Picked up a 1983 Mustang GT Wide Body ..

[Boyd]

Does it have a cage? The body might be weakened a bit from all the cornering its done. My first Pace car was raced two seasons in showroom stock and the body would twist enough to make the rear hatch pull up on the loop the rear hatch attaches to.

[jvaughan]

the lower half of the rear bumper is also white

[onebad93LX]

Does it have a cage? The body might be weakened a bit from all the cornering its done. My first Pace car was raced two seasons in showroom stock and the body would twist enough to make the rear hatch pull up on the loop the rear hatch attaches to.

Yea it's got a real nice cage partially installed.. The kid I bought it from was installing a speaker box system in the rear. I'm planning on pulling most of the interior first and redoing the hacked up wiring.

[Mr Joshua]

it'd be nice to see it restored to it's previous racing state good project

[02Z06]

Very cool. That's a Kamei front air dam in the picture by the way if you wanted to get the same one for it, those are fantastic looking air dams. Very cool piece of racing history, can't wait to see this one fixed up.

[86 50CPRI]

It's kinda baffling to me that it can get like that in 10 years.

this was my first thought,too.

I think also that the white roll bars and the yellow padding kinda seals the deal on the fact you have found old history.Plus all the other little glimpses of yellow here and there....

[onebad93LX]

I've been on the phone with the original owner and builder of the car.

Car was bought new in early 83. Original T-Top car..He started autocrossing it 87..

Widebody kit was hand made and installed in 88, global west c/c installed, Rancho adjustable strut bar installed, and SVO front control arms were also installed.

In 89 he had the T-top roof replaced with a solid roof, and replaced the under powered 302 with a drop in RHO 302 motorsports engine (B-cam, GT40 heads)..Trans/brakes/rear axle were upgraded in 93 to Cobra Specs.

The cage is made by Autopower. The wide wheels are made by Monocoque (16X9.5) and the wheels on it now are made by Revolution (16X7).

He still has the wide wheels and is sending them to me.. Should have them by next week!! WooHoo!!

Plans are to have it running/driving 100% this year.. and painted and racing next year.

[Motorcity]

Wow, this is turning out to be a very cool score! That car has some history. I remember seeing one other Mustang with these flares years ago in I think Hot Rod magazine. They had it as a project car and then gave it away to a lucky person. Also, I remember seeing these metal flares in the early Ford Motorsport catalogs. Keep us posted on the progress!

[Blainer]

Nice Find and cool history. I would recreate it to look like that car in the pictures.

[SVT Rob]

I've been on the phone with the original owner and builder of the car.

Car was bought new in early 83. Original T-Top car..He started autocrossing it 87..

Widebody kit was hand made and installed in 88, global west c/c installed, Rancho adjustable strut bar installed, and SVO front control arms were also installed.

In 89 he had the T-top roof replaced with a solid roof, and replaced the under powered 302 with a drop in RHO 302 motorsports engine (B-cam, GT40 heads)..Trans/brakes/rear axle were upgraded in 93 to Cobra Specs.

The cage is made by Autopower. The wide wheels are made by Monocoque (16X9.5) and the wheels on it now are made by Revolution (16X7).

He still has the wide wheels and is sending them to me.. Should have them by next week!! WooHoo!!

Plans are to have it running/driving 100% this year.. and painted and racing next year.

Congrats!!!

You got an awesome deal for $1500!!

[Blainer]

Look what happens when young kids get these cars(in most cases). You should show the kid the way the car looked. He might kick himself a little.

[AT6svo]

Man, what an outstanding find and very cool that you were able to capitalize on it. Even better you were able to track down the history and the wheels!!!

The old school pics look freaking hot. 83/84's are not my favorite front end (you'd never know that by my sig) but with the Kamei airdam it transforms the car.

I wish you the best of luck on the resto-mod and looking forward to seeing a build thread on this shortly. Congrats!

[BoOgY]

hmm thats nice!
in a weird way!
=]

[tan84mustanggt]

I've been on the phone with the original owner and builder of the car.

Car was bought new in early 83. Original T-Top car..He started autocrossing it 87..

Widebody kit was hand made and installed in 88, global west c/c installed, Rancho adjustable strut bar installed, and SVO front control arms were also installed.

In 89 he had the T-top roof replaced with a solid roof, and replaced the under powered 302 with a drop in RHO 302 motorsports engine (B-cam, GT40 heads)..Trans/brakes/rear axle were upgraded in 93 to Cobra Specs.

The cage is made by Autopower. The wide wheels are made by Monocoque (16X9.5) and the wheels on it now are made by Revolution (16X7).

He still has the wide wheels and is sending them to me.. Should have them by next week!! WooHoo!!

Plans are to have it running/driving 100% this year.. and painted and racing next year.

That's great you have all that info!! Are you planning a resto to as raced condition, or are you gonna do it your own way?

[85 GT Kid]

Wow thats cool. The first time I saw it i was like but seeing what it was is really cool. O if your gonna be autocrossin it you should reinstall some ttop to make it look cool . Keep us posted.

[nc79hatch]

im with ashley on the resto racer!!!! nice find!!

[mutantcapri1979]

I totally need to see that car with capri stuff on it. That custom sheet metal is neat, even if its rough right now.

[onebad93LX]

I totally need to see that car with capri stuff on it. That custom sheet metal is neat, even if its rough right now.

The thought crossed my mind. I will probably mock up some Capri bumpers on it, just to see what it looks like.

[onebad93LX]

im with ashley on the resto racer!!!! nice find!!

O it will definitely be setup to autocross.. I have some old school Motorsport body decals I plan on using.. I know it will get painted back yellow/white for sure.

[denshem]

Are those Revolution racing wheels?

[86 50CPRI]

from the library:

[onebad93LX]

Are those Revolution racing wheels?

yep.. good eye

[bkoons85gt]

What a great find and very cool that you were able to track down the history. I think the history is the best part of the story! I am looking forward to seeing a build thread also.

[Motorcity]

from the library:

Nice Crimson Cat! The name Lyn St. James comes to mind... is that right?

[7t9cobra]

wow. my first impression was.... eww... ahhh!! your eyes are fallin out!!!
but after looking at the details and noticing the hints that point out what it really is... i am really really jealous lol that car is going to be sweet! i find it amazing that you got the true history on the car and not only that, but youre getting the original wheels he had for it. excellent find! the original look is absolutely beautiful.