MustangWorks.com : Ford Forums - a late introduction of me! [long, but good]

Howdy all!

I never fully introduced myself or introduced my car. So here we go:

As you can learn from either my website or my signature, my name is Robby. I am 20 years old and live in College Station Texas, Home of the Fighting Texas Aggies. I am about to start my last semester as a paramedic student. After that I hope to get a job with the College Station Fire Dept. I am also working on an AAS in Fire Science. I will hopefully be going to fire school within the next 2 years. As soon as my AAS is through I am planning to begin a BS in Digital Communications (web design) at Texas A&M.

The Car:

All my life I have been raised as worshiping the Chevy badge and praying to the Chevelle gods. When my father returned from Vietnam, he purchased a 1970 SS Chevelle. The thing about it was it was one of 18 Chevelle’s with the 375 HP 396 and the "L89" aluminum heads. Needless to say, he regrets trading it for a Pinto in 1977. (but that’s another story) About 2 years ago my younger brother bought a 1970 SS Chevelle to follow in dads footsteps. Those stories of laying rubber @ 70 mph were just too much for him.

Well, about a year ago I realized that I had the funds to upgrade my S-10. I began dreaming of cramming a 383 stroker between the fenders. I began studying the mechanics of racing and cars. In not too long at all I realized how utterly stupid it was to build up the truck. Trucks were NOT meant to be hot rods, it’s just that simple. I began the search for my hot rod. I obviously could not go for the Chevelle, as that that would be “copying” my little brother. (anyone with siblings know exactly what I am talking about.) I looked for a while at the Camaro, but decided that I didn’t like them. I then began looking at Trans AM’s. I decided I wanted a 1979 455 Trans AM. Soon I realized that they were a dime a dozen and too damned heavy to be a good drag/street car. I continued my search and decided I wanted a Charger, but alas…. It’s so damned hard to find parts for those things. Out of the blue something caught my eye. I saw a Mach 1. Now, I had seen many a mach 1 before this, but for some reason this was different. I began searching for mach 1’s and realized that it was not that hard to find them, but they were all overpriced. The only mach 1's out there are either rusted, mismatched pieces for $5000 or pristine, numbers matching, 50 miles on the thing for $30,000. One day I discovered a 1969 428 SCJ with the factory drag pack. I called and the old man wanted 5000$. It ran fine and was red with black interior. He said he had put it away years ago and now his wife was making him sell it. To make a long and complicated story short, it was in Alabama. In the 34 hours it took me to get there, he had already sold it. BASTARD.

My good friend you guys know as lay-n-rubber, trying to bring me out of my depression over losing the super snake, let me driver his car to lunch the next day. Now, I was aware 5.0’s existed, it’s just that they were too new of a car to have caught my attention earlier. 2 weeks later I bought my current car.

The ad claimed 1987 Mustang GT, Cobra wheels, J-Pipe, H-Pipe, Flowmasters, 5 spd manual, Black, $4900. Woohoo! That night my dad and I drove down to look at it. WHAT A PIECE! It's tachometer didn't work. The clutch was worn to less than nothing. The "cobra wheels" were not the 5 lug conversion to real cobra wheels I had expected. They were some generic POS cobra "brand" rims. The thing didn't start and had to be jumped. There were many other random things wrong. I offered $2000 just to have my search ended. The guy said he would think about it and countered the next day with $4000. I ended up paying $3000 including the TTL. He took his "cobra" wheels. No loss to me.

The car’s name is Muad'Dib which is taken from a set of good Sci-Fi books. The sleeper must awaken… heh.

Well, as it stands now, the car has a serious cancer problem, I have spent a lil over $2500 in upgrades and repairs, and all the @sshole dealer paid for was the title. (Which I JUST received.) By Monday, I will have taken it to get safety inspected and registered, so I can sell my truck. I hope I make it. I am running with no cats and no smog anything. Here are the pics:

click and all will be clear.