Hemmings Motor News Feb 2015 - Muscle Car Profile - 1982 Mustang GT

[rodster]

Some foureyed press in the latest Hemmings Motor News.

[TopGear85]

They keep popping up in classic car/muscle car rags. Our time is coming soon ladies and gents. Get one while the gettings good (notch, SSP notch, Saleen , PC, Cobra, SVO, GT Turbo, etc).

[Sinister]

They keep popping up in classic car/muscle car rags. Our time is coming soon ladies and gents. Get one while the gettings good (notch, SSP notch, Saleen , PC, Cobra, SVO, GT Turbo, etc).

relax

I might have something is more important then any of those you list.

[Dean_T]

Too late for my '84 Notch. I changed the engine bay wiring while converting the car to SEFI and now the sun roof may be deleted (haven't decided to use the donor roof or not - still drilling spot welds; over 150 at last count...).

[Sinister]

Too late for my '84 Notch. I changed the engine bay wiring while converting the car to SEFI and now the sun roof may be deleted (haven't decided to use the donor roof or not - still drilling spot welds; over 150 at last count...).

you cant save that roof huh ? that roof is wat make it a coupe, or else its a convertible.

[FM2NOTCH]

[grabbergreen84]

The '82 GT is way under-rated as far as its importance to the automotive world goes. It's easily forgotten, because Ford kept on improving them every year after. The '64 GTO was the first musclecar, and the '82 GT is the second coming of the musclecar. It's possibly my favorite out of all Mustangs, just because of the way it looks.

[Travis T]

Get one while the gettings good (notch, SSP notch, Saleen , PC, Cobra, SVO, GT Turbo, etc).

I must be the only one into Foxes that doesn't see the premium for the notch. They are less practical, they don't weigh that much less, all of these cars need bracing and once that is done, they are marginally stiffer and they don't look as pleasing to my eye. I like all the body styles, but if you offered me an 86 LX 5.0 Notch or an 86 GT hatch and price and condition were equal, I'm taking the hatch. Guess that works out in my favor.

[StangerGT]

I must be the only one into Foxes that doesn't see the premium for the notch. They are less practical, they don't weigh that much less, all of these cars need bracing and once that is done, they are marginally stiffer and they don't look as pleasing to my eye. I like all the body styles, but if you offered me an 86 LX 5.0 Notch or an 86 GT hatch and price and condition were equal, I'm taking the hatch. Guess that works out in my favor.

I agree, I think the notch is a little over hyped. The other day my buddy told me that it is too bad my Mustang is the GT hatch instead of a notch. He said notches are 300 pounds lighter and so much faster. I told him the hatch doesnt weigh 300 pounds plus the hatch is better looking imo.

[FM2NOTCH]

I must be the only one into Foxes that doesn't see the premium for the notch. They are less practical, they don't weigh that much less, all of these cars need bracing and once that is done, they are marginally stiffer and they don't look as pleasing to my eye. I like all the body styles, but if you offered me an 86 LX 5.0 Notch or an 86 GT hatch and price and condition were equal, I'm taking the hatch. Guess that works out in my favor.

I believe the reason for premium for coupes are possibly

they were the lightest,fastest from the factory
they were police cars
most likely to be modified, raced, making a stockish one difficult to find

with that being said I have a 92 5.0 coupe and a 92 5.0 hatch, I'd rather drive the hatch

[Travis T]

You do bring up a good point of the difficulty of finding a stockish one. Stock hatches, even if beat to death, do seem to be more prevalent.

[Sinister]

I tell you why the fox body value go up, they made million of these cars and why it rare and every body want it. I tell you why, I blame on drag racing, peoples use these body as drag racing and they crash it, I seen thousand thousand of fox body crash ( mostly notch ), after crash what the owner do, go find another notch, and crash again, and find another notch, these body is light, best for stock suspension set up, and plenty aftermarket part to support it, peoples saw some one making so much power and win KOTS, grudge racing, and what every one do ? they want the same thing, so every one want a fox body ( notch ). Its so high in demand right now ( notch ), if they cant find a notch and saw a good body hatchback, they snatch that too, so peoples jack the price up, also they modified these cars to H***, and its hard to find stock one, so what peoples do, they jack the price up.

