The Fox-body Ford Mustang is the best blank canvas pony car | Buyer’s Guide

Hagerty’s Editor-at-Large Sam Smith takes a look at the Fox-body Ford Mustang and offers a general overview of the highly affordable but highly variable third-generation pony car. With an easy-to-modify structure, Sam not only covers the pluses and minuses of the Mustang’s massive aftermarket, but also the nuances of owning, buying, and maintaining this iconic classic.
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Episode chapters:
00:00 Introduction - Fox-body Ford Mustang
00:30 Lining up with history
01:09 Affordable smiles per mile
01:51 Every body, yeah…
03:08 Vehicle overview - 1993 Fox-body Ford Mustang Cobra
03:39 Rock your body (styles), yeah…
04:04 Engine variants
04:51 A missive about mass airflow
05:59 Motor mods made easy
06:23 Interchangeable-ish parts
07:12 Suspension and undercarriage
08:39 Rear axle considerations
09:39 Hagerty Valuation Tools
10:34 Sam Smith’s final thoughts
10:44 Credits
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[@realmaindrianpace]

I bought a teal '93 Cobra brand new. It's still in the garage. I never get bored of looking at or driving that car.

[@Stang2016]

I hope you never sell it. Definitely a future collectors item

[@rustyjeep2469]

You are a smart man, take good care of it!

[@kenlobit2085]

That has been my dream car since I was 6 years old. Now that I’m old enough to buy (afford) one, nobody will part with one that hasn’t been ragged out. Had to settle on an 83 t top that I also love and adore. 👍

[@markball7028]

@@Stang2016 already is a collectors item.

[@ArcadeDude44]

I had my (second) one a couple of years ago, and, like the first (that I got new in 93), I had to sell it, as well! I still vow to get my third and KEEP it!

[@chatsworth8768]

I bought a 79 Cobra and built myself. Yep it got laughed at when i went to our local street drags because 79 was a 140 hp...what they didnt know it I built a 351/427 small block with a built C-6 and a 8.8 373 posi rear. It wiped the smile off a lot of faces at our local races.

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

Beautiful... Just beautiful...

[@markprice2225]

Was it a 351 or a 427? Windsor or Cleveland? Had a 351W with trick flow top end, it was boosted at engine shop and made 725 on lean tune, once tuned 900 all day, lots of boost left but I just built it & didn't want to kill it before it went in the car! How's c6 trans? I know you can have em beefed up at trans shop, that's what I did to stock trans I had, had em build it to handle 800hp

[@brendertucktuck1078]

Bought my 89 5.0 when I was 14 and I’m 21 and still have it

[@ryatt1]

How'd ya get the money at 14

[@Shakerhood69]

Bought my 92 in 1998 and still have it.

[@rustyjeep2469]

Don't sell it! I bought mine at 20, sold it at 33, am 37 now and have been regretting it since about a month after I sold it lol

[@nothanks5652]

@@ryatt1 they used to be cheap, My lx 5.0 coupe stickered for just over 12k brand new, I bought my first one in the mid 90's for 4k when I was 15, owned too many of them to count but still own that one.

[@c431inf]

Outstanding , Me and my dad picked mine up in 95 from a scrap yard in queens NY theft recover, my first car and still going strong 🤙

[@waynemuehlenbein2281]

Had always wanted a Mustang. Finally, at age 41, I bought a brand-new 1989 5.0, five speed manual Mustang Fox Body LX. Loved it! Nine years and 67k trouble free miles later, I traded it on an Explorer to pull a boat. I still miss my Mustang.

[@eurocarpleurocarpl2057]

How could u trade Mustang for a Explorer...

[@gamerfallout]

I’ve owned 3 and im 25. My first car was an 86 SVO, then a 88 GT, and now a 86 GT. I still own it. Love the 4 eye cars. Nothing screams 80s more. Great cars.

[@joeylongstroke1119]

Working on an 85 GT with a 427 stroker and AOD. Square headlight foxes need more love.

[@hurricanedt77]

I built several foxbody cars. They were my first love. I'm 34, my dad fronted me the money for a 90 Notch back when I got my license in 2003. We kinda shared it. He had epilepsy growing up, so he never got his license. Through advances in medical technology he was able to get his license right around when I did. He got his first ticket with me passing a cop in an industrial park doing 85 lol. The last foxbody I built had a 351W with TF heads, 100 shot and a TKO 600. Now I have a Vortech V3'd 2001 GT. So I'd have to disagree a bit with the video. The 99-04 cars are so far superior in every single way over a fox. And the fox market is so crazy inflated it's not even worth sniffing them. Love the content, cheers!

