sranger

I can hear it now:

"I'll take it, but you have to remove that Saleen Super charger that makes 100 more hp and have those candy apple red stripes painted over......"

People who mod cars do it to enjoy them, not to make a buck or increase value...

AJC

I disagree - this car will be worth something in about 30-40 years maybe sooner.
Totally redesigned stang. 1st year retro body, comeback of the muscle -pony car. Limited availability of the gt.

But that doesnt stop me modding by adding bolt on performance enhancements.. I just wont be chopping metal.

I will still keep every part I remove. At the very least one day they will be worth something on Ebay...

Rampant

Don't forget, we are a VERY small minority in the Mustang world. They will sell, what, 200k cars a year? And how many on on these boards? And how many have actually modded?

Besides that, why would you want a stock car anyway? It is not like it is perfect from the factory.

Heck, look at the classic car market. Modded (custom) cars are getting as much money as the 100 point restorations.

Mongoose

Yesterday is gone forever.
Tomorrow has not arrived and there are no guarantees we will be here to see it.
Today is the only day we have so live it to the fullest. Tell all love ones how much you care for them and if your happiness includes moding a 05 Stang for a show horse or for running the crap out of it do it. I think it would be much better to pass on with a smile on our face.
If by chance you live to a ripe old age sitting or your porch in a rocker
talking to others about the years past do you want to remember all the things you wanted to do and for some reason never did and now its too late or remember all the fun things you did and enjoyed life to the fullest.
I am not going to leave a brand new unmoded GT for others to enjoy when I am gone. I am going to gas it NOW
Roll On

Lalo

I really dont mind that so many people are modding their cars. As long as it's tasteful and useful, there is nooo problem in my book. Although, if I buy a stang in about two year, when I get my degree and get settled, i most likely wont mod it

future9er24

i dont think we have to worry about stock cars disapperaing. the majority of mustang buyers wont even touch the engine, so there will ALWAYS be a decent amount of stock stangs.

me? well, as soon as i can get my grubby hands on one, ill mod the crap out of it (assuming i have the $$ lol)

oh well, off to bed for me, gots english presentation crap tomroa!

JZInternet

Exactly. There will be a ton of these cars built (probably a lot more than the last body style) and most people won't mod their cars.

I'm not worried about 30 years from now either. Drive your car now and have fun and do what you want with it. You may not be here next week.

adrenalin

I enjoy modding my car too much to stop. If I get too carried away I'll just sell it and start over

mmoonshot

Although fewer are being made today than back then that doesn't mean that these will become collectibles. After all, the cars today are much better built than those cars, so in 25-30+ years there will likely be more of these around than there are 60's today. If for no other reason than the fact that quite a bit of older cars would turn to rust after just a few years, today you can find 10 year old cars with little to no rust, unheard of back when the 60's cars were produced, unless they were stored most of the time.

Personally, I'd do what I want with the car with no regard to future collectible status. A neighbor of mine bought a Ferari Testarossa for an investment years back... he lost his behind on that deal. Never enjoyed driving the car either. Moral of the story, you can't tell what the future holds, enjoy your car the way you want and don't worry about tomorrow. Of course it couldn't hurt you to hold onto original parts if you do do modifications.
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The cars today are better in some ways, and in some ways they are not, remember the cars built during the mid sixties and early seventies were easily repaired by anyone with minimal mechanical knowledge, parts were easily obtained, interchangeability was the rule, not the exception, thus many of these cars were literally driven into the ground, todays cars are mostly disposeable, when I say this I mean there comes a point that the price to replace parts on todays cars does not justify the money spent, this is intentional and has been planned by all of the car manufactures.

I beleive the older cars were a better value for the money spent, this would be a good topic if there is not one already posted I beleive...

Grubby

My $0.02

Mustangs by nature are built to be modified. They are one of the least expensive sports cars available. There are certain things that Ford will not do in order to keep the cost under a certain price point. I plan on doing my exterior mods just so that my car won't look like John's down the street. I want to turn peoples heads with my Stang. I don't want people to say "Its just another Mustang". I want them to say "What is that! Wow! That Mustang is HOT!" Then I want them to rear end the poor soul in front of them because they were to busy rubber-necking and drooling over my beast!

adrenalin

I came out of the mall today and saw a guy pulled up next to my car, drivers window down and taking pictures of my stang. He then said, "man, that has got to be the nicest ride around. Sure better than the stock ones". I'm glad I modded it

mizanin

I'm glad you modded yours too. :worship:

JZInternet

I'm glad you modded yours too. :worship:
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I was thinking the same thing.

adrenalin

Out of all the cars I have owned I have never, ever had so many people ask about my car. I wonder what people will think of it when I am done my mods next summer.

169stang

I was driving today and another 05 pulled up next to me. It was a fella I saw at the track a few months back and had gotten his 05 since. He asked me, "so how fast you running it now? What mods do you have."
Regardless, it makes great conversation piece, mods or no mods. I have seen older era mustangs totally stock and totally non-stock. To each his own!

mmoonshot

John,

If that car was bone stock with no mods you would still get the attention, there just arent that many GT's out there, and especially very few Sonic Blue GT's.

You have a rare car already !

holderca1

John,

If that car was bone stock with no mods you would still get the attention, there just arent that many GT's out there, and especially very few Sonic Blue GT's.

You have a rare car already !
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Especially since it's one and done for Sonic Blue. Curious to see the official count on them once the '05 MY production finishes.

mmoonshot

Especially since it's one and done for Sonic Blue. Curious to see the official count on them once the '05 MY production finishes.
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Hopefully my GT will be one of the numbers in the final count..LOL..one can only hope.