New to me 83 May 31, 2017, 08:23:50 PM Picked up this 83 in West St Paul MN last night. 3.8, auto overdrive, no power options, r mirror delete, no air, 179,000 miles. Well cared for one owner with original paint. Should make a good home for my 289, otherwise going to leave it alone, or try to anyway. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #1 – May 31, 2017, 09:50:54 PM Quote from: bodyman;461060Picked up this 83 in West St Paul MN last night. 3.8, auto overdrive, no power options, r mirror delete, no air, 179,000 miles. Well cared for one owner with original paint. Should make a good home for my 289, otherwise going to leave it alone, or try to anyway. Naaah, knock that 3.8 in the head and stick a whole motor in it...BTW, nice car... Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #3 – May 31, 2017, 10:29:54 PM QuoteTurboCoupe50BTW, nice car... Thank you.Wanted to add the pic with the original owner John, he said ok so here it is. After introductions and a hand shake the first thing he said was "I'm having second thoughts". 34 years is a long time to own a car. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #4 – June 01, 2017, 12:12:45 PM Looks to be in really good shape for a MN car. No rust. Must have not been driven in the snow/salt. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #5 – June 01, 2017, 05:05:13 PM Looks pretty nice! It must have been a tough sale for him.What are the date codes on those TRX tires? Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #6 – June 01, 2017, 07:59:16 PM QuoteChuck W '83's are the best. As long as it has 4 eyes and the old school dash I'm happy.Quotethunderjet302 Looks to be in really good shape for a MN car. No rust. Must have not been driven in the snow/salt. He said he never drove it in the winter, there is one tiny little spot he touched up behind the left rear tire, other than that it's remarkably clean for a MN car. QuoteBCA Looks pretty nice! It must have been a tough sale for him. What are the date codes on those TRX tires? Yeah, I think so, but he has another project car that his father owned that he wants to do and needed space for.Date code is 45th week of 1991. He said it's only the second set of tires in those 179,000 miles. I think I might try to find some replacements, that or have the rims re-hooped for 16's. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #8 – June 03, 2017, 05:58:05 PM Quote from: bodyman;461073As long as it has 4 eyes and the old school dash I'm happy.He said he never drove it in the winter, there is one tiny little spot he touched up behind the left rear tire, other than that it's remarkably clean for a MN car. Yeah, I think so, but he has another project car that his father owned that he wants to do and needed space for.Date code is 45th week of 1991. He said it's only the second set of tires in those 179,000 miles. I think I might try to find some replacements, that or have the rims re-hooped for 16's.https://lmr.com/products/mustang-trx-wheels TRX ready to go, but not quite the same style. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #9 – June 03, 2017, 06:38:15 PM Quotedeathbypsi Wow that is a score! Thank youQuotemcb82gtTRX ready to go, but not quite the same style. Thanks for the link. They are different but would look good. pen 15er tire has tires for $331/each which is "only" $224 more than the LMR rims and tires. Seems like a lot but it will most likely be the only tires I will ever have to put on it. I have my local tire guy looking to see if he can find some at a better price, my guess is that he won't. My brother has that style of TRX rims from his 84 cougar, will have to bolt them up to see how I like it. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #10 – June 03, 2017, 11:20:24 PM Nice! Was the mirror delete a factory thing? Never seen it before on these cars Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #11 – June 04, 2017, 10:38:09 PM QuotePuchrider Nice! Was the mirror delete a factory thing? Never seen it before on these cars Thank you. It must have been, if I understood correctly he ordered this car without air and the other options. I was going through some papers he sent along and found the dealer invoice. The TRX wheels and tires were a $649 option. Total cost was $10,929. Base price was $9197. Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #13 – June 07, 2017, 07:07:13 PM Nice score! Hows the other one coming along? Quote Selected
New to me 83 Reply #14 – June 08, 2017, 12:42:27 AM Quote83TB Nice fine, love the 4 eyes Quote87thunderbirdBlackJack Nice score! Hows the other one coming along? Thanks guys, Well.... The other one actually has a little going on in the last week. I barely worked on it in almost a year, and last Sunday I spent a few hours working on the stainless exhaust. It's kinda sorta kicking my rear cutting the bends and fitting the pipe over the rear axle. I set a small goal of getting the exhaust done by July. I will bring the thread back from the dead at that point. Once the exhaust is done it's take everything back apart and start body work and painting. Quote Selected
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