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Old 12-13-2014, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveDwsn
Great job! There was a lot of work there, you should be proud. Fix the motor and use it as a daily driver. It already has a better story than most cars on this forum. Since it has the Pony option, when you get it done, get license plates that read, "1300PNY".
That would be really cool actually, but my wife and I are both going to get SMR1234 for our cars. Obviously with our actual silver mustang registry numbers.
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Old 12-13-2014, 11:19 AM
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you can pop the dash panels off and even sand and repaint the air vent rings. Just about all the panels will come off. use soap and water. And your tooth brush. U can definitely make a profit on that.
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Old 12-13-2014, 11:31 AM
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I didn't realize there are 13 other pages on this thread :/
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Old 12-13-2014, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cruisin5268d
Wait....what?

Are you referring to a motor swap, or V6 Mustang to a GT?
LOL.
It is stressful and strenuous to get out of a V6 and hop into a GT.









I was talking about swapping the motors
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Old 12-13-2014, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by williamlv282
LOL.
It is stressful and strenuous to get out of a V6 and hop into a GT.









I was talking about swapping the motors

You never know these days!
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Old 12-13-2014, 05:25 PM
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I use to be a tech and I can only think of one car ever that was messier than that. I would have paid someone to clean that. There is no way I would have done it myself lol.
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Old 12-26-2014, 02:31 PM
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Well, this morning I reserved a trailer with Uhaul. Tomorrow my step dad will be hooking the stang up behind his Tundra and towing it up to me. I found a shop that said either A) for $10 an hour I can use a bay in their shop and all their tools to fix my car or B) I can pay them $650-$700 and they will replace both head gaskets and check to see if the heads needs resurfaced. That's EXTREMELY good pricing so I'm dropping the car off at their shop Jan 2nd. Option A or B is still to be determined.

I did get a goody or two for the car for christmas. Wife bought me a shorty antenna like hers.

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My sister said once I finished getting the interior restored I'll want to protect it from the sun, so she bought me a pretty cool Star Wars sunshade.

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And my parents got my wife and I his & hers license plates for the front of the car.

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Unfortunately, that's really all the updates for now. I should be able to start making significant progress again in about a week.
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Old 12-27-2014, 09:54 AM
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Love the shorty antenna. I bought one for each of my son's Mustangs. Makes you wonder why Ford provided these extremely tall antennas in the first place.
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Old 12-27-2014, 10:24 AM
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Well car is on it's way to me finally!

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Old 12-27-2014, 06:01 PM
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keep up the hard work man LOL
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