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    Love this 55!
    1990 mustang GT 5.0 sold 3-11-04 MISSED

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    2.5" lower in the front, 2" out back.



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    What I'm calling "round 2" is almost done, should be back on the road by the weekend.

    Lowered 2.5" via coils in the front and beltech drop shocks
    Lowered 2" rear
    Hoosier 26.5" x 8" hoosier slicks on Rallys
    New Headlights
    Front turn signal sockets and harness - new amber lens covers
    Relocated radiator to behind the core support for hood clearance
    New fan
    Electric Choke replaced and rewired
    Removed excess wiring, and replaced much of the front harness
    Replaced rear emblem
    Trunk lock
    Glove Box Lock
    Replaced GT steering wheel with original '55 wheel
    Remove the primer from the hood, emblems cleaned up and reinstalled

    Last things I will probably do this winter are:
    Replace front and drivers side floor
    Replace drivers rocker
    Remove primer from drivers side
    Mount trim
    Carpet
    Exhaust



    Otherwise, not much more I will soak into this. Just going to drive the hell out of it.
    Last edited by jsxtreme; 09-27-2024 at 10:52 AM.

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    NICE!!!!!
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    Great progress bro!
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    I've started stripping the drivers side. There's patina, and then there's destroyed paint and well I put this in the category of the latter. It was primer over patina/destroyed paint basically. Still looks rough, because it is, but I got 90% of the heavy crap off.

    It needs new floors, new inner and outer rockers, and the rear drivers quarter has some mud. Outside of that its fairly solid. I figured I should start stripping the metal so once that is done I can paint it. It will never be a show car, that's outside of my skill level and budget. But I feel like with enough time and elbow grease I can put a decent hot rod paint job on it.



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