5.0 Mustang GT rebuild

This is my 87 GT that I bought back in August of 2002...It was basically left for dead in the backyard of its previous owner. I only paid $375 for it with no motor.
It had a long list of problems including...Transmission only had 2 working gears,cracked winshield,headlights,tailights,old peeling tint,bent cowl panel due to the hood flying up,alot of surface rust,and some bad rust on the hatch,door and passenger front fender.The interior was full of trash and dust, since they left the window down.
I ended up selling this car after it came along ways to its what was current estate...but unfortantly the kid I sold it too trashed it then sold it to another owner who trashed it even more :(.

I then ran into this car in summer of 08...offered to buy it back,went to go pick it up,and he sold it from under me to a guy who scoops up local fox bodys and parts them out or destroys them:(. I only wish I knew what happend to it so I could restore her again...but anyways thanks for watching

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 87
• GT
• rebuild

[ferjgonz]

hey man i wanna do an engine swap but ive a 96 ford mustang with a 3.8 and i want a bit more power i wanna do the swap for a 5.0 8 cyl. engine. do i need new wiring harnesses? new angine mounts? and a new computer? or what exactly do i need for this swap??

[Js04sILVerBullet]

@ferjgonz I know 5.0mustangandsuperfords magazine did a complete write up on how to do the swap.

[xXmarinexcorpXx]

where did u find the body parts?

[Js04sILVerBullet]

@xXmarinexcorpXx just local ads,junk yards,and a few parts from "design concepts"

[captainghost82]

@Js04sILVerBullet hey where did u get those white faced gauges ? im lookin to put them in my mustang but dont know where to look for them at ??

[Js04sILVerBullet]

@captainghost82 I got them from "Texas Mustang Parts".

[tj7723]

good looking car after the rebbuild. I am slowing working on my 87

[jeffjwp]

love those 5.0 fox body mustangs (1987 thru 1993) - brought one back big time here - good job - paxton or vortec (wipple supercharger) next? nice paint job...beautiful car, nice wheels

[Buick97Custom]

@Js04sILVerBullet Hey man, I'm doing a 1990 thunderbird. A lot of parts swap in and out between the mustang and the thunderbird, I'm sure you know. But it's got the dog engine 3.8 N/A. Do you know how involved it is to swap to the 4.6? I know you need a new computer and stuff.. but is there any major fabricating or anything?

[TheLittleWorldofGaz]

amazing job!

[flashganargerbarben]

Still have the turbines?

[MrHorseman666]

lucky 4 u that u live in US - in Europe the petrol and all charges for v8 engined cars are huge so most people stick to the loan movers :)

[Js04sILVerBullet]

@LilJR704 Took a few years mostly since I was young,learning as I go,and on a budget....Sounds like your mustang will be a nice build and kinda cool its on an older fox body since most seem to just want the 87-93 aero style.