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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: fayetteville nc
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![]() Ok ok my family when it comes cars my family has nice cars but hey, they sell them for cheap. Let me explain. When my dad was a teen my uncle who is older had a boss 302 and they ended up sellin it for dirt cheap but not sure how much. And my dad owned a Dodge T/A 340 Six pack with the lime green paint, and sold it for $1200. Today i see an identical car with stock paint and stock engine being sold for 37k. I could smack him now. But that give me a lesson my lx is my first car and i will hold on to it forever. I have learned from people that say i wish i could of hold on to my first car or any car they loved, so my advice is that if you love your stang hold on to it.
mike
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93 COBRA vehicle# 689 of 4993 MODS K&N, two chamber flows. admin of www.v8tec.com |
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He said Member...heh, heh
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A.
Posts: 3,718
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![]() I plan on doing the same thing, and people say... It's just another Stang! I just tell 'em! Hey! It's MY Stang! I love it! I don't ever want to get rid of it!
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Joe! 1988 GT, 13.58@101mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com |
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gear banger
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: CHICAGO
Posts: 1,144
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![]() I think it will be a long time before the fox body stang gains value like the old muscle cars. I love the cars, but other peopld don't see it that way. I'm with you guys, I will never sell my stang.
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79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49 |
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Not broken anymore!
Join Date: May 2001
Location: La Porte, TEXASS :)
Posts: 1,963
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![]() I am NEVER getting rid of Topless...I got too much blood, sweat and tears (not to mention $$$$$$$ tied up in her!!!) MAYBE one day I'll hand her down to my daughter. But the more I think about it, the more I think I might not! Hard to say at this point, I still got 7 years to think about it!
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R.I.P. my Kinde..Jan. 19,1992-Aug. 22, 2003. Shes Cruisin' doggie heaven in a Blown Verte or a GTO!!! ![]() 2005 ROUSH GT Verte SuperStallions of the Net Feature, May 2002 RICE HATERS CLUB MEMBER #38!! O.B.C #5..thank you!! I feel so priveledged!! BONE STOCK~ Hell, its a ROUSH! ![]() |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Sale Creek, TN. C. S. A.
Posts: 4,652
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![]() i am keeping mine it is the first new car i ever bought, plus it's not paid for
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95 gt vert, lot's of stuff, it aint slow. 04 sonic blue v - six my beater 89 rs camaro iroc turbo hood, other stuff, my wifes ride 84 lx stang cammed up 289 hi po, etc 65 falcon, maybe by the year 2020. black 00gt, gone but never forgotten. R H C- member # 1 o.b.c. da prez- member # 1 if your under 40 dont ask. goodbye for now odie,r.i.p. 11-27-03 |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Gaza Strip, Southwestern Asia
Posts: 77
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92 LX 5.0-Green W/white top, guts, and rims. 01 gixxer 600 (team colors) |
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My poor 79 RIP
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Suisun City,
Posts: 2,320
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![]() I wish I could keep my '79, but I have to get rid of it. Can't afford three cars. My '79 is my first
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'84 mustang GT turbo '85 LTD '89 Camaro Irocz z28 '94 Lightning '96 Trans am |
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Conservative Individualist
Join Date: May 1997
Location: Wherever I need to be
Posts: 7,487
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![]() It's an old story; everybody seems to know someone who had some now-classic and valuable muscle car they practically gave away years ago. Some of that is BS of course, (they only made a limited amount of those really rare big-cube muscle cars) but of course it does happen.
Problem with keeping a car is that (a) it has to be maintained and kept from rust and rot conditions, (b) it has to have something special about it to make it really valuable, and (c) it has to be at least 30 years old. My LX was bought brand-new by me and is now 12 years old; I plan to keep it a long time but I doubt I'll try to keep it another 25 years as it's one of hundreds of thousands of LX 5.0's that Ford made and until it's about 40 years old it won't be worth big bucks - if then. Although we all want to hang on to our muscle cars, things happen; marriage, babies, need for a new house down-payment, moving, financial crisis comes up (like illness or job loss), no place to keep it and just plain boredom with looking at the same car for a couple of decades. It happens - and that's why so many people have a great story about 'The Muscle Car That Got Away'. I hope some of us can hang on to our 'Stangs for many more decades, and I'm sure some will, but not many. It just isn't that easy and not always that profitable to do so. Fun to try, though. ![]() |
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Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 5,246
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![]() Really clean, low mileage 87-93 5.0's are getting pretty close to returning their purchase price on the retail market. They've accumulated value in the past 5 years. I remember when I could get a really nice and clean 89GT for about 4k, back in 1996 or so. Now the same car would run me 7-8k.
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Conservative Individualist
Join Date: May 1997
Location: Wherever I need to be
Posts: 7,487
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Unfortunately, my 'Stang is an average-condition LX (no garage for 12 years - northeast location) with 115,000 miles on it (under 10k per year average but still, six-digit mileage on the all-original engine/trans). However, the LX 5.0's really are popular and I know a couple of folks who've been lusting after mine for years so I'm sure I'll get a good price for it whenever I finally decide to sell. It fun driving a popular, high performance car that's appreciating instead of depreciating - and to own the title. ![]() |
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