Bought myself a Mustang

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Bought myself a Mustang

Posted by Viper - February 29th, 2016

A '71 Mach I to be precise.

Cost me $4600. The person was asking $4800 but they went down.

I'm probably gonna end up having to dump another $10k into this before it's 100% perfectly finished. But it'll be worth it. Considering these things can command huge amounts of money when they're in amazing condition.

Heres the color up close because the picture:
1. Doens't do it justice
2. The hood is a different color than the rest of the car

Okay the main thing I NEED on the interior is the rest of the back seat.
What I mean by this is that the back seat folds down flat and theres a "trap door" that goes into the trunk.

Going from something like this

To this

Now whats up with this is:
1. That "trap door" I can get cheap. And by cheap I mean like $100-150.
2. The plastic parts around the "trap door" together are going to cost about $350.
3. The rest of the fold down part (shown in the second picture) is gonig to end up costing me nearly $1000.
So with carpet and all that inside (JUST the carpet and sound deadener for under the carpet) along with the aforementioned parts, it'd cost me roughly $1,700 unless I find cheaper stuff for it.

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VicariousE 2016-02-29 23:27:47

Is the close up of the sidepanels or the hood? I do love those glittery speckles, looks like it glows in direct sunlight, yeah? Hope it doesn't cost 10k to restore it, I'm sure there's a lot there that will out last both of us.

You drive it yet? Looks like it handles like a school bus, by the size of those front tires.

Viper 2016-02-29 23:27:47

Thats the rear fender near the back window.
I'll admit that I DO like the color. But it seriously needs to be repainted. So I might either get it repainted THAT color or that Acapulo Blue. MAYBE Grabber Green haha. I WILL NOT paint it the original yellow it was. I don't like yellow cars. They look "off" to me.

Interior alone might end up costing me $1-2k. I need to get everything else for the back seat to fold down though I have the entire actual seat portion. I'm missing some panels in the trunk area and need carpet. Carpet for THAT is going to cost like $170-200 (I checked) and those panels are going to cost about $300 for both. So that along with whatever else I need for interior (which doesn't look like a ton because I have all the door panel stuff and don't need anything else for the doors) is going to cost me already nearly $1000. Paint and getting the rest of the body work done is going to be what I'll end up sinking most of the money into. It'll look like one sharp as hell car when it's done though. Thats for sure.

I haven't driven it myself. But I saw it driving around and it looks like it handles pretty well. I need to get plates and insurance on it and am going to see if I can go get plates on Friday. Going with antique ones so I don't end up paying a lot.

Happy-Little-Trees 2016-03-17 01:26:00

Happy birthday!!!!

Viper 2016-03-17 01:26:00

Thanks!
I'm kinda surprised you remembered.

Destrayop 2016-03-17 01:39:35

happy older by a year day!

Viper 2016-03-17 01:39:35

Oh hey Nick too.
Thanks dude.

Destrayop 2016-03-17 01:49:54

been a while man, sweet car there, hope your planned restorations go well

Viper 2016-03-17 01:49:54

It has. I'm on here but really only when I have days off and also to get exp.

Thanks. I'm currently looking at getting stuff for the back seat. I found a thing on craigslist for a whole complete thing for $200. Only problem is it's in Ohio and is about a 5 hour drive away. So I'm going to email them or something and ask how much it'd cost to get the stuff shipped here since anywhere else it'd cost over $1k more than that.

Destrayop 2016-03-17 02:09:14

that is quite the distance, 5 hours; would be a real pain in the ass to pick it up while in a solid work schedule, I can see why you opted for shipping- over 1k saved though, damn

you know what hasn't happened in a long while? a good old fashioned steve news post spam, just no mercy 1000 comments, we all should organize that sometime

Viper 2016-03-17 02:09:14

Well my cousin is living over there at the moment. So if the dude who has that stuff can't ship it I can see if he can. Though shipping that stuff gonna cost me like $100.

We should. It'd be fun.

Happy-Little-Trees 2016-03-17 05:32:41

I remember EVERYONES BIRYHDAY IVE BEEN TOLD! HOW DARE YOU DOUBT ME YOU SON OF A BITCH!?! I DONT THINK YOU EVEN REMEBER MINE!

Viper 2016-03-17 05:32:41

Well I don't know. You could have forgot. We don't talk close to as much as we used to. Isn't yours in April?

VicariousE 2016-03-17 17:25:21

:O good thing I saw your St. Paddy's post, happy birthday Brandon! I'm hellashocked the happy couple came out to wish you a good one!

My Gob, when was the last time all 4 of us commented here on the same day?!

Viper 2016-03-17 17:25:21

Yeah I randomly decided to mention it was my north day on rhat haha. I SHOULD make a new post but I don't want the car being off the front of my profile haha. So they're together? Seems like only yesterday we were all blasting tour news posts with hundreds of comments in the span of a couple days...

FYI I'm at work right now. But I got myself 1 1/2 lbs of fudge because why not haha.

