Question for you, let's say a 70 charger cost around 3k in 1970. Now that same car can go 100k in good shape and in great shape even more $$$ In your opinion what car will increase in value like those cars back then have in the next 40+ years
That 1984 GT350 had the 1984 Mustang GT engine with 175hp if it had a manual transmission. 210hp didn’t arrive until the 1985 5 speed GT. The rarest of the 1984 GT350’s were 2.3 turbo convertible versions of which only 105 were made.
Thank you pointing this out because I was going to do it, also the 5.0 EFI version had 165hp (I believe that was the 5.0 H.O. with automatic?). I saw a brand new 4 cyl Turbo Convertible GT350 in the showroom in Connecticut back in 1984, I wanted it, but sadly could not afford it. Also Carroll Shelby had nothing to do with this GT350. Also Wizard called this a 4 valve, that was not correct, the 4V meant 4 barrel.
This really takes me back. Many years ago my brother and I flew from North Carolina to Wichita Kansas to go pick up our very own 1984 mustang GT 350 convertible much like the one you have there. The car had about 70,000 miles on it. It had mustang pony wheels with the originals in the trunk not in bad shape not in great shape. We drove it 240 miles back to Wichita (sight unseen!) had to catch a flight so we had to get to the shippers really quick and get to the airport. Over the next several years the car went through many improvements and upgrades, refurbishment, it always showed well at car shows and got awards. It also went to the 45th anniversary of the mustang event, and it also showed at the 50th anniversary of the Mustang event where we got to drive it from Atlanta Georgia to Concord North Carolina for the finale of the Mustangs across America. The car has gone to a collector in Florida now but we have so many great memories of that car.
That was likely my old car. I bought it in 1997 and sold it in 1999 with about 48k miles on it at the Wichita swap meet. I put the 16" Pony wheels on it and sold it with the original TRX's. Cool that it ended up in NC, that's where I live now!
@@bmwpete65s55 we ended up buying it from Plains State Bank in Lakin KS if memory serves. The bank had it as the car was put up for collateral on a loan that defaulted. We had new paint carpets emblems installed and it looked fantastic. It lived under a padded car cover in a garage while we had it. Good memories!!!
Thanks for the follow up. I do recall the people that bought it from me lived a ways from Wichita. IIRC it was missing the number plaque on the dash but still had the anniversary badge.
I learned to drive in the early 70's, received my license in 1974. Had a few different cars all with small block V8's 2bbl carbs and they turned out a whopping 140 to maybe 165 HP. If I was lucky, because they were all high milage engines! I was a teen working full time and going to school. Couldn't afford much...Changed a few head gaskets back then. Thanks for the stroll back in time Wizard.
@@05gtdriver I recognized those rims right away.... What you taught me was that someone is/was making replicas of those old rims. The oddball tire size can't be found ANYWHERE. So originals are as worthless as buying a $10,000 a plate dinner with Q.E. 2.
I like the recreated TRX Wheels - not sure if anybody noticed. The originals were 390 mm (15.3 inch) diameter so you had to use the Michelin TRX tires. These appear to be 17 inch. Probably not forged like the originals, but a whole lot easier to buy tires for. Cool car.
My first car in 1984 as a HS senior was a '79 Mustang. Same basic body as this car. Mine was the 2.3L 4 with a 4 speed and was as base as base gets. 88HP, 13" steel wheels, no rubber body trim, only option was power steering. It was my college car and early work years before various body damage, mechanical wear-out and rust took it off the road in 1998 or 99. I remember the ads for this GT-350 car at the time. I might have a brochure in my collection, not sure anymore. Another special model that year was the SVO with the 2.3 turbo and intercooler. Someone I used to work with bought one in 1994 as a repair project and I got to sit in it once. They kept it a couple years and passed it on to a collector.
Yeah I had one for college. Had the moon roof but other wise base. The window crank gear broke after a year. Drove it hard for 6 years but it just plain wore out.
In college, I had a 1983 Mustang GLX Coupe with the 5.0 and 4 barrel Holley Carb like this one. It had red interior too, but the sun faded it quickly. I bought it for $3,050 with 105,000 miles (1988) and got it up to 250,000 (1995). The first thing I did was get 15x7" wheels and Koni springs, sway bars and adjustable shocks. Moderate HP but still good torque meant it could spin the tires and drift. Of course in 1990 I put in a Kenwood CD changer and subwoofer.
The “4v” is NOT the number of valves - it’s a standard 16 valve (8 intake, 8 exhaust) pushrod overhead valve engine. The “4v” is for 4 VENTURI, or 4 barrel carburetor. Also, Ford had been putting their cruise control switches on the steering wheel spokes since 1968.
I have a photo of myself with this model car at the 1984 auto show in Los Angeles. At the time we thought this was the greatest , and it was pretty great. I had a 1982 5.0 and it was a wonderful car.
