1988 Mustang GT

[Dennis Lacy]

Nice looking interior. The embossing powder on the door panel inserts makes them passable as the GT tweed upholstery at first glance. 

[Dhgfx4]

On 8/3/2021 at 12:23 AM, Dennis Lacy said:

Nice looking interior. The embossing powder on the door panel inserts makes them passable as the GT tweed upholstery at first glance. 

Thank you, that was the look I was going for.

got the engine assembled and detailed. Detailed similarly to the engine for my Mark build but decided to leave this one non A/C. Only thing left is add some small decals.

[David G.]

Great looking interior and engine detail.

David G.

[Dennis Lacy]

Engine looks great!  Very authentic. 

[mustang1989]

I do like what I'm seeing here with this build and that engine looks great. If I remember right the cooling fan on these engines was a white plastic. 

[TransAmMike]

I just looked at your thread Chan.  Great work on that 5.0 engine?

[mustang1989]

Any more progress on this? 

[Olskoolrodder]

Looking great so far!  AMT can call it a 1988 all they want, but '87 was the last year for T Tops, LOL  

[Dennis Lacy]

1 hour ago, Olskoolrodder said:

Looking great so far!  AMT can call it a 1988 all they want, but '87 was the last year for T Tops, LOL  

No, it wasn’t. 1988 was and they had the same flag mirrors on the doors as convertibles. ?

[Olskoolrodder]

1 hour ago, Dennis Lacy said:

No, it wasn’t. 1988 was and they had the same flag mirrors on the doors as convertibles. ?

There were a few hundred in '88, but '87 was the last "official" year that you could order one and the last year that Ford "offered" them in the line up.  We bought/owned a new LX 5.0  Hatch in '88, also built the original version of this kit in 1987. (I only remember that because it was months before getting the new Mustang, LOL) 

Edited December 1, 2021 by Olskoolrodder

[stang_crazy]

On 11/30/2021 at 11:09 PM, Olskoolrodder said:

There were a few hundred in '88, but '87 was the last "official" year that you could order one and the last year that Ford "offered" them in the line up.  We bought/owned a new LX 5.0  Hatch in '88, also built the original version of this kit in 1987. (I only remember that because it was months before getting the new Mustang, LOL) 

They were not leftovers that were retagged as an 88's as a lot of people think. It was an option in 88 and was axed part way through the model year of 88. Also there were a few thousand t-top cars built in 88. The numbers were shown through some resent marti reports etc...

 

[Olskoolrodder]

10 hours ago, stang_crazy said:

They were not leftovers that were retagged as an 88's as a lot of people think. It was an option in 88 and was axed part way through the model year of 88. Also there were a few thousand t-top cars built in 88. The numbers were shown through some resent marti reports etc...

 

I guess the dealers that we talked to in 1988 (over 100), who more than likely talked to Ford (because we were pretty persistent) were all wrong in 1988, when all they were told from Ford was "it was an '87 option, not available on 88's". Memory fades over 33 years too though, maybe I'm misremembering what the dealers told me, maybe they were wrong, it was late Spring 1988, maybe it had been axed by that point and the dealers were right (but we were too late), who knows?. Regardless it's not worth bickering about (especially over a model build--which is looking beautiful, BTW--it's not like it's a real car that one of us is trying to authenticate or something like that, LOL). I'll stand corrected and chalk it up as "I learned something new today". Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas and happy holiday season, my friend. ?✌

Edited December 21, 2021 by Olskoolrodder