VicariousE 2016-03-17 17:41:10

Could always edit the post with regards to your birthday, but since you're at work, texting this in... something that wasn't common when we all first met, though HLT was likely the first.

Don't lose your fudge lol! I had a cheap sub yesterday, and within an hour I fudged the toilet :p Now I've got no money left for food, but I do have a 5$ card for Dunkin Donuts and 25$ card for Outback steakhouse, and the only one around here is up on a crowded highway... and I'm down one brake pad :|

Viper 2016-03-17 17:41:10

Yeah I can't edit or make posts while on a phone unless I do a thing to "request a desktop version of the site" that takes zero effort. But I'll just say screw it.

I'll try not to haha. It's in my closet thing here. And no one goes in there. So I'm good for people not stealing it. That, a cookie, and some pop cost me exactly $14.15. Without my discount the fudge alone would have cost that.
How far away is the nearest Dunkin Donuts from you? And I don't think we even have an outback steakhouse anywhere near me. And if we do I've never seen it before.
You could always steal someone's car. Go all GTA on them.

VicariousE 2016-03-21 00:25:31

I've got a car like that in GTA online, though it's more of a Jensen Interceptor with a heavier ass. Saw it in it's maroon colors, and fell in love :3 my automotive waifu. Muscle cars rule.

Viper 2016-03-21 00:25:31

Ooo that's kinda cool. I don't play GTA all that much nowadays though. I DID preorder No Man's Sky and Song of the Deep though and bought Until Dawn.

If you haven't looked them up you should. Especially No Man's Sky. Song of the Deep is a "Metroidvania" game. Meaning it's in the style of Metroid or Castlevania but you play as this girl who is exploring underwater and trying to find her father.

VicariousE 2016-03-21 17:28:05

Ugh, it's been a decade or so since I've had some nice square bits of fudge. I guess there's a few places I could go to find some, but they're in malls, so more $

DnD is roughly a mile away, and catty corner to a Wawa with a gas pump, though I usually fill up another 3 miles away, as they're a few cents cheaper a gallon, and has a decent mechanic and staff to BS with. The steakhouse was about 10 miles up route 9, staff was nice, place was clean (always good to see), burgers were okay. Kind of a hassle of traffic to get there, but I might go back one day to try the seafood, something I wish you had more access to :(

Viper 2016-03-21 17:28:05

You could always steal someone's fudge. But you gotta be sneaky Steve. You gotta be sneaky.

Closest DnD to me is like 25 minutes away.. How much is gas over there? It's about $1.93-97 here. And yeah I can imagine there's probably more traffic out your way than there is out here. And yeah I know (about the seafood stuff) but there's not a whole lot out here.

VicariousE 2016-03-22 17:38:55

Lowest I've seen in the past few weeks around here was below 1.50 a gallon O_O but it's up to a 1.70 or so now. NJ has low gas taxes, but way too many stop lights and intersections... so they charge for turnpikes and parkways and bridges into NYC. Getting into NYC costs a lot, and Gob forbid you're in a multiaxle or/and have a trailer, can easily go over 30$ one way!

I don't eat fish nearly enough (canned tuna fish doesn't count) or fudge lol

Viper 2016-03-22 17:38:55

It hasn't been down that low for awhile now. But it has been down that far at some point this year but it's been mainly in the 1.80-2.00 range pretty much all of this month. I don't know how much fuel tax is out here.

Well I don't eat fish all that much and eat fudge more often than fish haha. I haven't even finished all of my birthday fudge yet O.o I have 1 square left and that's mint chocolate swirl fudge. I ended up sharing some of the other fudge with my dad and brother. But that was this coffee fudge I had.

VicariousE 2016-03-27 19:41:32

And prices are on the rise again. In another week or two I'll be paying what you're paying now for go juice.

My sis forwarded me a few more bucks, so once the truck's fixed I'll get some coffee, honey (I prefer it to sugar in my coffee and tea) and sweets for my morning fix. I've been doing a reasonably decent instant coffee lately, but it's still instant ya know? You just do pop and juice right, no hot drinkies?

BTW, I think you'd do a great interview!!

Viper 2016-03-27 19:41:32

Yeah prices went up here again. They ended up going down to the 1.60-70 range then went all the way back up to about 2. Not as bad as when it was nearly $5 a few years ago so that's good. It cost $20 for 1/8 of a tank of gas in the Ranchero! So if it goes up that high again it'll cost me $80 for 1/2 tank and $160 to fill the whole damn thing up!

Yep just pop and juice haha. I sometimes get other stuff but not too often. That's only when its really really cold around here and I want to drink something that's at least kinda warm.

Nah I don't have much to say other than what was said in Asandir's interview. So I can't imagine it'd be too enthralling. I'll do an interview if I'm asked. But otherwise I wont go out of my way to ask to be interviewed.

VicariousE 2016-04-18 19:10:35

OMG Rancheros are fucking notoriously thirsty, I used to have to dip into my Pop's machine gas supply, just to keep my buddy's ute rolling sometimes. Any idea how much weight you could carry/tow?