Hey Wizzard, sorry to drop in but the 4v weas not 4 valve it stood for the card, it was a 4 barrel or 4 Venturi . A best friend of mine had on of those back in the 80's dropped a 460 in it when Nitrous put an inspection hole in cyl 3. Keep up the great work
This one looks just like mine, right down to the options.. The "high output" 5.0 engine had 175hp, the fuel injected 5.0 engine had 165hp and the Turbo 4 had 145 hp The car is missing the ducting from the air cleaner to the fenders.
Nice clean, 20th Anniversary Edition Mustang! In my opinion, the one year only 1984 GT/GT-350 nose is the best looking of all the 4 eye Fox body noses. I maybe a bit biased as I own one of the 5261 20th Anniversary cars (5.0, 5 speed T-Top car). Maybe a bit slow by today's standards but pretty good for the early 80's. The missing cold air hoses on the air cleaner are available from LMR and are a pretty good repop.
I had that exact car but with a hard top instead of a convertible top. It was a great car until it hit 60,000 miles then everything started breaking and rusting out. I t had a mechanical fuel pump driven off the crank shaft that was a nightmare to replace. I remember the clutch cable and heater core going as well as a number of other issues. If you like this style of Mustank, I'd def get an 1986 or later which had fuel injection and a lot more horsepower and reliability. Also, the wheels are metric and used an odd-ball size tire that was really expensive and have very poor grip.
I sold mine a couple of months ago. It was a great car. 96,333 miles when I purchased it and 104,654 miles when I sold it. Owned it for 7 yrs. Longest I’ve ever owned a car.
i still have my 1985 mustang. only the 4 cylinder with 4 speed and 350k miles! That's the best part. It lasted that many miles! Very little rust and good maintenance made it last. I also can say I did every oil change on it. At least 100 of them total or one every 3,500 miles.
Wizard does it again! He makes cars seem very real and life-like. It's like they have their own personalities. This video brings me back to buying my second new car. It was a Mustang LX 5.0, Oxford white with blue cloth interior. This car didn't have 10k on the clock and it leaked oil from the rear main seal and started smoking from bad valve guides upon starting it. This car was 11,000 in 1987. It was a 5 spd and the clutch grabbed so high that I modified the cable with an aftermarket adjustable cable. I really felt this car was a rip off. There is no comparison to my C4 Corvette with tuned port injection and a doug nash 4spd plus 3 tranny. A 350 Chevy V8 is ten times the motor of the early 5.0s.
Not true, I like Ford Trucks esp 1979 F250. I made lots of money with this truck doing landscape design. The Mustang I bought new in 1988 was a junk as soon as it drove off the lot.@@daveg9002
Wizard I was born in 1978 and remember the Dura spark I remember you could get modules that were reprogrammed for high output and more aggressive timing!
My best friend at the time had one of these and his Dad had the hard top! I remember putting a new car stereo in, took it for a test drive - doing 100mph with the top down, saw wire cutters on the cowl, reached over the windshield & grabbed it w/o slowing down.
When I started restoring my 68 Continental, I was dreading fixing the power windows as none of them worked. Little did I know they are the same motors Ford used for decades and they cost pennies compared to some hard-to-find classic car parts. Sometimes I like Ford.....sometimes.
Dad had a Ford Falcon in that same color scheme, motor was all chromed out. Was the 1/2 model year before the Mustang. It was all Mustang in a Falcon body, Ford was testing out the Mustang internals before release. was very much a sleeper. BTW like the joke of the "Borg" Cube in the background.
I owned a 83 Mustang 2.3l in Berlin Germany back in 1987. I built the engine up to 200hp at the wheels with help from Racer Walsh in Florida. It was expensive and a royal pain to get it through TÜV inspection, but worth it. I really loved blowing by BMWs with that thing.
This is so sad. My dad had a '69 Mustang, which I began to call, "horse car" as a young child. I absolutely loved the early Fox body mustangs and vowed to own one someday. About five years ago, I found a nice manual GT350 for sale and took my son to go look at it. Being 6'4" with really long legs, I sat in the drivers seat and realized I didn't fit. My son told me, "dad, you look stupid cramped in there." By the way, that same son was really upset when he found out a modern Camry was faster than his '65 Corvair. Nice video!
My first car was a red 83 5.0 glx convertible 5- speed all options. Drove it for yrs till wrecked it. Memories getting my exhibition ticket in it.Had to learn clutch on dad's 87 4x4 Toyota. Mom had 83 z28 back then too. Def fun times. Crazy how expensive they are nowdays
Basically the engine that’s in this car started out life as the 221 in 1962 which was used in the 1962 Fairlane. Sometime around 1963 or 1964, was bored out to 260 cubic inches, bored out again to 289 cubic inches for the Mustang and Fairlane, in 1968 was bored out to 302 cubic inches and basically remained unchanged until 2001. Not the worlds most powerful V8, but can run a long, long time when maintained and taken care of.