[@mikeshorsepowergarage7577]

The '93 Cobras have a lot more different parts then mentioned. Daily drove mine for over 20 years. Most reliable car ever!

[@norm1815]

My Pop bought his 88 GT 5 speed Black Convertible in 1990. I bought it from him in 2013....still have it today.

[@Krazy_Shorts]

I had an 88 LX with the 4 banger in it in 1991, bought it when i was 17......Drove it every day until i was 36!! loved that thing, I didn't care how slow it was... i loved it. Had 215,000 miles on it when i retired it, it was puffing blue smoke on start up, leaking oil, etc...but it still started up and ran every day.

[@SurfGreenTelecaster]

Haha me too. In the mid-late 90s, I had a white '89 LX 4cyl that was previously my brother's first car. It had a set of wide black American Racing wheels on it (like the Saleen basket weave wheels), and a sway bar kit. It handled great. Yes it was SLOW, but the 5 speed made it fun, and it was a super reliable car. I think the alternator was the only thing that ever failed on me.

[@flounder31]

My high school car was an 86 GT (last of the 4-eyes, first of the F.I. 5.0s.) Loved the hell outta that car, wish I still had it.

[@fc872e1]

Never forget my buddy got a new 88 LX 5.0. The LX had the power, suspension, brakes, etc., and weighed less than the GT. It was insanely fast, faster than every Camaro, Firebird, Corvette, and all the muscle cars, big block or not. Beyond that, it was a nice comfortable car. Great memories of a simpler, more happy time

[@DUNEATV]

Amen brother

[@ZacLowing]

I had an 86 LX fastback in blue and zero options. I lost my licence to that thing, lol, I couldn't help street race all the time.

[@jeffjohnson266]

I have had my 93 cobra since early 94...215000 miles on it now and restoring it system at a time. It's still a blast to drive.

[@victoryveshinojosa]

I owned 4 Fox Body 5.0's back in the 90's and early 2000's. Call me biased but any 5.0 Fox Body with an H-Pipe and Flowmaster muffler is one of the best exhaust notes ever. Add headers, shorty or long tube, and it gets even better. My preference was shorty headers. My dad's neighbor 4 houses down has a 93 Teal Cobra just like this video. I fall in love with it every time I see it.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Eeeeh. It just depends. The drone is awful.

[@norm1815]

@@joshuagibson2520 Yes the resonance in 5th gear at 55 mph will drive ya nuts. I keep mine in 4th til I hit 65 mph

[@Kev27RS]

This Fox Body looks beautiful! 🔥

[@michaelgreco4813]

My dad has had one since forever(1987) so fitting that this released on father's day

[@timcole421]

Fastest rising demand I have witnessed in a collector car. Glad I grabbed one.

[@im-very-bad-at-mw7694]

I’m so close to getting an 89, months away😩😩 I hope I can still find a good one to work on

[@Everything817]

Same here. They shot up a year after I bought mine. I'd pay twice what I paid if I bought it today.

[@AndrewWilson1991]

same story with a lot of cars, youtube and the internet hasn't helped that either. north american ae86's shot up in the last couple years, miata's have been rising, s2k prices are still going bananas

[@solidbreed9767]

All 1987-1993 Fox body Mustangs have shot up in value

[@Kantoh22]

This thing is beautiful, and brings back so much nostaglia. Gives me the chills just looking at it and hearing it.

[@c431inf]

I hide from everyone and just sit in mine and let it idle , therapy lol

[@kevin_nagle]

I love that this 93 Cobra is driven & not stashed away somewhere

[@dln.sweeney]

Can't get enough of these buyers guide features even though I can't afford to buy anything.

[@sporty196071]

I don't know how many I've had over the years. I drove tow truck in Detroit, I towed hundreds of stripped mustangs. Bought alot of them from the tow auction and put alot back together. I got lucky a few times and got some with less than a 1000mi. I didn't keep any cause I was afraid of them getting stolen. They were easy to work on and interchange easy.

