Well thanks to future9er24 recommending the site he did, by this weekend I will own a 1988 GT with t-tops. The body is a little beat up, and it needs a new clutch but she is so beautiful to me. This is the car I wanted when I was younger but never found one for sale. Due to the car needing a clutch and some minor body work I will walk away with the car for $1720. I only have the pictures from the original ad, but I will try to get my wife to take better ones. I am a little jealous that my wife gets to drive it first; I still have to wait till November to even touch my new pony.

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Nice find! Good luck and have fun fixing it up

 

you sure that isnt an 89? i was looking at the pic of the engine and it has a mass air meter. mustang started using the mass air meter in 89.

 

'88 was the last year for the T-top. Ford stopped making them half way through the model year. I think California had mass air on Ford's before the rest of the country.

 

if it is a original california car, it had factory mass air in 88

 

dude!!!!!!! congrats!

im so glad you found one. that thing is a diamond in the rough for sure. i mean, friggin T0tops!

really happy for ya bro (good deal too!)

cant wait to see what you can do with it

 

Thank you. Well I just received an email from the soon to be ex-owner. According to him the odometer only has 46k on it, but I’m not sure about that. He says it was parked for a few years because he needed to replace the clutch. That’s fine with me; I have a King Cobra clutch waiting to go into it anyway. He says the hatch has a little rust on it, but that is the only part with rust. That’s ok with me too. I don’t think hatches are expensive are they? He also said it needs paint, well that’s fine too as I plan to repaint the car. The only bad thing is that all this stuff has to wait till I get back from the Arabian Gulf in November…. That so sucks!!

So I have a question for all my fellow Mustang aficionados. Ok, here is the plan for my Crazy88. A Cobra body kit with silver paint (maybe with blue stripes). I am a little torn on rims though. And since the ships internet is so slow, it takes forever to look at rims. I like the Welds that are solid with the small holes, and I also like Y2K Cobra rims. Any other suggestions on rims?

 

go with the weld DRAGLITES or PRO STARS
also centerline make a pretty tough looking rim also, Check It Out!

 

Get some 5 spokes!! It doesnt necessarily have to be cobra, although i am a big fan of the Y2K Cobra. However, i only think they make those in 5 lug...

 

I agree with Chris on the Cobra rims, if you get Cobra's, get a five lug and bigger brakes(the spokes are too skinny for stock brakes). I like welds, or stocks, both look great!

Congrats on the car Aaron!!

 

95 R or 00 R wheels would be gorgeous on that car (along with a 5 lug covnersion and cobra brakes, of course) Only get welds (the small ones with the holes are called DRAGLITES) if u plan on making it a track only machine. ever try to turn a corner on a rough road with skinnies? lol.

 

heres a quick lil chop so you can visualize bro

 

Definatly do the 5-Lug conversion. It really makes a difference. I am a sucker for 5 lug Cobra R wheels on the foxes.

P.S.
Love the t-tops, good luck and nice find.

 

NICE, I USED TO HAVE ONE JUST LIKE THAT IN HIGHSCHOOL. I SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT.

 

nice find
i've been looking for a 87-88 t-top stang for cheap
but i cant find any at all