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Check front strut supports for rust. They are notorious. Look for signs of being painted over.
 
Caneoverhere said:
Thinking of getting a 1989 5.0 this weekend. Anyone have opinions good or bad.
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I drove an 89 5.0 LX to school my entire college career. I currently have a 90 5.0 LX.

First, where in the country are you?
Second, check the strut towers as @SgtBone suggests along with the frame rails in the engine compartment. There is usually a little minor rust under the battery tray,but rot sets in easily with cars this age.
Third, AC and heater working. If there's a heater bypass, it's because the heater core leaks, same with AC. It never "just needs a charge."
Fourth, Google how to check if the odometer has rolled over. A car with < 100k miles is getting harder to find.
Fifth, hatchback, convertible, or coupe?
 
JD08 said:
I drove an 89 5.0 LX to school my entire college career. I currently have a 90 5.0 LX.

First, where in the country are you?
Second, check the strut towers as @SgtBone suggests along with the frame rails in the engine compartment. There is usually a little minor rust under the battery tray,but rot sets in easily with cars this age.
Third, AC and heater working. If there's a heater bypass, it's because the heater core leaks, same with AC. It never "just needs a charge."
Fourth, Google how to check if the odometer has rolled over. A car with < 100k miles is getting harder to find.
Fifth, hatchback, convertible, or coupe?
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Can I DM you the Facebook marketplace link? Going to look at it Saturday.
 
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JD08 said:
I drove an 89 5.0 LX to school my entire college career. I currently have a 90 5.0 LX.
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Canedog said:
I’m not a fan of the 1989 body style.

A neighbor of mine has a 1969 Shelby, all original, with only 20k miles. Her husband was a Mustang collector.
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$$$$ I know a guy in Miami who restored a 69 GT350H Hertz car. I had a 70 Mach 1 for a while. Put a lot of work in and sold it before it was 100% I loved/hated that car, mostly hated.
 
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JD08 said:
$$$$ I know a guy in Miami who restored a 69 GT350H Hertz car. I had a 70 Mach 1 for a while. Put a lot of work in and sold it before it was 100% I loved/hated that car, mostly hated.
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I bought a 21’ Mach 1 when they first came out but got sick of the $800 car payment and I was averaging like 14mpg 😂.

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I had an 89’ notchback Foxbody back in the day which is my personal preference if you’re going to get one. There’s still one car on my bucket list I plan on getting someday…an 03’-04’ Terminator Cobra.
 
DoctorKrazey said:
I bought a 21’ Mach 1 when they first came out but got sick of the $800 car payment and I was averaging like 14mpg 😂.

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I had an 89’ notchback Foxbody back in the day which is my personal preference if you’re going to get one. There’s still one car on my bucket list I plan on getting someday…an 03’-04’ Terminator Cobra.
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****, how did you get the MPG that low? My 17 GT with 3.55 gears gets 19 and my daughter is getting 21 now driving it mostly highway.
 
DoctorKrazey said:
I bought a 21’ Mach 1 when they first came out but got sick of the $800 car payment and I was averaging like 14mpg 😂.

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I had an 89’ notchback Foxbody back in the day which is my personal preference if you’re going to get one. There’s still one car on my bucket list I plan on getting someday…an 03’-04’ Terminator Cobra.
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If you were averaging 14MPG that engine was WAY out of tune. I had a 289 FIA Cobra built for me by ERA Replica Cars in New Britain CT. They installed a 331 stroker (446 HP @ 6000rpm) with a single 4 Bbl carb. that I had built by Keith Craft Racing. When the car was delivered to me in Coral Gables ... I went through a 20 gal tank of gas in like 100 miles. Took it to a chassis dyno tuning shop in FTL ... the mechanic laughed when he put a timing light on it. The timing was so off it was a miracle it ran. He did a quick timing adjustment and voila ... ran like a charm ... put on the dyno tuner and it produced 446 hp right where it was supposed to, and I got 21 MPG driving on the highway.
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Rickd said:
If you were averaging 14MPG that engine was WAY out of tune. I had a 289 FIA Cobra built for me by ERA Replica Cars in New Britain CT. They installed a 331 stroker (446 HP @ 6000rpm) with a single 4 Bbl carb. that I had built by Keith Craft Racing. When the car was delivered to me in Coral Gables ... I went through a 20 gal tank of gas in like 100 miles. Took it to a chassis dyno tuning shop in FTL ... the mechanic laughed when he put a timing light on it. The timing was so off it was a miracle it ran. He did a quick timing adjustment and voila ... ran like a charm ... put on the dyno tuner and it produced 446 hp right where it was supposed to, and I got 21 MPG driving on the highway.View attachment 287892
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I talked to several other owners of the new Mach 1 and they all had the same issue…averaged in the 15-17 mpg range. I had 305’s in the rear and these new Mustangs, Camaros, Hellcats, etc. are extremely heavy…almost 4000 lbs. Those numbers are pretty common for muscle cars these days.
 
I didn't get it. It was perfect, the car. But he said he forgot the title at the last minute. Tried showing me a picture of it on his phone. My search continues.
 
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