Eh, with my sinusitis, having a hot bev with caffeine in the morning sure eases a lot of pain, makes talking easier.

Viper 2016-04-18 19:10:35

Yeah thats why I tend to not drive it around. Only once in awhile when it's out of the garage. I just can't afford to fill that thing up. As for how much it can carry/tow? I have no idea. I can look it up.

Well I've never had sinusitis before. Or I might have and didn't know it.

VicariousE 2016-04-27 17:56:10

How's the daily grind been?

Viper 2016-04-27 17:56:10

Okay I guess. Not much has happened lately..

VicariousE 2016-04-27 21:56:07

Still doing laundry? Hope there's no health problems with working around lint or powdered wash soap...

Viper 2016-04-27 21:56:07

Eh not really. Sometimes I have to wash towels when no one is working at night. But lately I've just been doing my normal stuff at work. I'm honestly wanting to get out of there sooner rather than later. I need to be making more money so I can get a better start on my car.

I'm in the middle of trying to get pieces for my interior and also stuff for the front end. I'm looking at a bumper and a front spoiler. Though I'm not going to get one of the polyurethane front bumpers and just get a chrome one instead since those are really easy to find and are wildly less fragile than the original kind. Hell I found a poly one that was in really rough condition for $100 but found a brand new chrome one for $105 and the spoiler for only $100.
BUT I have almost every body panel that I need for the car aside what I need for one of the rear wheel wells and a panel for behind the rear passenger side tire because there's a hole in there.

VicariousE 2016-04-27 22:17:03

I always found trying to find a job... after work, one of the hardest things to do :\ Yet it's likely the most important thing you can do...

As long as everything matches up, sounds pretty good. Seems like, when they fazed out chrome in the 80's, I wanted it back, but nowadays, not so much. It gets hot, and reflects sun like an ant-killer. I guess painting is an option, though it would definitely need an epic primer coat.

Viper 2016-04-27 22:17:03

Well I'm really thinking about looking around while I'm still there and seeing if I can get something lined up by the time I'm out of there so I don't have a gap where I'm making almost nothing. Because I'm only making $8.75 an hour and I'm probably not going to be making a whole hell of a lot more any time soon. Hell I can get on at Walmart for more than that. I mean I don't WANT to work there. But you get my point.

I'm seriously considering just painting the bumper to be honest. It'd be a hell of a lot more sturdy than the one that's on it now and I want it to look like how it's SUPPOSED to look since the bumper is supposed to match the body color.

VicariousE 2016-04-27 22:37:04

You can either work for a big company and see shit raises once a year, or work for a local business, and hope they can afford to pay you a living wage (and not go under). #trump2016

Ah, so the original WAS painted, I wasn't totally sure so I didn't say anything. It does look pretty as hell, but can understand why you'd wanna keep things the way they came out of the factory.

Viper 2016-04-27 22:37:04

Yeah I know....but honestly I'd rather work somewhere where I can start off making more than I am currently. Which doesn't really seem like that hard of a feet around here. Only problem is I don't know how to quit working where I do. I've been there for almost 2 years and don't have a whole hell of a lot of skills as it is....

Yeah it was. My dad suggested that I could just leave it chrome. I mean the rear bumper IS chrome because that's how they are. Though only the Boss had a chrome front and rear bumper on it. So I'm probably going to end up getting a Boss front bumper for the car. It's gonna look a little off with a chrome bumper instead but whatever. I think I can live with it. Next time I get paid I'm going to see if I can get either the front bumper or the spoiler to put on it. Then all I gotta do is get a new grille (the area around the headlights is broken but you can't tell from the pic), get the lights for the front valance hooked back up, get the "new" fenders put on as well as the doors, and get a hole in the trunk area fixed then pretty much every bit of body work will be done aside from some things here and there.

VicariousE 2016-04-30 04:01:31

2 years looks better on an application than 2 months, or not at all. Doesn't take much smarts to do most manufacturing work, other than to read a ruler or follow some simple instructions... too badly there's hardly any jobs like that left here :\

Everything else is okay, engine, brakes, tires? As for my Pop's truck, apparently the rear caliper cylinder popped out of the frame and chewed the shit out of the rotor... fun, but at least it's fixed.

Viper 2016-04-30 04:01:31

Yeah that's true. For working 2 years looking overall better and junk. Though I still wish I had some form of other skills that'd make finding a job easier for me ._.

Engine is good (aside from a leaking trans seal thats not remotely a problem at the moment)
Brakes are good. And the tires are good too. But I might put new ones on after I get a pretty fair ways into getting the car done. Like after all the body work is done and whatnot.

VicariousE 2016-05-05 00:28:43

OMFG http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/674159

Viper 2016-05-05 00:28:43

I'll probably have to check that out tomorrow.
It's getting really late here (it's midnight) and I gotta work tomorrow.

VicariousE 2016-05-05 01:01:46

Night bruh, good to roll with you again, as always!!1

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