[@funnlivinit]

Bought a '79 Indy Pace Car Edition new off the showroom floor. Heads, Cam Intake, Headers, Suspension mods. It was a great car! Sold it to a friend who eventually sent it to the bone yard... I saw another unadulterated Indy edition at the "Steve McQueen - Boy's Republic" show about ten years ago. Really brought back memories! He paid only a little more than the new car price about a year prior.

[@lukestocks4370]

From a guy from Australia who loved these cars. Who loves Ford's and loves the look of these cars. This really gave a lot of information. Thanks

[@mynameisfrank6519]

87 88 t tops are very rare. 88 more so with somewhere around 3400 built. One of the best looking cars ever made. Screams 80s

[@LaFritePerreGoat]

Just came back from a drive through Bavaria in my 91 fox GT to find this video. Perfect timing Hagerty ! 👌

[@9HighFlyer9]

Any idea how many Foxes are in Germany?

[@scottipippen6554]

@@9HighFlyer9I have no number, just a impression: I live in Munich. And within the last 20 years, i saw just 2 of them. Last time in 2005.;-)

[@t-topgarage7887]

Hey I like your profile picture, that's my favorite picture of a fox body!

[@mkshffr4936]

My third favorite Mustang is the Fox Four Eye. Of course the original is my favorite but the Mustang II is of the same spirit and I really like them.

[@jodysales2362]

'89 notch back X-Georgia state patrol. Painted state patrol blue still with the roll bar behind the drivers seat. Loved it and still do.

[@blackrat1228]

Used to hate these cars back in the late 90s/2000s since they were so common and clapped out. As (almost) always though with the passage of time a clean example is an immediate head turner. Definitely aged well.

[@j_e_hill]

Great video Sam. I grew to really appreciate these when working at Ford in the early 90’s. So easy to modify and really comfortable to drive hard. Stout. Simple. That “5.0”. And have started to look better in hindsight. That’s a very fine example.

[@rustyjeep2469]

Great info here. I had a 1990 GT for 10 years, wish I had never sold it. I installed a lot of Maximum Motorsports suspension parts to make it handle including H&R Springs & Bilstein shocks, did a 5 lug swap and went to '99+ Mustang front brakes, poly bushings everywhere and poly engine & trans mounts, short shifter, changed to 3.27 gears, 2 1/2 inch exhaust with a X pipe and chambered mufflers, underdrive pulleys, clutch fan delete (installed an electric fan), and a completely bone stock engine. Super fun car. The suspension and brake upgrades made it much more balanced so that you could actually utilize the power it had. The lower gears, UD pulleys and mechanical fan delete made a huge difference in how fast the motor could gain RPM even though the last two probably only added maybe 20 extra HP. I would've done 3.55 gears but it was my only car at the time and I did a lot of highway commuting... it always super reliable too. Even with the stock engine that car had no problem roasting the rear tires through the first two gears. One time I smoked the tires all the way down my block at the request of my neighbors and the stripes were there for months. 😂 The main thing for most people to keep in mind if you're just looking for performance and don't care about options is that all '87 to '93 5.0's have the same exact same drivetrain regardless of if they are an LX or GT or what other options they have. of course the LX with fewer options is going to be lighter than GT a with power everything, and the coupe or notchback body is lightest of them all with the convertibles being the heaviest and also most flexible chassis.

[@keithmyers6121]

I just bought a stock 84 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONVERTABLE with 39k. 5.0 runs great.

[@joshuagibson2520]

What did you give?

[@keithmyers6121]

@@joshuagibson2520 4k

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@keithmyers6121 Damn. You stole that thing. Nice buy.

[@jamesr2888]

Please don't hack it up & ruin it. They're worth more stock than hacked.

[@scottdore132]

so I have a fairmont.... it's on the fox platform so aftermarket parts availability is awesome long live the foxbody

[@TheBbrstanggt]

Next month I will have had my 88GT hatch for 20 years

[@ZXDF51]

Ahhh the good old off-road h-pipe and 2 chamber flowmasters! The best sound to ever come from a V8!

[@rustyjeep2469]

Yep, that classic 5.0 sound! It's unmistakeable. An X pipe with chambered muffler sounds amazing on a 5.0L as well, the x-pipes scream at RPM. So fun to redine it through the freeway tunnel I saw on my daily commute every day. 😁

[@angelgjr1999]

Got the same setup in my 2003 Mustang GT. She sounds amazing! 🤟🏼

[@jalenad11]

@@angelgjr1999I love my 5.0 but I think the 4.6 sounds the best.