You forgot the 351W and the 255 versions of the small block ford. The 221, 260 and 289 all had the same stroke, but different bore sizes. The 289, 302 and 351W all had the same bore size but different strokes. The 255 shared the same stroke as the 302 but used a smaller bore.
@@MrSloika weren’t the 351W and 255 completely different blocks from the 221/260/289/302? I seem to think the 351W was slightly larger than the 221/260/289/302 small blocks.
@@seana806 Ford made three different V8 engines with a displacement of 351 cubes. The 351W which was based on the 221/255/260/289/302 block. and the 351C/351M which were based on an entirely different block.
We’ve got one of these ‘84 GT350 hatchbacks in the family. Unmodified with around the same mileage. I’m hoping we can restore it over time, on a budget, as it was barely driven since the early 90’s. It needs a full new exhaust, new brakes, new tires, etc. Cosmetically it is in great shape, but mechanically it needs help.
My Dad tried to buy one of these in hatchback form back in 1995 but just couldn't spare the money the used dealer asked for it. It was mint and low miles. On the topic of emissions...my 1983 GT with a 1995 roller cam motor that's been "opened up" a little bit will absolutely CRUSH that new V6 Camry you mentioned. Still very mild and naturally aspirated, just optimized a little bit. It's run a 13.3 quarter mile on all season radials which has the Toyota covered I think. It's about potential.... and the Toyota is maxed out already except for a turbo kit, which I could easily do as well, putting me easily into 11 second territory even with my bone stock iron cylinder heads. Good day. Great video.
I had a 1979 Mustang with the german built v6. It was one of the worst vehicles I have ever owned. It handled like a barge riding on marshmallows. It reeked of oil and gas on the interior. But it was cool. My last Mustang was a 97 v6 that I swapped to an 04 GT powertrain. I sold that one three years ago to buy a Miata. The Mustang was fun, but the Miata is REALLY FUN. As far as handling goes, the Miata is a scalpel, the Mustang is a hammer. That is a beautiful GT350 you have there!!
I bought the 1987 LX 5.0 5spd manual brand new. It was the second year of fuel injection but the first year of the higher 220 horsepower with 300 lbs of torque. Drove it hard, manual transmission had to be rebuilt at 15,000 - it couldn’t handle the power! Cops had the same issue. 14.7seconds in the quarter mile. It was fast then for stock
11:33 nothing truer has ever been spoken. My Dad used to own a 442 and a Chevelle SS and was always telling me when I was a teenager and starting to get into cars, how fast they were. As soon as he drove my E55 AMG, his jaw dropped and he says now it’s the fastest car he’s ever driven by far. Lol
The fastness of old cars comes from the sounds, vibrations and smells. You can drive a modern car fast without feeling anything. To drive an old car fast is an occasion of uncertainty, bravery and the constant presence of death. No computers to save you. That's why I love old cars.
Mine had 32000 original miles, all original, even had original hoses.I sold it to a guy out Car Wizard area,the guy owned a farm,he traveled 17 hours away,and gave me a 200 dollar tip,cause the car was what I described,cleaner than board of health.
You couldn’t get me to buy an 80’s era American car unless it was one of three models. The aero Chevy Monte Carlo SS, the Buick Grand National, or the red and black Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. Off the top of my head I can’t think of another model I would even want.
Here in Europe 4Cyls are even more powerful. The Mercedes A45s has 420bhp from its 2.0L cyl. Then there is the little Yaris GR with 270bhp from its 1.6 litre 3 cylinder. Crazy outputs from such small engines.
I found one of these later model fox bodies for sale when I was a teenager in high school. It wasn’t stock either. It was an ex highway patrol car with the upgraded police interceptor motor among varies other things. I believe it even had nitrous on it. Definitely wanted it definitely a good thing I couldn’t afford it back then too. 😂 it was 7k I believe and that was back in 2007.
Wow, that's _incredibly_ clean! I don't really dig the soft tops, but it's a sweet ride nonetheless. 😎 I like the SVO's more than anything though! 2.3t's for life
@CarWizard sorry to have to correct you, but the 84 5.0 V8 was only making 175HP. It was not until 85 they got the big HP bump to 210. The Anniversary cars had the same motors as the GT in both the manual and automatic cars.
Actually the '85 5.0L HO only got the 210 hp 4V carb version if you bought the stick shift. If you bought the 5.0L HO with an automatic you got a CFI version making 165 hp.
If you really want to look at one, a Dominator GT from Summit ford, I have a 83 with 34k miles and still has original plug wires, plugs, Hoses, etc. still runs great. Do research on them. Very neat factory Drag car like a old yenko Camaro.
Roll down quarter windows can be a real pain. Had to repair some in a 70 chevelle coupe. It wasn't that hard, but had to take out a lot of the car to do it.
Seemed like a very nicely prepared car, not mentioned but I noticed the wheels had also just been beautifully fully refurbished. The dashboard design looked like something out of a small plane? Is that a feature of “fox body” design cars? (We don’t have them in the U.K.)
