Vette or mustang??
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Vette or mustang??
I am really having a tough time making a decision. I am looking at a very nice 80 L82. I love the lines on these cars, but I am coming out of a really potent 12 second Buick Grand National and like good performance from a toy car.
My other option is a very nicely built 91 LX Mustang a supercharged built 347. Top quality car making 600 hp at the wheels. It is wearing new paint, but I am not as crazy about the styling of Mustangs.
I like having a car with a backseat to take the kids & wife out for an ice cream cruise, but that is not a must.
What are your thoughts??
My other option is a very nicely built 91 LX Mustang a supercharged built 347. Top quality car making 600 hp at the wheels. It is wearing new paint, but I am not as crazy about the styling of Mustangs.
I like having a car with a backseat to take the kids & wife out for an ice cream cruise, but that is not a must.
What are your thoughts??
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I'd pick a chevy over a ford any day, especially a rustang. But thats my personal opinion. If your wanting a family fun car than the vette is out. If you want a real american sports car, the vette is the way to go. BTW, 79 and eariler are going to be your best bet if you want to put some serious HP under the hood.
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I'm looking for a Mustang myself. A later 5.0 with a 5-speed would work for me. It's going to be a donor for a Factory Five Cobra. Can't think of a better purpose for buying a Mustang than to part it out.
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Well I suppose I asked for the Mustang critisisms. First and foremost I like cars, Mopar, GM, and even a few Fords. I have owned about 10 musclecars in my life, but not a Ford yet.
Not sure what I'll do yet, but what is with all the negative talk about late model Mustangs? They can be bought pretty cheap and have a huge aftermarket, and the cars were really overbuilt right from the factory. There is more to like than not like about a Mustang.
Not sure what I'll do yet, but what is with all the negative talk about late model Mustangs? They can be bought pretty cheap and have a huge aftermarket, and the cars were really overbuilt right from the factory. There is more to like than not like about a Mustang.
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Originally Posted by Red73
Look for a nice 69 Camaro. Still a Chevy, plenty of parts, keeps piece at home with the wife and kids. Rod
I could buy both cars for what a marginally nice '69 Camaro would cost.
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From: I can walk to MA
I drove an 81 'stang for many years. It was aTtop model,
and body style same as 79-9x. I stiwtched it from a 4cyl auto
to a 302 5sp with 8.8 posi, headers, dual exh. I liked it. NO I loved it,
but then I got the vette. The 'stang sits under a tarp ... rusting.
Someday I might use the drivetrain for a kit car.
and body style same as 79-9x. I stiwtched it from a 4cyl auto
to a 302 5sp with 8.8 posi, headers, dual exh. I liked it. NO I loved it,
but then I got the vette. The 'stang sits under a tarp ... rusting.
Someday I might use the drivetrain for a kit car.
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I always think about that Vanilla Ice video when I think about those style 5.0 Mustangs (stupid white boy singing "Ice Ice Baby" about his "Five.Oh"). That's enough to turn me off to that style mustang for life.
Then again, they are easy and cheap to make fast.
Then again, they are easy and cheap to make fast.
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Originally Posted by SpyderD
I always think about that Vanilla Ice video when I think about those style 5.0 Mustangs (stupid white boy singing "Ice Ice Baby" about his "Five.Oh"). That's enough to turn me off to that style mustang for life.
Then again, they are easy and cheap to make fast.
Then again, they are easy and cheap to make fast.
That's a really bad mental picture you just put into my conscience.
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Get a cheap low powered Vette and put whatever your hurt desires as an engine.
supercharged or not BB or SB.
2 seats has an advantage, its more intimate with either your wife or kid and your kid will definately remember the times.
Your kid will learn and remember the times when you and he/she worked on it.
Your wife may remember also but not the same fuzzy feeling.
Emissions probably aren't an issue.
Its got a non rusting body so half the battle is gone, don't even exist.
It looks different. Not like the puffed marshmallow cars of 'today'
supercharged or not BB or SB.
2 seats has an advantage, its more intimate with either your wife or kid and your kid will definately remember the times.
Your kid will learn and remember the times when you and he/she worked on it.
Your wife may remember also but not the same fuzzy feeling.
Emissions probably aren't an issue.
Its got a non rusting body so half the battle is gone, don't even exist.
It looks different. Not like the puffed marshmallow cars of 'today'
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Do this.... Go for a nice drive in any big city with the family. Offer your kids a dime for every Mustang they see. Offer then a dollar for every Vette they see. When you get home they will have a TON of dimes and just a few dollars. My sons and I call the Mustangs a Dime car. Becuase they are a dime a dozen and every kid on the road seems to have one.
I told my oldest one time that we would see a Mustang at every light we stopped at from our house to the highway. We stopped at 9 lights and saw 7 Mustangs. Why would you want a car that everyone can have. Get a Vette and be a shepard and not just one of the sheep.
And yes... I at one time had a 79 Mustang... Smooth shifting but NOT EVEN CLOSE to the Vette.
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I told my oldest one time that we would see a Mustang at every light we stopped at from our house to the highway. We stopped at 9 lights and saw 7 Mustangs. Why would you want a car that everyone can have. Get a Vette and be a shepard and not just one of the sheep.
And yes... I at one time had a 79 Mustang... Smooth shifting but NOT EVEN CLOSE to the Vette.
Tim
(Soon to have a C3)
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Originally Posted by RocketSapp
Becuase they are a dime a dozen and every kid on the road seems to have one.
And this guy:
If you have to have a Mustang, make sure it's something like this:
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To be Devil's advocate, nice fox bodied Mustang are becoming pretty scarce, and let's face it. With 600 HP at the wheels - it is an instant grin factor!
I love the '80 Corvette, but what about the horror stories I hear about the rear differential not being able to handle extra horsepower???
I love the '80 Corvette, but what about the horror stories I hear about the rear differential not being able to handle extra horsepower???
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From: I KNOW JESUS... HE'S MY GARDENER
Originally Posted by lieu910
To be Devil's advocate, nice fox bodied Mustangs are becoming pretty scarce...
So are these:
I did see a guy running from the police in a Yugo once. Funny sheet!
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I got both. The Stang GT 5.0 is my usual DD. It's a great car. When I drive the Vette everyone wants to race. When I drive the Stang, no one messes. 
I got shorty headers, a BBK H-pipe and Flowmaster exhaust. The family doesn't like to drive with me though. They say my driving makes them nautious.
I got shorty headers, a BBK H-pipe and Flowmaster exhaust. The family doesn't like to drive with me though. They say my driving makes them nautious.