[@MrSloika]

This is quite a interesting generation of Mustang. The car could be had with all kinds of engine options...I4, I6 (the ancient Falcon mill), and several V6 and V8 offerings. From carburetors, to throttle body, and eventually port injection. The most interesting, IMHO, was the turbo Lima I4 that was installed in the SVO....the first 'Ecoboost'.

[@dickeyseamus]

They aren't as rare I as I would think either. I'm still seeing them up for sale here and there. It's a fun engine to work on too!

[@jodysales2362]

I had a friend in high school who the Lima I4 . The thing would fly was a fun car. And sounded like nothing else when strung out.

[@timothykeith1367]

The first 2 years had the option of the 200 inline six. The Australian Barra should work.

[@angelgjr1999]

The foxbody had the first ecoboost engine. Such a cool fact. It had v8 power in a turbo 4.

[@DougieDoodle]

I had a 89’ Gray automatic Fun as hell to drive @19yrs old Cruising around Philly!!

[@Racingmonkeyg25x]

Just saw one with the same color down my street, absolute legend

[@FancyAnimal]

All ‘93 Mustangs have cast hyper-eutectic pistons vs 87-92 forged. 89-93 has a less aggressive cam than ‘87-‘88. ‘91-‘93 fenders have larger wheel arches for 16 inch wheels, Airbag cars have smaller headrests, darker black plastics, knee bolsters, and different climate controls. Rust areas are base of shock towers, rear hatch underside, door hinge pillars, and rear license plate to spare well. Leaking main seal and oil pans are common expensive repairs.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I didn't like the Fox body Mustang until recently. I drove one and it was everything a Mustang is supposed to be. Oh and fun. (:

[@easyricer]

I just bought my wife an 88 Fox Mustang Convertible. It's dead stock and all original. I'm fixing to put a lot of money into restoring it but with several upgrades to bring it up to modern standards.

[@CatchingRec]

Hi

[@TheStraightPipes]

GT 👌

[@JOECOVisionofdeez]

Sus

[@rocketkinger2506]

Nigga say wa

[@anthonylaudano9751]

My vibrant red 93 cobra tripled in value and i haven't done a thing too it.20 thousand original miles original paint.Perfect shape almost.

[@mysterycomment1553]

Men drive the notchbacks.

[@jmiller3526]

Probably the best video ever put together about the fox body. Well done!

[@SteverRob]

I had a ‘89 LX coupe black with the porno red interior. 302 HO/5spd, Xpipe and a ton of upgrades. I should’ve never sold her.

[@TheBbrstanggt]

Somebody who still refers to it as porno red.. just from that I can tell you know foxes

[@jpp9846]

Bottom line... Foxbody's are badass, buy one, before it's too late

[@tommyjay4770]

If you're buying one of these, LOOK AT THE DRIVER"S SIDE FRAME RAIL WHERE IT MEETS THE STRUT TOWER for rust. It can be the death of the car and super common. Also, subframe connectors work - if you don't install them you will see cracks in the A piller. Aftermarket parts - just stick to Maximum Motorsports.

[@BT_aka_PET_ROOSTER]

I really appreciate these series of videos

[@alonsomora5773]

Bought my first of many foxes in the late 90s. 88GT still in my garage. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine still. All my buddies had some too. I’m the only one that kept theirs. Even did a burnout leaving the church w my wife in it almost 12 years ago.

[@markball7028]

I had 3 different Foxbody’s. A 89 hatch, 93 hatch, and a 93 notch. Modified them all. The last one I should of kept. Very clean well cared for car. It was tastefully modified and turn a lot of heads. Always a conversation starter about every time I stopped at a gas station. Kept the looks somewhat stock. Just some black bullitt wheels and a 2 1/2 cowl hood painted to match factory paint with the center of the hood painted gloss black. H.C.I and a zex nitrous kit. Ran mid to low 12s depending on weather.

[@jimhiner1244]

I'm so thankful I picked up my '92 LX 5.0 Summer Edition convertible when I did. The prices have really gone up! Great car. Fun to drive. Simple to work on. (Mine is 43K miles and stock.)