Window motors was one of my worst nightmares on older cars (that and obviously major issues with the engine) but no matter how well made a car was, it seemed that back in the day (up until about the 2000's) window motor failures in general on most cars were common after about 10 years. They've gotten a lot better these days and most will outlast the car. Plus I guess a lot of newer cars have sensors to prevent you from overheating / overloading the motors by holding the button down, etc, so that may have helped too.
Another clean find from Bob. Unfortunately it's getting harder to find a Foxbody in good shape. There's many reasons, people shoddily modding them then promptly crashing, rust (see strut towers in the rust belt), and namely shoddy Ford quality of this era. Too many things break down on these, especially the convertibles. Windows out of alignment? Good luck getting everything sealed back up (especially the quarter windows - the bad window motor is an EASY fix relative to others!!). Door hinge bushings causing the doors to sag is a very common issue. Low quality interior plastic: ever accidentally lean on the ash tray cover, woops!!! Headlight housings commonly break due to the plastic bracket getting brittle (most people get aftermarket single piece housings anymore). The list gets very long, don't ask how I know.
First a Foxy Mustang, but I also spy a Snake. Viper in the background!! Loving the Chevy 4x4 too, the one next to KITT. Edit: Still would take that '84 over any 2024 Mustang.
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Mrs Wizard lookin pretty hot sitting on the hood.
Question for you, let's say a 70 charger cost around 3k in 1970. Now that same car can go 100k in good shape and in great shape even more $$$ In your opinion what car will increase in value like those cars back then have in the next 40+ years
47,000 mi in already had a catalytic converter put on it something doesn't sound right to me.
Great looking car and fast enough but the 4V on the air cleaner refers to the 4 barrel carb not 4 valves as it is a 302 windsor engine.
That 1984 GT350 had the 1984 Mustang GT engine with 175hp if it had a manual transmission. 210hp didn’t arrive until the 1985 5 speed GT. The rarest of the 1984 GT350’s were 2.3 turbo convertible versions of which only 105 were made.
Thank you pointing this out because I was going to do it, also the 5.0 EFI version had 165hp (I believe that was the 5.0 H.O. with automatic?). I saw a brand new 4 cyl Turbo Convertible GT350 in the showroom in Connecticut back in 1984, I wanted it, but sadly could not afford it. Also Carroll Shelby had nothing to do with this GT350. Also Wizard called this a 4 valve, that was not correct, the 4V meant 4 barrel.
Shelby sued Ford for using his name without permission. At the time he was working with Chrysler on the Shelby Charger and Omni GLH
All points correct from what I can recall. Nice work! 👍
@@emeyer6963
Ford didn’t use the name “Shelby” but Carrol Shelby sued Ford for using the “GT350” model designation. Shelby won the $1.00 he sued for.
Thanks for the correction.Been a few years and the memory is getting a bit hazy,@@MustangsTrainsMowers
This really takes me back. Many years ago my brother and I flew from North Carolina to Wichita Kansas to go pick up our very own 1984 mustang GT 350 convertible much like the one you have there. The car had about 70,000 miles on it. It had mustang pony wheels with the originals in the trunk not in bad shape not in great shape. We drove it 240 miles back to Wichita (sight unseen!) had to catch a flight so we had to get to the shippers really quick and get to the airport. Over the next several years the car went through many improvements and upgrades, refurbishment, it always showed well at car shows and got awards. It also went to the 45th anniversary of the mustang event, and it also showed at the 50th anniversary of the Mustang event where we got to drive it from Atlanta Georgia to Concord North Carolina for the finale of the Mustangs across America. The car has gone to a collector in Florida now but we have so many great memories of that car.
That was likely my old car. I bought it in 1997 and sold it in 1999 with about 48k miles on it at the Wichita swap meet. I put the 16" Pony wheels on it and sold it with the original TRX's.
Cool that it ended up in NC, that's where I live now!
@@bmwpete65s55 we ended up buying it from Plains State Bank in Lakin KS if memory serves. The bank had it as the car was put up for collateral on a loan that defaulted. We had new paint carpets emblems installed and it looked fantastic. It lived under a padded car cover in a garage while we had it. Good memories!!!
Thanks for the follow up. I do recall the people that bought it from me lived a ways from Wichita. IIRC it was missing the number plaque on the dash but still had the anniversary badge.
I learned to drive in the early 70's, received my license in 1974. Had a few different cars all with small block V8's 2bbl carbs and they turned out a whopping 140 to maybe 165 HP. If I was lucky, because they were all high milage engines! I was a teen working full time and going to school. Couldn't afford much...Changed a few head gaskets back then. Thanks for the stroll back in time Wizard.
What a treat to see this creampuff of a Mustang! Thank you for featuring it. One of the nicest examples I've seen -- just look at those wheels!
The rim were exceptional
Real sad part the single exhaust
Those look like the LMR 16" TRX replica wheels. The lips look too deep for the original 390mm TRX wheel.
