# Purchasing a Classic Mustang - Advice??

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-a-classic-mustang-advice/398604 "2007-04-03T19:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-a-classic-mustang-advice/398604/21 "2007-04-05T06:05:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Rick]  
A 66 Mustang with a 289 is original, a 66 with a 5.0 fuel injected engine is not. If you hope to sell the car at some point in the future, the more original it is the more it is worth.  
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A slight nit with that last statement. In general it is correct, however, on some cars, certain modifications _won’t_ hurt (and may possibly enhance) the value of the car. If the car is one that has a known defect, and your modifications correct that defect, then the only people who’ll complain are the absolute purists, most car collectors won’t complain a bit about the modifications at all.

An example of this would be certain British car makes cursed with Lucas electronics. Ripping them out and replacing them with danged near _anything_ (including a hamster in a wheel hooked up to a non-Lucas generator) will make the car more attractive to most car collectors, since they won’t have to go to all the trouble to do it themselves. Now, if you chop the top, have the car plated gold, slap on some 28" rims, replace half the interior with speakers, and cover everything else with monkey fur, you’re _not_ getting your money back out of the car, odds are, and depending upon what kind of car you do that to, may be at risk of being clubbed like a baby harp seal.

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-a-classic-mustang-advice/398604/22 "2007-04-05T10:05:57Z")

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Get really fabulously cool sunglasses to wear whilst driving it. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-a-classic-mustang-advice/398604/23 "2007-04-05T20:43:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Queen Tonya]  
Get really fabulously cool sunglasses to wear whilst driving it. 🆒  
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That’s sound advice. I think my first cruise will be to a sunglasses store. 300 miles from where I live.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-a-classic-mustang-advice/398604/24 "2007-04-05T20:47:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Sunrazor]  
Yep – I had to make a choice between a new shifter fork (not sure what that is, but when it’s broken the shifter just sort of flops around in your hand) and an engagement ring. The ring still sparkles, though, so I have that.  
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Well, in Mr. K’s defense, he spent his hot rod money on an emerald bracelet for me once, which was about the sweetest thing evah.

Of course, I returned the favor and bought a ton of baubles for the 'stang, so we’re even.

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