can anyone tell me where i can get NOS or reproduction parts for an 86' GT hatfchback i mainly need interior parts if that helps

 

Hello and Welcome.

Have you tired . . http://www.50resto.com/ ?

 

If your needing big parts such as panels, dash and seats you'll have to check ebay or a junkward.

 

http://www.foxmustangrestoration.com/?p=pr&catid=1

 

well as far as the panels go what would be a good way to strip the plastic panels in the hatch area and then dye them, because there faded realy bad

 

I bought some paint from 50 resto for our 93 and painted the rear panels. It worked really good but it made the rest of the peices look dengie so im in the process of painting everything.

 

if ur looking for NOS pieces, sometimes taking a trip to a few local ford dealers can land u some serious stuff... I just hit up a look ford dealer earlier today just for the hell of it, went to the parts desk and asked for 91 gt tails waiting for them to laugh at me... instead they bring me a box which contained a 91 oxford white(my color ) gt tail light... and it only cost me 50 bucks... so try em out!

 

i meant local not "look"

 

hey jim, thats pretty sweet. man the ford dealers around here just laughed at me when i asked about parts for my 86gt vert. junkyards and 50resto are about the only thing going right now.

 

im sure it was a fluke with the tails lol, but hey asking doesnt hurt does it?

 

i'm also looking for some performance upgrades sense i just got a new job, what parts would be the best bang for the buck, i'm wanting to get it up to arround 300 HP

 

it won't add any horsepower, but steeper gears in the rear-end will give you a big increase in seat of the pants feel. I went from 2.73s to 3.73s and combined with advancing my timing, I gained almost half a second in the quarter mile.

If the motor is in good running order you could probably just supercharge it and get about 300hp, but in my opinion its not wise to do that when you still have stock heads and everything, they will hold you back. I would suggest getting a good heads/cam/intake package. From what I've seen before, a mild h/c/i setup will get you about 270hp. Once you do some bolt ons like pullies, full exhuast, ignition stuff, etc... you might get pretty close to 300hp

is this going to be a track only car, daily driver, or nice day cruiser? what you want to do with the car should dictate what mods you do to it. You probably don't want a blown 347 with 4.10s if you drive 30 miles to work everyday in it

 

it's a daily driver until i get a newer mustang then i'm gonna start getting it ready to take it to the loacal dragstrip, but nothing too serious just some thing to show off to my friends