@@05gtdriver I recognized those rims right away.... What you taught me was that someone is/was making replicas of those old rims. The oddball tire size can't be found ANYWHERE. So originals are as worthless as buying a $10,000 a plate dinner with Q.E. 2.
4V = 4 Venturi (4 Barrel) carburetor. I learned this way back in 1978.
Exactly. Even an accomplished mechanic like Car Wizard should know that...
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I like the recreated TRX Wheels - not sure if anybody noticed. The originals were 390 mm (15.3 inch) diameter so you had to use the Michelin TRX tires. These appear to be 17 inch. Probably not forged like the originals, but a whole lot easier to buy tires for. Cool car.
Yep! LMR makes em
Many owners just got rid of the original trx wheels.
Some British cars and BMW from the 80's had metric tyres as well. Very pricey if you can get them at all.
LMR makes them. The stock metric wheel comes out to about 15.9". The new ones come in 16"
16”
My first car in 1984 as a HS senior was a '79 Mustang. Same basic body as this car. Mine was the 2.3L 4 with a 4 speed and was as base as base gets. 88HP, 13" steel wheels, no rubber body trim, only option was power steering. It was my college car and early work years before various body damage, mechanical wear-out and rust took it off the road in 1998 or 99.
I remember the ads for this GT-350 car at the time. I might have a brochure in my collection, not sure anymore.
Another special model that year was the SVO with the 2.3 turbo and intercooler. Someone I used to work with bought one in 1994 as a repair project and I got to sit in it once. They kept it a couple years and passed it on to a collector.
Could it even do burnouts with 2.3 liters and 4 cylinders?
Yeah I had one for college. Had the moon roof but other wise base. The window crank gear broke after a year. Drove it hard for 6 years but it just plain wore out.
4V stands for 4 Venturi Carb not 4 valve.
But but but. He's a wizard..
4V is the heads in the Cleveland ford motor I had a ford falcon with a Cleveland 4V heads much bigger inlet ports
@@laneaj54no. 4v just means they came from a 4v (Venturi or barrel) Cleveland engine
@@mistersecret88no one on earth is going to know every little insignificant detail about every car on earth
@@jacobyo99 he's the wizard. He can conjure a
Up the info.
In college, I had a 1983 Mustang GLX Coupe with the 5.0 and 4 barrel Holley Carb like this one. It had red interior too, but the sun faded it quickly. I bought it for $3,050 with 105,000 miles (1988) and got it up to 250,000 (1995). The first thing I did was get 15x7" wheels and Koni springs, sway bars and adjustable shocks. Moderate HP but still good torque meant it could spin the tires and drift. Of course in 1990 I put in a Kenwood CD changer and subwoofer.
The “4v” is NOT the number of valves - it’s a standard 16 valve (8 intake, 8 exhaust) pushrod overhead valve engine.
The “4v” is for 4 VENTURI, or 4 barrel carburetor.
Also, Ford had been putting their cruise control switches on the steering wheel spokes since 1968.
@@vnitto no one said that
Bob you find some very nice cars and the wizard is the man to fix them
The back ends were really squirrely. Made them feel fast, and were fun. I had a 91 5.0 LX. Loved it.
V8 coupes were scary driving in the rain
Haha That's what my wife realized when she spun out and went into the ditch backwards.@@BruceLee-xn3nn
The downside to a "Live rear axle" without limited slip. But it was the only way you could buy them.
I have a photo of myself with this model car at the 1984 auto show in Los Angeles. At the time we thought this was the greatest , and it was pretty great. I had a 1982 5.0 and it was a wonderful car.
This was my first car crush. My best friend’s brother worked at a ford dealer and bought one new in 84 I was 16 and that car was my dream car.
Hey Wizzard, sorry to drop in but the 4v weas not 4 valve it stood for the card, it was a 4 barrel or 4 Venturi . A best friend of mine had on of those back in the 80's dropped a 460 in it when Nitrous put an inspection hole in cyl 3. Keep up the great work
This one looks just like mine, right down to the options.. The "high output" 5.0 engine had 175hp, the fuel injected 5.0 engine had 165hp and the Turbo 4 had 145 hp The car is missing the ducting from the air cleaner to the fenders.
I noticed that too!
So cool to see this mustang at 11:19 sitting next to the black KITT TA in the background! Flashbacks!
5.0 liter 4V HO stands for 5.0 liter four venturi high output.....
Great video!
Nice clean, 20th Anniversary Edition Mustang! In my opinion, the one year only 1984 GT/GT-350 nose is the best looking of all the 4 eye Fox body noses. I maybe a bit biased as I own one of the 5261 20th Anniversary cars (5.0, 5 speed T-Top car). Maybe a bit slow by today's standards but pretty good for the early 80's. The missing cold air hoses on the air cleaner are available from LMR and are a pretty good repop.
