History of My Stangs

1989 Ford Mustang LX
Engine: 2.3-Liter Inline Four
Trans: 5-speed
Color: Red/Red
Date Got Car: November 6, 1998
Price: Freebie!
Nickname: The Rustang

Other:
Received this car from parents on 16th Birthday. Car had roughly 186,000 miles on the odometer. I put in a CD player and some speakers. This was my high school car; I did fun high school stuff in it. I wrecked the car in January of 2000 with 212,000 miles on it. That was a sad time.

The name Rustang came from all the rust, that you can't see. Plus, the passanger-side hubcap was lost and instead of buying a $70 replacement, I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a $10 one that rusted the first winter.

I tried to fix her up a little. I ended up buying new wheels (which can be seen in the wrecked pic) and attempting to get a new hatch (old one rusted), but the place I was getting it from kept damaging the ones I was getting, so I gave up. Guess it worked out for the best, look what happened to the hatch!

1989 Ford Mustang LX
Engine: 2.3-Liter Inline Four
Trans: 5-speed
Color: Black/Gray
Date Got Car: February 28, 2000
Price: $1500.00
Nickname: Black Beauty

Other:
Bought this car after I wrecked previous. Car had 169,000 miles on the odometer. Engine was bad so my Dad, Brother, and I swapped the engine in favor of the �red� Mustang�s engine. Car was great. This was my first car that I really bought stuff for. I spent somewhere near $2200.00 accessorizing it. From wheels to tint to dual exhaust, I did what you could to a �four-banger.� I drove it to Florida in winter of 2002. It didn�t make it down. Burnt a valve up and had headwork done. Sold car in April of 2002 to my brother Brian for $1000.00.

This was probably my best looking car, in my opinion. Many times it was mistaking for a 5.0. It had a good sound for a 4-cylinder. I can remember many nights on the street when a Camaro or Trans-Am would pull up, ready to race, and I had nothing to offer.

After I sold the car to my Brother, he wrecked it. Tragic, must be a curse of that engine. He ended up grafting a '86 LX bumper cover on the front. He put some American Racing wheels on and started driving it again. He bought a F-150, and the car finally quit. We donated it to charity.

1986 Ford Mustang GT
Engine: 5.0-Liter V8
Trans: 5-speed
Color: Red/Red
Date Got Car: April 27, 2002
Price: $2000.00
Nickname: (pending�)

Other:
Bought this car from my Dad�s cousin. It was in really nice shape. Had 111,400 miles on the odometer. It is the second car I actually bought and my first 5.0 V8. I thought it was only getting 14 mpg, but I looked at the receipt wrong; it is really getting 20+ mpg and I now know the fuel light comes on with almost 5 gallons left not 2.

I would like to do so many things to this car. She needs some care. A lot of the parts are close to being original. I used to want to do a bunch of mods to this car, but over past few years I have come to appreciate the car in near-stock form. I still would like to replace a lot of things on the car, but nothing far from stock. I enjoy the car for what she is, a 1986 Mustang GT.

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