We are getting married in a few months and she has been working hard on giving me a wedding present. I found out this weekend what it was, my Mustang. A year ago we both traded our cars in and bought new ones, I bought an Explorer and she bought a new Mustang. I never knew how much I would miss that '89 5.0 until a few months later, and the feelings have grown ever since. I bought the car brand new when I was 18 and spent some of the best years tweaking, tuning and racing it. All of my friends, and especially the ones who have Mustangs too, about killed me when I traded it in. They always used to tell me how strong the car ran and they wished theirs could be that strong, live through the gear-banging abuse I put it through, and still smoke 'vettes and Camaros with 200,000 miles on the original motor.
This weekend we drove about an hour away to the man who had the car and bought it back from him. He didn't want to sell the car at first but he finally gave in. He said he's rode in several Mustangs but mine was the strongest he had been in. In the past year the car had been though three people. The first owner was a father who bought the car for his son. His son was arrested a few weeks later for, according to the police report, "evading law enforcement officers at over 160 mph". The father then sold it to his neighbor who shortly sold it to a car lot. Then the older man who we purchased it back from bought it. What a sight for sore eyes it was Saturday afternoon. The Mustang is still in good shape it just needs a good cleaning. The paint was starting to dull somewhat when I had it, and has aged some more, but the car itself is still in great shape and still runs like a "Bat Out Of Hell". After all I just had to "test" it and be sure!! There was nothing like riding back home listening to that V-8 rumble down the highway.
The car has only 4,000 more miles on it than when I had traded it in. I'm going to spend this winter cleaning the interior and replacing anything that may be needed. My fiancee has already told me I could do whatever it takes to get my car back in brand new condition. So after 217,000 miles the time may be nearing where I may consider replacing the motor seeing as how I've got the time. Now only one question remains, what brand supercharger do I want???
<edit>Thanks AndrewR, that's what I get for skipping the spell check.<edit>
This weekend we drove about an hour away to the man who had the car and bought it back from him. He didn't want to sell the car at first but he finally gave in. He said he's rode in several Mustangs but mine was the strongest he had been in. In the past year the car had been though three people. The first owner was a father who bought the car for his son. His son was arrested a few weeks later for, according to the police report, "evading law enforcement officers at over 160 mph". The father then sold it to his neighbor who shortly sold it to a car lot. Then the older man who we purchased it back from bought it. What a sight for sore eyes it was Saturday afternoon. The Mustang is still in good shape it just needs a good cleaning. The paint was starting to dull somewhat when I had it, and has aged some more, but the car itself is still in great shape and still runs like a "Bat Out Of Hell". After all I just had to "test" it and be sure!! There was nothing like riding back home listening to that V-8 rumble down the highway.
The car has only 4,000 more miles on it than when I had traded it in. I'm going to spend this winter cleaning the interior and replacing anything that may be needed. My fiancee has already told me I could do whatever it takes to get my car back in brand new condition. So after 217,000 miles the time may be nearing where I may consider replacing the motor seeing as how I've got the time. Now only one question remains, what brand supercharger do I want???
<edit>Thanks AndrewR, that's what I get for skipping the spell check.<edit>
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