"4 litre HO"
High output 😂😂
I had that exact car but with a hard top instead of a convertible top. It was a great car until it hit 60,000 miles then everything started breaking and rusting out. I t had a mechanical fuel pump driven off the crank shaft that was a nightmare to replace. I remember the clutch cable and heater core going as well as a number of other issues. If you like this style of Mustank, I'd def get an 1986 or later which had fuel injection and a lot more horsepower and reliability. Also, the wheels are metric and used an odd-ball size tire that was really expensive and have very poor grip.
Off the crank huh? Funny every other windsor engine was run off the cam...
I sold mine a couple of months ago. It was a great car. 96,333 miles when I purchased it and 104,654 miles when I sold it. Owned it for 7 yrs. Longest I’ve ever owned a car.
i still have my 1985 mustang. only the 4 cylinder with 4 speed and 350k miles! That's the best part. It lasted that many miles! Very little rust and good maintenance made it last. I also can say I did every oil change on it. At least 100 of them total or one every 3,500 miles.
Had a 86 notch in the same combo. I liked that the reverse gear was over and down. I believe it had the German 4 speed instead of srod. Miss mine bad.
Wow .. That thing is in unbelievable condition .. I owned a '91 and that poor body was not meant to withstand rust .. Absolutely beautiful
Dam Wizard......that 84 GT-350 is pulling my heart strings
Wizard does it again! He makes cars seem very real and life-like. It's like they have their own personalities. This video brings me back to buying my second new car. It was a Mustang LX 5.0, Oxford white with blue cloth interior. This car didn't have 10k on the clock and it leaked oil from the rear main seal and started smoking from bad valve guides upon starting it. This car was 11,000 in 1987. It was a 5 spd and the clutch grabbed so high that I modified the cable with an aftermarket adjustable cable. I really felt this car was a rip off. There is no comparison to my C4 Corvette with tuned port injection and a doug nash 4spd plus 3 tranny. A 350 Chevy V8 is ten times the motor of the early 5.0s.
Yeah yeah whatever typical gm guy always have to hate on ford
Not true, I like Ford Trucks esp 1979 F250. I made lots of money with this truck doing landscape design. The Mustang I bought new in 1988 was a junk as soon as it drove off the lot.@@daveg9002
Wizard I was born in 1978 and remember the Dura spark I remember you could get modules that were reprogrammed for high output and more aggressive timing!
I love 4 eye foxes! My first car was a 79 Capri RS. I have a 79 Capri RS Turbo now. These cars look great together!
My best friend at the time had one of these and his Dad had the hard top! I remember putting a new car stereo in, took it for a test drive - doing 100mph with the top down, saw wire cutters on the cowl, reached over the windshield & grabbed it w/o slowing down.
When I started restoring my 68 Continental, I was dreading fixing the power windows as none of them worked.
Little did I know they are the same motors Ford used for decades and they cost pennies compared to some hard-to-find classic car parts. Sometimes I like Ford.....sometimes.
I own a GT350 2.3 litre Turbo 5 speed convertible . Love it!!
Had an 84. Straight up bucket of a car.
Thanks for sharing Wizard!
Dad had a Ford Falcon in that same color scheme, motor was all chromed out. Was the 1/2 model year before the Mustang. It was all Mustang in a Falcon body, Ford was testing out the Mustang internals before release. was very much a sleeper. BTW like the joke of the "Borg" Cube in the background.
My first new car was a 1978 Mustang King Cobra. With every option, it was about 9 thousand.
I had a 79 Mustang 5.0 automatic with the Ghia package light blue with dark blue vinyl top. This was back in 92.
I owned a 83 Mustang 2.3l in Berlin Germany back in 1987. I built the engine up to 200hp at the wheels with help from Racer Walsh in Florida. It was expensive and a royal pain to get it through TÜV inspection, but worth it. I really loved blowing by BMWs with that thing.
Love the new Intro Music! Sounds great!
This is so sad. My dad had a '69 Mustang, which I began to call, "horse car" as a young child. I absolutely loved the early Fox body mustangs and vowed to own one someday. About five years ago, I found a nice manual GT350 for sale and took my son to go look at it. Being 6'4" with really long legs, I sat in the drivers seat and realized I didn't fit. My son told me, "dad, you look stupid cramped in there." By the way, that same son was really upset when he found out a modern Camry was faster than his '65 Corvair. Nice video!
FYI, the throttle body injection only came with the automatic version. The 5 speed got the 4BBL
'84 Mustang 302s were 175 HP. 215 in '85 when they upgraded the cam and added roller lifters.
Stunning bit of kit Wizard,amazingly low mileage, quite incredible!What a find,man!👌👍🦾🏈🇿🇦
I love the first Gen fox body mustang. My dad had one JUST like this one when I was a kid
Love the Foxbody Mustangs & that looks to be very clean and nice ride indeed Sir!
Nice car! I was a junior in high school when those came out.
