1990 Ford Mustang LX 5.0

[Musclecarbuilder]

Wow man it's looking good!!

[espo]

Great looking interior detailing. Very realistic looking colors and finishes. 

[Technics]

@BK9300 Thank you! I absolutely love the rotary tool polisher. I went ahead and bought another to have as a spare.. 20-25$ shipped!? Absolutely can not go wrong.

I polished before any black trim was applied. Still, I was very conscious and careful not to blow through any raised edges or corners. I worked one panel at a time and cloth dried it, closely checking ( hoping ) I’m still in clear.

It will be a challenge to polish complex surfacing. I will be doing a Ford GT GT3 soon enough.

@espo@Musclecarbuilder Thanks guys! This is by far my cleanest finish yet. Now to follow through with the application of lamps, windows and decals….

Edited September 7 by Technics

[JollySipper]

6 minutes ago, Technics said:

Now to follow through with the application of lamps, windows and decals…

That's the part that always wracks my nerves......... It's not the getting a clean paint job, it's having to glue things to that nice paint! This is gonna be a great build.......  

[DoctorLarry]

On 8/12/2025 at 4:42 PM, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and like the new color. FYI on your CHP picture. I left California in 1996 after more than 30 years living there. Had a few unfortunate inter actions with the CHP. At the time the CHP would have a half dozen Mustangs lined up on an on ramp with a plane above looking for speeders. In Sacramento we used to call it "The I80 Grand Prix" in the morning going to work and home at night. The Mustangs were usually all white, but other colors would show up sometimes. They would use the down hill on ramps to get up to speed pretty quick and pull into the slow lane like they were shot out of a cannon. Don't ask how I know, just know it could get expensive.  

Florida Highway Patrol had a version of the same thing. One guy standing on an overpass with a radar gun and several pursuit Mustangs lined up on the on ramp. Fly past the radar, he radios down and the pursuit cars shoot down the on ramp. Pretty effective.

[Technics]

 

Stance has been worked on and now sits fused to the chassis, body, etc. I really like how the tire sidewall look!  Overall feeling of this Mustang makes me very content. 

Removed chrome from the wheels, painted them bright silver, and gave it a simple wash. Tires were sanded down and painted with cement. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Musclecarbuilder]

Dude it looks AMAZING

[espo]

On 9/10/2025 at 11:19 AM, DoctorLarry said:

Florida Highway Patrol had a version of the same thing. One guy standing on an overpass with a radar gun and several pursuit Mustangs lined up on the on ramp. Fly past the radar, he radios down and the pursuit cars shoot down the on ramp. Pretty effective.

I saw on the news today that Florida has started using Mustangs again in their iconic color scheme again for high-speed pursuit on curtain hiways in Florida. They even showed a picture of one with all the markings, lights and push bars. They are claiming a 155-mph top speed.  

[bamadon]

I remember those FHP cars well. I had an encounter with one on Hiway 19 that cost me some money.

[ĆĄŢŜandBĄTŠ]

On 5/31/2025 at 8:08 PM, Technics said:

 

Having stepped away, forgot about it and returned with fresh eyes ( and my newly discovered favourite tool, IPA-Isopropyl alcohol) I decided I’m not excited by looking at the model so I stripped it back to nothing again

Did two cleaning sessions with chemical friends, and got it back into black primer stage. 

 

 

 

That took a turn that I was not expecting. 😁