New Guy from Alabama
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2
From: Huntsville, AL
New Guy from Alabama
Hey, new guy here (longtime lurker). I have a '96 V6 Auto Mustang that I married into 9 1/2 years ago. Since we have had a couple of kids it has become my daily driver while the wife is tooling around in the SUV. It has an estimated 200,000+ miles on it (I say estimated because the odometer stopped at 165,999.9 miles a while back. It has been a pretty good car despite having some brake problems at the beginning (brakes were put on at 5:00pm on a Fri apparently as three of the four caliper were cross threaded and stripped) and a blown head gasket last year. This year the toll has been a new radiator, but still the repair bills are less than a new car.
Joined the forum because I plan on getting me a new car in the next year or two and the Mustang is going to be the "fun car" again. I'm already starting to gather information on dropping a 351W in it and converting it from auto to stick, so basically I'm going to gut the drivetrain front to back and put a new suspension on it. So it will be a '96 frame and body with everything else replaced.
Joined the forum because I plan on getting me a new car in the next year or two and the Mustang is going to be the "fun car" again. I'm already starting to gather information on dropping a 351W in it and converting it from auto to stick, so basically I'm going to gut the drivetrain front to back and put a new suspension on it. So it will be a '96 frame and body with everything else replaced.
FudgeDrip
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,288
From: S. Cal.
that is cool. i wanted to do that to my dad's 97 a long time ago. 460,xxx miles and he is still driving it. I ended up buying my own to play with. Actually on my second stang since then....welcome to the forums. After you get it going, maybe I will see you at Huntsville dragway sometime
ROTM Moderator
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 8,157
From: AL
that is cool. i wanted to do that to my dad's 97 a long time ago. 460,xxx miles and he is still driving it. I ended up buying my own to play with. Actually on my second stang since then....welcome to the forums. After you get it going, maybe I will see you at Huntsville dragway sometime
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 7
From: Ga.
Welcome, been to Huntsville several times. We used to go to a tractor junkyard to buy parts, been over to Tony to some auctions at Fowlers also. I want to go to Hunstville and see some ProMod or some 10.5 outlaw this year. I hear that is a good track.
