That is what I most afraid of Gary! What if I get in a wreck? I just cant go to my local ford dealer for parts! How much longer will I be able to buy parts for the pj? I know my next car will be a factory produced car to avoid such problems!

I love driving my pj but the worrying is really taking the fun out of it! I don't know what the future holds for me and my orange machine.

 

This is a tough one Gary. What's in the future for me and my first Mustang? I really don't know. This is the first car I've got that I truly loved since my high school years when it was new. I even had a dream that I owned one, and finally after ten years, I finally have one. Pit, as I call it. It may not be the fastest or the best looking of them, but to me, it doesn't matter since that's what the aftermarket is for.
We've been through a lot together these past three years, as you can see on it's thread, but I can admit that sometimes I think of selling it, until I start it up and drive it. Then all the love it's back. Slowly I'm making it "my own". Let's see what happens on 2013 when I'll be on better financial shape.

 

wow, that's a good one gary and your car is so awesome. Mine has been a rollercoaster of emotion. This is my 4th S197. (05 black GT, 06 Black GT, 07 Grabber GT and then I tried to get into a Shelby but ended up with California Special. I financed $705 per month for 72 monts in 07 because I traded 2 cars for it and went to 1 payment of $705 from 2 payments of $569.00 and $485 per month. I have made my $705 per month payments for over 2 years. I put 38,000 miles in a year and a half. Then I started to worry about the economy, high mieage and was concerned that if I had to sell the mileage would make it unsaleable. I once listed it for sale but took it off the market after a $20,000 offer. Now I have a handle on things at the moment and am thinking about selling my daily driver. It is an 02 BMW 330i with 81,000 and I owe what it's worth. I am in the process of refinacing the Mustang so my payment will go down to $500. I can sell the $325 per month BMW and the difference in payments and insuance I will have $600 more a month. I already set the Mustang up for winter and put a new set of tires on the rear and had all the service work done at Monaco FORD. Those guys are the best at Monaco. They have helped me so many times and I am so glad they are not going anywhere!! I have a set of BMW wheels that I am selling that will buy me new front tires for the Mustang. The future looks bright for me and my Mustang now. It will be my daily driver again and I am glad I had purchased the Premium care $2k warranty.

 

For me, this one is not tough at all. I got my Mustang when I was 17, almost 6 years ago now. Since that time, we have been almost inseparable. Up until l May of 08 it was my daily driver (except when I was in Ohio during the winter) so that makes it almost 5 years that I drove my car everyday. When I got the car is had 35k on the odometer and now it reads 120k ( and those miles were not easy miles either) and thats even with it sitting for probably close to a year. Needless to say, i will never get rid of my Mustang. It will go through many changes but Im never going to get rid of it. There are many other vehicles that will go first whether they are practical or not. I would drive it everyday and become one of those 600K mile Mustangs.

 

Right there with you Gary. I've been struggling with this myself lately.

I love - LOVE! - my TR. It's my first Stang. Every mod was a labour of love. It was a complete learning experience. It has my blood and sweat in it. It has taken first place at multiple car shows. It's a **** good looking car. And most importantly, EVERY time I drive it, I smile. This is the first car I could ever say that about.

In fact, it made me smile to the point where I went out and bought another S197. I took everything I learned (and more) from modding my TR and rebuilt my TB. Again, it was a labour of love and the TB came out great. I'm blown away every time I look at it. Heck, it took the honor of MOTM here last month.

But, my TR is still my favorite. I don't know if it was because it was first Stang, or because it was the car I learned how to mod on, or because it still gets people staring and pointing when I drive by (my guess is its a combination of all those things and more), but it's my favorite.

What caught me a bit off guard, however, is that when I walk out into the garage and I see both of these beautiful GTs sitting next to each other, I tend to pick my TR when I want to go for a drive.

But with all the blood, sweat, and most importantly cash, that I've put into my TB, I knew that I'd never be able to sell it. At the same time, I can't drive two Mustangs at once. Keeping both of them clean and prepped for shows is a PITA. Paying insurance on both of them isn't the best. Paying property tax on both of them sucks. Strangely enough, when I spend time with one, I totally feel like I'm neglecting the other. I can almost see the TB's sad face when I take the TR for a drive on a beautiful day and vice versa.

As painful as it is to say (and as cool as it is to own two paid-off S197s), I decided it's time for one of them to go.

I thought a lot about what I wanted to do and found my answer: The day that I brought the TB home, when it was still road rashed and completely stock, my dad fell it love with it. He helped me pick out every mod and did a lot to help with the rebuild process. He drives it when we take both cars to shows.

More importantly, my dad has done a lot for me over my life and I've always dreamed about a way I could say "thank you" with the right amount of bravado. So, for Christmas this year, I'm giving my dad the TB as my way of saying "thanks for making me the man I am." I know he's going to be blown away, and I know the TB is going to a good home (where I'll be able to drive it any time I want!). But best of all, I think he'll truly understand how much what he's done for me in my life really means to me. Now I just have to come up with a way to "wrap" it

As for my Mustang future, I've wanted a Shelby from the time I was a kid. My dream car has always been a '67 GT500, which with today's market, I'll never be able to afford an original. So, I'm aiming at a 2012 or 2014 GT500, depending on the restyling Ford does to the body.

And the future of my TR? Well, I have a little girl on the way who's going to get one heck of a nice first car!

Not sure if this helps you at all, man. But after thinking on this for a long time, I don't know how I could ever part with my first Stang. It's a part of me, a part of my personality. It gets me through long weeks on the road when all I think about is getting home and getting behind the wheel and pushing through the gears. The smile it puts on my face isn't worth any amount of cash it'd bring in. It's definitely staying with me.

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Wow Jeff that is totally cool!

You are an awesome son to give your dad the TB for Christmas.

That is an awesome story and thanks for sharing. I wanna see a pic of your dad with the car when you give it to him.

 

Absolutely! I'm going to have my wife waiting with the camera to get a pic of his face when he opens the box with the keys in it.

 

Great story man. That's an awesome gift for your dad Jeff! Seeing his face will be worth a million when you give it to him

 

Wow, that is waycool, Jeff.

 

Thanks guys - I'm excited to give it to him. I'll take pics

 

I thought of something that the future holds for me and Awesome. It's not much to add, but it's this:

Appearance mods.

She wants... things. Like earrings for a girl or something. I get her presents, she wears them.

 

 

I think I'll slap one of these into Pit's heart.

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/revie...duct/392/cat/3

http://www.peregrinesupercars.com/94-95%20Mustang.htm

http://dagostinoracing.com/index.php...ducts_id=14649

She'll dig 'em as much as me!

 

I'm thinking the TR could use a SuperShaker or a Vortech while I wait for my GT500. May make it not the best first car for my daughter tho