Classic stang owners. Post ur pics here

[Baron Von Crowder]

[Baron Von Crowder]

[Baron Von Crowder]

[homealone]

I'm going to end up spending over a grand to upgrade/restore my current 8". Wish I could just grab a junkyard 8.8 for a couple hundred bucks, but that's not gonna happen.

I guess you need something like this.

[351Coupe]

Here's my junk. Thinking about doing a half-ass 20 footer type paint job on it just so it won't look like this anymore.





I need to do a few things in here too. Thinking of ditching the fox console for a Shelby style. Needs a new steering wheel too.

[HenryJ]

damn dude you should have asked sooner, i had an old 8.8 off a 89 gt that i was giving away, nobody wanted it so i sent it to the junk yard

I was responding to Blake's quote, but screwed it up. lol

Blake why don't you spend the grand on an 8.8 rather than the 8 inch? Pick up an explorer rear and send it over to JamesB to put leaf mounts on and even it up with 9" housing ends. You could have a nice 31 spline rear for around a grand or a little less.

[bonnie&clyde]

I'm going to end up spending over a grand to upgrade/restore my current 8". Wish I could just grab a junkyard 8.8 for a couple hundred bucks, but that's not gonna happen.

damn dude you should have asked sooner, i had an old 8.8 off a 89 gt that i was giving away, nobody wanted it so i sent it to the junk yard

[HenryJ]

I'm going to end up spending over a grand to upgrade/restore my current 8". Wish I could just grab a junkyard 8.8 for a couple hundred bucks, but that's not gonna happen.[/QUOTE]

Blake, I've heard of a few people running the explorer rear with the offset pinion without any issues. I would say that may be possible, especially if your mainly just cruising it and not out racing every weekend. I personally plan on spending the money and setting it up right. Apache auto salvage has 2 explorer rears with disc brakes for $135 a piece.
BTW I lucked out back in the day and picked up a '80 Lincoln Versaille rearend for $200. There are still deals out there, you just have to be patient and keep looking.

[slowyellow]

a buddy of mine finds the 8.8's pretty frequent for like 150 out here. He gets them for his jeep hobby. But he's always asking me if I know anyone who wants some gears, lol.

[BLAKE]

I guess the only good news is that there is a mustang specific junkyard out here in VA. So all of the hard to find parts would probably be pretty easy to come across.

Yes, but I can guarantee anything that would count as a performance piece (like am 8" rear with posi/trac lock, or any 9") is either long gone or super expensive. I keep mentioning the rear end thing because it's one of the only things I haven't replaced on my car, and try as I might, I haven't found a way to ditch the peg leg with highway gears without spending over $1K.

I'm going to end up spending over a grand to upgrade/restore my current 8". Wish I could just grab a junkyard 8.8 for a couple hundred bucks, but that's not gonna happen.

[slowyellow]

I guess the only good news is that there is a mustang specific junkyard out here in VA. So all of the hard to find parts would probably be pretty easy to come across.

[BLAKE]

Well at least you have a/c.

I cant do a relocation because my car has a bench seat.

Well, I have an idler pulley in the shape of A/C anyway. All I need is new lines and to reinstall the underdash unit, but yeah. No functioning air right now.

That bench seat is bitchin'.

Man I wish I had one of those. To be honest, I've kinda gotten bored with my fox and probably am not gonna race it. I think that I'd have fun if I could pick a semi clean one (no rust) up and resto mod it. Just don't know how much money I could do it in. Any numbers would be cool if yall didn't mind sharing. Thanks.

I would say that a classic isn't too much more to build than a fox, depending on what you can do yourself, and what your standards are. For instance, if you just want a driver, and originality isn't a big deal, that'll save you some money. The "no rust" thing is going to be tough though. Simply put, they all have rust unless they've had some major surgery, and if they have, they're probably expensive. The main thing is to check really well and make sure that it's just minor (not structural) and go from there.

One thing that might make it more pricey is used parts availabiltiy. For example, almost every piece of trim or interior part or weather stripping is out there in repro and pretty affordable, but there are no junk yard rear ends you can put in them unless you're into chopping up an explorer 8.8, shortening half of it, and cutting/welding spring perches and such.

[slowyellow]

Man I wish I had one of those. To be honest, I've kinda gotten bored with my fox and probably am not gonna race it. I think that I'd have fun if I could pick a semi clean one (no rust) up and resto mod it. Just don't know how much money I could do it in. Any numbers would be cool if yall didn't mind sharing. Thanks.

[ma67cpe]

Heh, thanks man. I wish those wayward A/C lines were out of the way, because the best part of that engine bay is that there's almost no wiring in it. Everything's run in the fender wells so it's as clean as I could get it.

The relocation of the e-brake was ridiculously easy, and a lot more handy than than the dash-pull style. I yanked that one from the wrecked 85 GT that I got the engine and transmission from. You've just gotta be cool with taking a cutting wheel to the tunnel.

Well at least you have a/c.

I cant do a relocation because my car has a bench seat.

[ma67cpe]

Nothing nice but in progress. Disregard the mess, I don't know what I was thinking.

that is just plain badass man. Nice work