My first car was a red 83 5.0 glx convertible 5- speed all options. Drove it for yrs till wrecked it. Memories getting my exhibition ticket in it.Had to learn clutch on dad's 87 4x4 Toyota. Mom had 83 z28 back then too. Def fun times. Crazy how expensive they are nowdays
Basically the engine that’s in this car started out life as the 221 in 1962 which was used in the 1962 Fairlane. Sometime around 1963 or 1964, was bored out to 260 cubic inches, bored out again to 289 cubic inches for the Mustang and Fairlane, in 1968 was bored out to 302 cubic inches and basically remained unchanged until 2001. Not the worlds most powerful V8, but can run a long, long time when maintained and taken care of.
You forgot the 351W and the 255 versions of the small block ford. The 221, 260 and 289 all had the same stroke, but different bore sizes. The 289, 302 and 351W all had the same bore size but different strokes. The 255 shared the same stroke as the 302 but used a smaller bore.
@@MrSloika weren’t the 351W and 255 completely different blocks from the 221/260/289/302? I seem to think the 351W was slightly larger than the 221/260/289/302 small blocks.
@@seana806 Ford made three different V8 engines with a displacement of 351 cubes. The 351W which was based on the 221/255/260/289/302 block. and the 351C/351M which were based on an entirely different block.
@@seana806 The deck height is 9.5" on the 351W. The smaller Windsors have an 8.2" deck height.
We’ve got one of these ‘84 GT350 hatchbacks in the family. Unmodified with around the same mileage. I’m hoping we can restore it over time, on a budget, as it was barely driven since the early 90’s. It needs a full new exhaust, new brakes, new tires, etc. Cosmetically it is in great shape, but mechanically it needs help.
My Dad tried to buy one of these in hatchback form back in 1995 but just couldn't spare the money the used dealer asked for it. It was mint and low miles. On the topic of emissions...my 1983 GT with a 1995 roller cam motor that's been "opened up" a little bit will absolutely CRUSH that new V6 Camry you mentioned. Still very mild and naturally aspirated, just optimized a little bit. It's run a 13.3 quarter mile on all season radials which has the Toyota covered I think. It's about potential.... and the Toyota is maxed out already except for a turbo kit, which I could easily do as well, putting me easily into 11 second territory even with my bone stock iron cylinder heads. Good day. Great video.
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@ezacher4634 tee hee 😂... yeah nothing spectacular, just some old school stuff that might raise the eyebrow of Johnny Law.
I had a 1979 Mustang with the german built v6. It was one of the worst vehicles I have ever owned. It handled like a barge riding on marshmallows. It reeked of oil and gas on the interior. But it was cool. My last Mustang was a 97 v6 that I swapped to an 04 GT powertrain. I sold that one three years ago to buy a Miata. The Mustang was fun, but the Miata is REALLY FUN. As far as handling goes, the Miata is a scalpel, the Mustang is a hammer. That is a beautiful GT350 you have there!!
Those wheels look amazing!
Jack Telnack is a genius of automotive design!
I bought the 1987 LX 5.0 5spd manual brand new. It was the second year of fuel injection but the first year of the higher 220 horsepower with 300 lbs of torque. Drove it hard, manual transmission had to be rebuilt at 15,000 - it couldn’t handle the power! Cops had the same issue. 14.7seconds in the quarter mile. It was fast then for stock
I had a similar red interior in my 88 5.0 swapped ranger 😢 I still miss that truck
The 4V on the air cleaner stood for 4 venturi (4 Barrel carb) not 4 valve as you stated
11:33 nothing truer has ever been spoken. My Dad used to own a 442 and a Chevelle SS and was always telling me when I was a teenager and starting to get into cars, how fast they were. As soon as he drove my E55 AMG, his jaw dropped and he says now it’s the fastest car he’s ever driven by far. Lol
Beautiful Fox Body. I prefer the four eyes over the later euro looking headlights.
The fastness of old cars comes from the sounds, vibrations and smells. You can drive a modern car fast without feeling anything. To drive an old car fast is an occasion of uncertainty, bravery and the constant presence of death. No computers to save you. That's why I love old cars.
I had a 1983! mustang I love the look with the square hedlamps
Euroasian Bob def has a good eye... A very nice find.
Mine had 32000 original miles, all original, even had original hoses.I sold it to a guy out Car Wizard area,the guy owned a farm,he traveled 17 hours away,and gave me a 200 dollar tip,cause the car was what I described,cleaner than board of health.
Brother made me LOL 😂😂😂
Ford's great torque pins! I've replaced the drivers side in the Marquis and the passenger side in the Mark V.
4V means 4 barrel or 4 venturi carburetor.
When I played summer baseball in high school, one of my teammates had one of these, with a tow hitch, lol.
I love those! I had a 84 4 bang stang 4 spd notchback in high school that I wanted to paint like the GT350 and put a SVO motor in.
They aren't much more than a color/stripe/wheel package. Shelby went at Ford for this little "GT350" reissuance- licensing can be a sticky issue
You couldn’t get me to buy an 80’s era American car unless it was one of three models. The aero Chevy Monte Carlo SS, the Buick Grand National, or the red and black Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. Off the top of my head I can’t think of another model I would even want.