notch ( aero ) still the HIGHEST demand right now when it come to foxbody , not a saleen, gts, or cobra,,,,YES its rare for collector stand point , but its not high demand for most peoples right now. Not what they intent to do with it ( drag .. ) or try to save it from turn into drag .

and convertible and T-top, sun roof, moon roof, is still in high demand for those just want go cruising and leave stockist ....

rust free original low miles still high demand as well, no matter which body style its.

now if your fox body still stock, or very light mod, your fox fit in the catalog as " survivor " and these survivor is what keep the value.

what I am try to say is, foxbody is coming back and they coming back strong, they are all high demand now, all body style, all type, all engine, they all high demand now.

[JayStang]

I agree, I think the notch is a little over hyped. The other day my buddy told me that it is too bad my Mustang is the GT hatch instead of a notch. He said notches are 300 pounds lighter and so much faster. I told him the hatch doesnt weigh 300 pounds plus the hatch is better looking imo.

I have to agree I prefer the hatch because it reminds me of the fastbacks of the 60's, the notches are great too, each to their own because they are all very cool.

[TopGear85]

There were far fewer made in addition to what FM2Notch mentioned.

[Sinister]

I have to agree I prefer the hatch because it reminds me of the fastbacks of the 60's, the notches are great too, each to their own because they are all very cool.

why not have both ?

[FM2NOTCH]

I think part of it is people getting burned out on seeing every coupe modified, I believe my 92 is the most stockish one I've seen in person the last 2 years

had a good friend who has been modifying coupes for years tell me one time he loved the way my coupe looked, he said thats the way they are supposed to look, kinda shocked me hearing it from him.

save all those stock parts, the day is coming and I feel like it's just around the corner

[Travis T]

Racing isn't what's trashed the majority of the ones gone. Sure, lots have been hacked up, modified, raced and subsequently crashed, but more of them have been destroyed on the highways by drivers who wrecked them, people who owned them in the rust belt, and the simple fact that they're cheap cars. When a transmission blows in a cheap car, the owner usually scraps it. Cheap cars also fall into the hands of those who don't care about maintaining them and they end up being recycled. Lots of them end up parted as well.

[Travis T]

I think part of it is people getting burned out on seeing every coupe modified, I believe my 92 is the most stockish one I've seen in person the last 2 years

Very true, yours is one of the least modified ones I have seen in person too.

[vascj]

I've had pretty much all of the foxbody years and loved all of them. Thats what makes them special, an assortment of body styles. Everyone can like what they individually prefer. In my early years I preferred the flashy GTs, then the GT Convertibles, bought and drove them new off the dealer lots. As I've become much older, I especially like the notchback coupes for their lightweight, simplistic and austere good looks.
"just the basics" light, simple, quick, special hi-po Ford smallblock, and gotta have it 5 speed. I must admit, they have a very different driving feel than convertibles and hatchbacks, just different and a feeling I prefer. They are very stout. I have an 89 for showing and also a 92 for fun. The 89 100% stock, the 92 is close to stock as well but some cool "day-two" mods, exhaust, shifter, suspension. Both rust free and no undercoating. They are tough too find in rock solid condition for reasonable prices these days.
but, like most have said, it's nice to have choices of which models you prefer.

I believe the reason for premium for coupes are possibly

they were the lightest,fastest from the factory
they were police cars
most likely to be modified, raced, making a stockish one difficult to find

with that being said I have a 92 5.0 coupe and a 92 5.0 hatch, I'd rather drive the hatch

[Boomer85gt]

1982 GT Rules!!! If I was to design a car, it would be the 82 GT with Recaro seats....

[Sinister]

1982 GT Rules!!! If I was to design a car, it would be the 82 GT with Recaro seats....

that just cosmetic , you can put recaro seat right now.

[rbonif]

I can't find the article? Is it viewable only through a paid subscription?

[rbonif]

nm...found it

[Sinister]

nm...found it

can you post link, thanks

[rbonif]

You need a paid subscription (which I don't have) to read the whole article. Perhaps if someone here does they can copy/paste the article...ty

http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/..._feature4.html