no hope for the engine. I had planned to drop in a V8, but was worried about the price. That�s when I learned about the Ford Recal. I just barely met the time/mileage requirements, but I ended up after much struggling getting my local Ford dealership to do and cover the cost of job. After some opposition and some hesitation they ended up replacing the entire engine at 78,000m and covering the $3500 tab. That was good news too me cause I don�t have much cash.
Now that my stang was running, I started working on the exterior. Luckily the frame was fine. I found most the parts on ebay or in junk yards for extremely low prices. I replaced all panels on the right side, got a new front and rear bumper, fixed the hood and rocker panels with fiberglass, I fixed all the dents, dings, and scrapes on the rest with bondo/hammer/dent puller, and then sanded it all down and primed it. I then had a local friend with a body shop paint the entire car. I went a similar tri-coat red so I wouldn�t have to paint the door jams or the engine compartment.
These are after restoring to stock:
I waited a while to start customizing because I was already at my budget point.
With my new job jr. Year I started making modifications:
Here's some Pics:
What I've done:
1.Added 02 Mustang gt wheels 17x8
2.Lemans 245/40/17(front) and 275/40/17(back)performance tires
3.Tokico HP Blue shocks-stops bouncing and gives much better ride quality
4.SPRINGTECH perfomance sport springs 1.5" drop and much better handling
5.Euro clear corner lenses(not on yet)
6.Dual Exhaust with Flowmasters and twin chrome tips, also custom H pipe conversion to fit V6(I have them, going to wait until after harsh winter to put it all on)
7.Underdrive Pulleys(not installed yet)
8.Gt strut tower brace(not in pics)
9.Upgraded to Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors that look and work better
10.Used a kit to Paint calipers RED to make them look like more expensive racing brakes
11.Spoiler off a 98 Gt
12.Mustang on rear bumper painted silver
13.Painted Pony on underside of hood, put red hoses on engine, red sparkplug wires, painted various pieces red.
14.Put in a CD player for some tunes:
15.Installed custom leather seat covers
in a tan/black combo, match interior well and fits seats great....
Tried to do as professional looking as possible, notice the back seat:
16.MAC chrome Cold Air intake:
Thats about it for now....
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