[@ryanjamieson8779]

I have a 93' Cobra, but that Summer Edition is on my bucket list of foxes, I love them.

[@joeturbo7406]

Nice to see some Fox Body love. 4-Eye forever for me (plus SVO's).....

[@8corymix8]

Love the foxbody. Nothing more American

[@tedstyle3798]

It was made in Mexico

[@tedstyle3798]

Toyota is literally more American

[@markball7028]

@@tedstyle3798 there was an assembly plant in Mexico City that made Foxbody Mustangs. But the vast majority of the production took place in Dearborn Michigan including the SN-95 Fox- 4 mustangs. From 1979 to 1981 San Jose California also produced mustang till that plant was shut down in 1982. Mexico City only made foxbody mustangs from 1979 to 1984. They only accounted for a tiny percentage of all foxbodies built. If you had done some more in-depth research instead of a quicky Google search you might of figured it out by yourself. The Dearborn assembly plant produced over six million mustangs.

[@anthonylaudano9751]

SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT LOL THEY WERE BUILT IN DETROIT.

[@FancyAnimal]

If the ashtray door works, buy it! **End of buyers guide**

[@jamesr2888]

I fixed mine with a paper clip; works & looks good as new.

[@jamesr2888]

I have two 89's myself.

[@Firebert79TA]

Bypassed heater cores are notoriously common at the lower end of the market for these cars. Props to the owner of this car for not throwing away the distributor cover. A fuller picture of these cars would include the parts interchangeability with the other fox chassis cars and later SN95's, especially for 5 lug upgrades and what can go wrong for trackwidth. I ran a rear end out of a thunderbird turbo coupe for a rear disc brake upgrade back in the day.

[@Foxbodyfx]

Complete analysis very cool video!! Thanks and keep bringing it hard!!

[@one7decimal2eight]

I have an 86 which is a 4 eye. Did a 2004 cobra 5 lug conversion, pan hard bar, heads, intake, mass air conversion, long tubes and exhaust. Bought it in 1998. Still have it. Would like to sell it. Haven't driven it since 2008.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Why not?

[@joshuagibson2520]

What are you asking? Location? Miles?

[@one7decimal2eight]

Just no interest anymore. I put 10 years into it. Have had a Lexus, Mercedes, and porche and enjoy them more. I have no idea on price. I am not sure what they're even going for now. I'm in the twin cities in mn. I think there's 130k on it.

[@pgrens]

I can still pick out a 5.0 fox body with stock pipes out of a crowd of cars driving by, despite how rare that is these days. That sound...

[@KDubs107]

In the early stages of cleaning up my 90 LX hatch. I miss that engine. Can’t wait.

[@jked7463]

Another way to tell how hard a hatch fox body has been driven is to look at the kink of the hatch. If the body and hatch are worn there, the owner has torqued the body alot in use, usually from hard cornering. I would know. Lol.

[@RubOneOutRosie]

i always liked the notchback. i had a 93 nb convertible 5.0

[@TomasRamoska]

I love those buying guides. We can even get one in Europe but I still watching 🤣

[@jonmcclane7433]

I bought my 88 Notch in 95 and put 3.55 gears in her with an Off Road H Pipe, BBK Shorty Headers, Super Chip, and some chrome Pony Rims. She definitely won more races than she lost. I miss her

[@alejandror765]

Nice video, bought my hatchback back today 😎

[@rocketkinger2506]

I love this guy. The way he talks is so pleasant

[@Rodg470]

There nothing like driving one . The good I like most about it is you feel like your in a mustang nothing like the newer ones where you feel like your driving a luxury car. Love my 93 reef blue lx

[@wood4278]

Had a chance to buy a '93 Cobra in '93 but didn't...Huge mistake I made and I was at Dearborn Assembly making them...but I'm not all the way out because in '91 I did purchase a Notchback 5.0 brand new and still have that baby in my garage...it's different now sporting a Windsor 427 engine with a Procharger F1A-94...Talk about POWER...My car shakes windows now and I love that Procharger screaming and that blow off valve sounds killer

[@ronlynch7744]

Great history of the mid to early Stangs. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@steviedee71]

I wanted that car so so bad! But they didn’t sell them in Canada 😩, So I bought a 93 notch back calypso green 5 spoke pony rims No AC, No power windows, just the lumbar seats and 302 5.0 paired with a 5 spd transmission car cost $17,000 cdn when I drove it off the lot was one of the happiest days of my life!

