'89 from the weeds.
10-02-2012, 05:08 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Iowa
Posts: 9
'89 from the weeds.
First post, first day owning a Mustang and first convertible.
First things first.
The short story is an electrician I work with from time to time has had this for awhile and been wanting to sell it. 135k, auto $750. Get the radiator back in and hood on then I'll air up the tires and see how it runs. It's only been apart a couple months and was running fine just a year ago before being parked. Oil and trans fluid look new, top has slight splits at back bow, interior is super for an '89 showing little wear.
Now I know very little about these cars and so far only idea is paint, underdrive pulleys and electric fan. Is satin black with a single fat red anodized aluminum looking stripe wrong on these?
oh and I'm a contractor from SW Iowa from the clan Mitchell.
First things first.
The short story is an electrician I work with from time to time has had this for awhile and been wanting to sell it. 135k, auto $750. Get the radiator back in and hood on then I'll air up the tires and see how it runs. It's only been apart a couple months and was running fine just a year ago before being parked. Oil and trans fluid look new, top has slight splits at back bow, interior is super for an '89 showing little wear.
Now I know very little about these cars and so far only idea is paint, underdrive pulleys and electric fan. Is satin black with a single fat red anodized aluminum looking stripe wrong on these?
oh and I'm a contractor from SW Iowa from the clan Mitchell.
10-02-2012, 05:46 PM
#3
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 1,761
Welcome to MF.. best thing I can say is if you want to restore it to running and nice street condition would be to buy a hiltons or haynes manual and start going page by page.. The good thing, is these cars are easy. That was about the condition of mine when I rescued her, maybe a little worse since the interior needed some love too.. But within a year or so I had it into a pretty mean street/strip car.
10-03-2012, 07:44 PM
#7
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Iowa
Posts: 9
I'll update as we progress. Hope to get it home yet this week and have fire in the hole sometime next. This is something I am hoping my 14 yo son will take a bit of interest in. As it is he could care less to drive the pickup.
10-05-2012, 05:10 AM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: goos living
Posts: 13
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