FS: Modded 1988 Ford Mustang LX 5.0

[lemansz]

1988 Ford Mustang LX 5.0
$7500
[email protected]

For sale: 1988 Ford Mustang LX. Fresh red PPG paint, showing 80,987 miles. This car has a 5 speed T-5 manual transmission. Here is a nice example of a typical Fox body project car. Someone has put a lot of sweat and tears into building this into a nice little performance package. This car surely has $20,000+ in aftermarket parts and labor. It needs a good owner and a little bit of TLC to really bring this project from the final stages into finished product. This car stands tall and the slick red paint pops! I have described this car to the best of my abilities from my own inspection. I did not build this car. I have tried to find the flaws in this car and have done by best to take a picture of all of them. Please see the list of modifications that I found on this vehicle and view my collection of large detailed pictures to answer any questions. If you would like any more information please to not hesitate to email me and I will answer them to the best of my ability!


Performance mods:
Long rod 308 ci v8 engine
GT40P heads
Crane Roller Rocker arms
GT40 intake
65mm throttlebody
65mm EGR spacer
24# Fuel injectors
73mm C & L mass air meter
Adjustable Fuel pressure regulator
1 5/8 “ Mac Longtube headers
2.5 inch Mac H-Pipe
2.5 Inch Flowmaster 2 chambers
2.5 inch Stainless Tailpipes
190 LPH walbro fuel pump
Ram HD clutch
Fresh T-5 transmission
Kirban short throw shifter
MSD Blaster TFi coil
9 mm Ford Racing black spark plug wires
Polyurethane HD Motor mounts
3.55 rear end gear

Suspension/Brake Mods:
Steeda Lowering springs
Koni Yellow Struts and shocks
SS machine lift bars
Caster/Camber plates
M2300k 13 inch front 5 lug brake kit with 2 piston PBR Cobra Calipers
5 lug rear disc brake conversion
1999 17 x 8 inch Cobra Wheels

MISC:
275/40 17 Nitto 555R Extreme Drag Radials
2.5 inch fiberglass cowl hood
17 inch Cobra spare tire and wheel to fit over 13 inch front brakes
Adjustable clutch cable
Polyurethane HD motor mounts
New AC Evaporator core
New Engine starter
Aluminum Heater core
New Ford Cooling fan blade
New Ford Radiator Overflow tank
New Headlights
New Blinker lights
New clear corner marker lights
New Steel outer door handles
New Door hinge pins and bushings


Interior:
1993 Opal grey GT interior
Seats, dash, door panels, 1993 style seatbelts with shoulder belt
1989 GT 140 mph speedometer
Door lock actuators work
OEM Ford Tape deck





























Wheels/tires/brakes

















Interior:











































Engine:











Flaws:

[silversol]

nice clean 5.0 if it was a coupe i would be all over this! but i dont know about the $20,000+ in aftermarket parts and labor seemes a little high

[lemansz]

nice clean 5.0 if it was a coupe i would be all over this! but i dont know about the $20,000+ in aftermarket parts and labor seemes a little high

thanks alot!

As for the invested mods...Add it up man!!

I havent personally but i bet its right around 20, retail prices + labor

Building a shortblock, parts, labor,machine work, assembly $2500

heads, cam, intake, TB, EGR, MAf, inj, roller rockers, plus labor 2500 parts plus labor at LEAST 1000

Full exhaust, headers, h pipe, mufflers, tailpipes, labor, muffler shop to weld tailpipes $ 1000

m2300k 13 inch Cobra brake kit alone is $2000+ new
thats over a 10 hour install $2500

HD ram clutch plus install $ 400

3.55 rear end, and install $ 450

Full interior swap... out of a 1993 mustang. with 1989 140 mph speedo thats over 1000 in parts used, plus labor to do it. $1000

R134 AC conversion with new heater core and evaporator, labor $ 500

cowl hood 400$

New headlights and markers $ 200


steeda springs, and struts and shocks.. labor 200 + 350

full repaint, with underhood painted and clearcoated, as well as door jams and trunk jams - $1750

17 inch cobra SVT wheels.. + tires.. $1000

17 inch spare tire was $250 USED!!!!


I get like 15,000 kinda ball park.. just off the top of my head

[lemansz]

oh and BTW the car is located about 30 miles east of atlanta

[95stangs]

how much r u asking?

[DieselNuts]

Man, I would like to take that off your hands. Not interested in a trade are you?

[_Christian_]

that is fucking nice. are you interested in a trade? where are you located? pm me!

[SicStang03]

I just nutted in my undies.....

[DieselNuts]

Is this still for sale? I'd like to check it out. Where exactly are you located?

[lemansz]

Thanks for the compliments bro! and the bump!

The car actually has a pretty nice paint job. All of the trim and moldings were removed prior to painting. The engine was removed and the engine bay was painted AND cleared, which goes above and beyond most jobs. The spare tire well was not painted, nor was all of the interior removed and the interior painter, nor was all of the glass removed and the door window hardware removed and the inside of the doors painted.
The lower door moldings were not removed prior to painting because they are discontinued from Ford. 50-75% of the time they get damaged and look wavy after they are removed. If they were to be damaged and the car was missing 1 or both door moldings, how would the car look then?
There is such a thing as point of diminishing return.

That would cost 2500-3000. Wouldnt that be overkill on a decent daily driver that I was only asking 6500-7000 for? Seems to me yes.
That was one of the nicer repaint jobs I have ever seen on a mustang.

As far as the mods.. add them up..
I can get between 15-20k off the top of my head with out trying very hard.
The only upgrades I can think of would be a more expensive rotating assembly, an R block, a blower or turbo, a tremec and a big fuel system.

but then the car woudl fetch 10-15 k IMO.

Running the car down, without ever seeing it.. is pretty lame. Posting some .05 megapixel out of focus, random pic of a car you saw somewhere that couldn in fact be nicer than this one is even more lame.

This car is 19 years old. I will say its one of the nicer fox body cars you will see. I will not say it is a show car or the nicest fox body you have EVER seen.

[Jimmy B]

how many miles does the shell accually have? since the speedo was switched over whats the real millage?

[yogi08]

Bump for a good/respect seller!

[DieselNuts]

I see that you are ''30 miles east of atlanta''. that puts pretty close to each other. could you PM me the location of the car, I would like to come see it. thanks.

[lemansz]

Sorry she has been sold...
Let it go for 6500

thanks folks for the bumps.. and compliments