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

Great car,,,with tons of aftermarket support,,

[@TechnoLawyer]

I have an '89 GT with 23k original miles on it. The only non stock bits are the shifter and the cat-back. The only thing broken is the ashtray door (but I'm pretty sure those were broken before they ever left the factory floor). Bought it years ago off the original owner who kept it in a climate controlled garage and almost never drove it. It had the original tires and original spark plugs. I paid all of 10k for it, in I think 2013. It's almost too nice for me to want to mod.

[@norm1815]

DAMN!!! NICE!!

[@JoshuaTootell]

You need to drive it.

[@TechnoLawyer]

@@JoshuaTootell I do. It's a two-tone GT with turbine wheels. It's never going to be a '93 Cobra or a coupe. It's never going to be one of the duper desirable models. So I do drive it. I even have a Billy Squier tape in the tape deck 😃 Although TBH, I do kick myself for turning down a 93 Cobra with like 10k on the clock, pristine condition, for $18k back when I bought mine.

[@N-Scale]

I have an s197 Bullitt but like almost all the mustangs. Thanks for this vid.

[@taylerthompson7559]

The interior is so nice 🤤

[@HeadrushStudio21228]

Thank you guys for helping me with my fender bender on my fox! Well more of a door bender lol

[@adamfrbs9259]

90 fox 1 owner...got it for 6k with 53k miles. Drive it for 2 summers, sold it for 7k. Thought I was a Boss lol...sold 2013. That car, that flawless now is 20k people are asking for them. Totally unmodified...it was flawless except for some small pdr dings on drivers side I never did. (Garage walking side, she musta hit it with stuff) Don't even get me started on the 65 289 4spd fastback in high-school I had....$5,300 for a daily then, now a rusty shell only is that much...and that's for an inline 6 auto rusty shell.

[@adrenaholic1]

My most desirable, 92 Calypso green 5.0 coupe. I do miss my 93 GT😢

[@davidburgenmeyer1336]

Simply Awesome! Got one n it's Amazing!

[@mat13174]

My dream fox body!

[@rightlanehog3151]

It would be hard for some to imagine just how cheap a basic LX notch-back with a V8 was when it was new in the late 80s.

[@JeepCherokeeful]

I didn’t have to imagine, lived that era;)

[@trbstang]

I got my 87 LX hatch with the 5.0 package and AC for right at $10k brand new. The notch was a little bit cheaper. It was the best bang for the buck at the time!

[@angelgjr1999]

I heard of guys getting those foxes for like 4 grand when they were basically still new in the 80s. I wish the new mustangs weren’t so expensive.

[@trbstang]

@@angelgjr1999 that might have been possible with a base 4 cyl no option coupe as the MSRP started at about $4,500 in 79. Or a year or two old used one. Adding options pumped that up to $6-8k or more, and of course inflation. By 87 the base 4 cyl MSRP was $8,690 per my window sticker. The 5.0 package was $1,885 and AC was $788.

[@Ralphsleep]

I had a ‘79 5.0 hatchback automatic in high school. Fun car for a 16 year old

[@boris0824]

Love the roads of Rockland county. Especially bear mountain state park.

[@michaelhughes3302]

It was until they became so scarce. Now the prices for a rare straight example is in line with the cost of ownership for a newer Mustang. And when I say straight, I mean just that. Not twisted from former drag use. Fox bodies are now expensive, at least here in Canada.

[@VacFink]

8.8 was factory standard with all V8 foxes from 1986 forward. The cobra you show has the standard 8.8 not a 7.5

[@norm1815]

He NEVER said it had a 7.5"..he said the early cars had 7.5" Rears and you might want to upgrade to the later 8.8" rear.

[@EivinSukoi]

Three wives has come and gone , but my 86 Mustang GT still greets me home , 61 years old and still enjoy a summer ride , loud as hell , I will be buried in her .

[@shinaito]

Good luck finding a cobra those are all kept safe and expensive can still get the regular fox bodies but they beat to hell most of the time and have lots of owners with unknown maintenance

[@joshuagibson2520]

Amen. They're mostly all ravaged. Not easy to find a decent stock one that's not ridiculously priced.