The exhaust welds look like someone smeared cold peanut butter with a comb.
Here in Europe 4Cyls are even more powerful. The Mercedes A45s has 420bhp from its 2.0L cyl. Then there is the little Yaris GR with 270bhp from its 1.6 litre 3 cylinder. Crazy outputs from such small engines.
You are also comparing 2023 technology with early eighties technology.
How much horsepower were 2.0L and 1.6L engines producing in the early 80s?
Rear main seal leak. High Mileage oil will help minimize the seepage.
Congrats to the future owner.
Nice car ! I believe the first year for fuel injection was 1986.
I found one of these later model fox bodies for sale when I was a teenager in high school. It wasn’t stock either. It was an ex highway patrol car with the upgraded police interceptor motor among varies other things. I believe it even had nitrous on it. Definitely wanted it definitely a good thing I couldn’t afford it back then too. 😂 it was 7k I believe and that was back in 2007.
the engine was no different except for a bigger alternator to run lights and blue radiator hoses. no power increase over the stock engine.
@@bigd835 it had since been modified after the fact.
Wow, that's _incredibly_ clean! I don't really dig the soft tops, but it's a sweet ride nonetheless. 😎
I like the SVO's more than anything though! 2.3t's for life
@CarWizard sorry to have to correct you, but the 84 5.0 V8 was only making 175HP. It was not until 85 they got the big HP bump to 210. The Anniversary cars had the same motors as the GT in both the manual and automatic cars.
But but but. He's a wizard...
Actually the '85 5.0L HO only got the 210 hp 4V carb version if you bought the stick shift. If you bought the 5.0L HO with an automatic you got a CFI version making 165 hp.
I love videos of these old cars, would love a video of that beautiful squarebody also
If you really want to look at one, a Dominator GT from Summit ford, I have a 83 with 34k miles and still has original plug wires, plugs, Hoses, etc. still runs great. Do research on them. Very neat factory Drag car like a old yenko Camaro.
Owning this car is as cool as still owning a pair of Reebok high tops from the same era.
Bob has uncanny Spidey sense for locating these gems
Nice little Mustang for sure
The automatics came with the EFI, manuals had carbs.
Only the Automatic cars had the fuel injection in 1984. The manual cars got the Holley 4-bbl
That engine bay could use a good detailing
The mighty 302! Great engine!
Roll down quarter windows can be a real pain. Had to repair some in a 70 chevelle coupe. It wasn't that hard, but had to take out a lot of the car to do it.
The only manufacturer of tires for those wheels is Michelin. They are metric, somewhere between 14" and 15".
Seemed like a very nicely prepared car, not mentioned but I noticed the wheels had also just been beautifully fully refurbished. The dashboard design looked like something out of a small plane? Is that a feature of “fox body” design cars? (We don’t have them in the U.K.)
Just an FYI Ford started putting the cruise control buttons on the steering wheel in 1966 with the Thunderbird.
Good shape for the shape it's in.
4V MEANS 4 BARREL I THINK, NOT 4 VALVES, THEY DIDN'T PUT HOW MANY VALVES ON THE AIR CLEANER.
Window motors was one of my worst nightmares on older cars (that and obviously major issues with the engine) but no matter how well made a car was, it seemed that back in the day (up until about the 2000's) window motor failures in general on most cars were common after about 10 years. They've gotten a lot better these days and most will outlast the car. Plus I guess a lot of newer cars have sensors to prevent you from overheating / overloading the motors by holding the button down, etc, so that may have helped too.
What killed most of those motors was seal failure that allowed moisture to get into the motors. This in turn caused corrosion and failure.
Auto had the CFI fuel injection 4V “4 barrel carb” were 5 speed.
My first car was a 1979 Ghia with the mighty 160HP 302. It had those same weird metric four lug rims with the expensive Michelin tires.
The 302 wasn't making 160 hp in 1979. In fact it wouldn't even make 157 until 1982 for the HO V8 with the 82 return of the Mustang GT.
@@houseofno I knew it was MIGHTY! LOL.
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Another clean find from Bob. Unfortunately it's getting harder to find a Foxbody in good shape. There's many reasons, people shoddily modding them then promptly crashing, rust (see strut towers in the rust belt), and namely shoddy Ford quality of this era. Too many things break down on these, especially the convertibles. Windows out of alignment? Good luck getting everything sealed back up (especially the quarter windows - the bad window motor is an EASY fix relative to others!!). Door hinge bushings causing the doors to sag is a very common issue. Low quality interior plastic: ever accidentally lean on the ash tray cover, woops!!! Headlight housings commonly break due to the plastic bracket getting brittle (most people get aftermarket single piece housings anymore). The list gets very long, don't ask how I know.
Looks like a EuroAsian Bob piece.
First a Foxy Mustang, but I also spy a Snake. Viper in the background!!
Loving the Chevy 4x4 too, the one next to KITT.
Edit: Still would take that '84 over any 2024 Mustang.