[@sav22rem22]

I got mine “Stock” nearly two years ago as in it still had the coil cover, and even still had the smog pump hooked up with all the goofy Evap stuff still in place. Only thing done to it at all was a CAI and some after marker lower control arms. However it was still somehow in shitty shape beneath the shiny new paint

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@sav22rem22 I can believe it. Northern cars especially are bad sometimes, but will look good a few feet away. I used to live in Ohio, now Tn and it's amazing how much nicer old cars here with no salt, etc. Even daily drivers really aren't bad comp to up north. Where you live?

[@sav22rem22]

@@joshuagibson2520 Yep my car was an Ohio car for like 15-20 years before being taken to WV then to Kentucky then I bought it from Kentucky and I live in North Carolina. Frame rail/shock tower is bubbling up and I have bad rust at the base of the firewall where it meets the floor pan on both sides

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@sav22rem22 bummer. When I lived up there, I used to buy old GM Fbodys and part them out. I actually made a lot of good money doing that. This was in the 90s and early 2000s. I'm getting older now though. Hope you get your stang worked out.

[@xbgtfella]

Barra swap goes great in these gems. Seen mid to low 8's soon to be 7's if u got the loot

[@markball7028]

So do LS engines. Which is way cheaper than a Barra and get the same or better results.

[@boostedsaleen6146]

No tremec in 93 cobra they were still borg warner T5 .

[@j_e_hill]

Good catch. But for clarity the only real difference was the brand name. The sale did occur after ‘93… that’s true.

[@themrfabio2459]

Love my fox gt

[@CorysGarage]

Bought my 88 notch when i was 20 for 3k now I'm 30 and it has about all the mods lol wanted it to handle above all

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

BTW, love the video, but just a minute mistake in the video. At 4:30 , you made a mistake and said that the 302 V8 was killed at the end of the Fox Body's life. But actually, the 5.0 still stuck around for another 2 SN95 model years for years 1994 and 1995, and then were changed over to the 4.6 modular V8 for 1996 until 2016...

[@dannycass7931]

Probably my favorite Mustang body style. the earlier ones are nice but pricey, Never cared for the Mustang II, SN95, New Edge and newer ones

[@paulstein7369]

Had 2 1979 early cars. Indy Pace car, Ghia. I miss the Ghia. Pace car fell apart in 6 months. Trans, axles, clutches(3), rear glass(defogger grids), TRX rims (corrosion), excessive wheel hop(no cure yet till svo). My SVO was the best one. NO DRAMA just fun.

[@234dilligaf]

My favorite Fox cars are definitely the pre 87 models. Especially the coupes.

[@doodar21]

I bought/ordered a Black 93 GT....... Sold it to buy a house. House increased in value 7 fold. no regrets.

[@thiefofvirtue]

I just bought a 79 capri 5.0 Needs a lot

[@Ryan-wf7sh]

Love these vids! Can you do the 280zx?

[@LNFFTW16]

I always wondered what the percentage of ford vs chevy powered fox bodies.

[@youtubeblows]

@Jason Shenk i’m just as die hard ford as the next guy, but yeah. no. your 302 won’t touch an LS.

[@htxsn9543]

@@youtubeblows how bout with a dart block

[@sav22rem22]

@@youtubeblows That’s why they make coyote swap kits. Ez

[@josesantana3335]

I love an LS powered Ford. Only way to go fast. Plan on swapping my notchback and convertible when the 302 gives out

[@sav22rem22]

@@josesantana3335 Great way to devalue a fox. Besides, everyone knows coyotes are faster anyway

[@DUNEATV]

I’ve owed the coupe, LX hatch and the GT...every time I sold one I regretted it!

[@noahgoldowitz]

Shooting on the Tappan Zee i love it hahaha

[@randylanhart1387]

I'm not sure what he's saying about the 4 eyes . But I have no problem finding parts for them.also the 82 fox had a marine roller cam from the factory.

[@KaiPonte]

Mmmm, the Fox Body Mustangs! I love these but cannot ever have one. (I took my then-teenage son to buy a 5.0GT. When I got in, my son looked, shook his head, and said I looked stupid trying to fit in under the roof.)

[@EffequalsMA]

They are getting pricey.....mine is an 86 notchback....which is perfect 4 eye ;)