1988 GT Black with Red interior and Gray Bottom POLL

[RDLINE1]

1988 Mustang GT Black with Gray Bottom & Red Stripe. 120k Miles
Red Interior 5 Speed All Original
I’m restoring the car only to resale it. Normally I would just paint it all Black, however this car is in decent shape with all the Vin tags in place, not sure there is anyone out there collecting 100K miles cars?
So my Poll question is Paint the car Solid Black Or Black and Gray?

[Mystic1199]

for the price its going to cost for paint done right and anything else you need to do on a restore your going to lose money .

[RDLINE1]

for the price its going to cost for paint done right and anything else you need to do on a restore your going to lose money .

I'm a Paint guy, $$

[1993cobra]

paint it all black , if you get tired of it or want to put it back original , it would be easy to pull the ground effects and and spray them along with the lower body, then run the red stripe tape.

[RDLINE1]

1988 Model Production Numbers

LX 5.0 Sedan (P40E): 5,568 (379 of them Special Service)
LX 5.0 Hatchback (P41E): 16,331
LX 5.0 Convertible (P44E): 5,188
GT Hatchback (P42E): 50,282
GT Convertible (P45E): 18,158

1988 Color Production Numbers

66 Topical Yellow
LX 5.0 Sedan (P40E): 46
LX 5.0 Hatchback (P41E): 127
LX 5.0 Convertible (P44E): 120
GT Hatchback (P42E): N/A
GT Convertible (P45E): N/A

1C Black
LX 5.0 Sedan (P40E): 1,552
LX 5.0 Hatchback (P41E): 3,832
LX 5.0 Convertible (P44E): 768
GT Hatchback (P42E): 12,017
With 12k black ones made in 88. Not sure if its as rare as I thought. I like your Idea on all Black and then respray the Gray if I found a buyer that said 'they had a Blk and Gray one' or they wanted one.

[Mystic1199]

Im curious i know we are in different parts of the states but whats this car worth painted with 100k miles out there ?

[WillyB93]

I personally prefer the different colors on the fox bodys, I had a emerald green GT with a gray bottom at one point.

[jstanley55]

Im curious i know we are in different parts of the states but whats this car worth painted with 100k miles out there ?

For a gauge, here's what appears to be a really clean 87 with 57k on it for 8 g's:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ct ... 56159.html

[Mystic1199]

Im curious i know we are in different parts of the states but whats this car worth painted with 100k miles out there ?

For a gauge, here's what appears to be a really clean 87 with 57k on it for 8 g's:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ct ... 56159.html

2 totally different cars ...i wouldnt even compare the two

[RDLINE1]

Im curious i know we are in different parts of the states but whats this car worth painted with 100k miles out there ?

For a gauge, here's what appears to be a really clean 87 with 57k on it for 8 g's:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ct ... 56159.html

2 totally different cars ...i wouldnt even compare the two

I agree with Mystic, The car I am working on is very different than that 57k car. J that is a clean one.
The 57k mile car is very clean and is garage kept, not a driven car. +positive+ On the -negitive side it's an automatic.

I have restored covert's, automatics, 5 speeds, lx's and so on so on. Automatic's are very hard to flip. I'm in Colorado so the other hard one to get rid of is the convertables. Out here there is ether junk or low milage cars, not too many in between. It's always fun to search craiglist in Colorado and see the hacked out 5.0 for 5-7 grand. Then I list a clean one for the same price. Not too many clean drivers out so I make a decent profit. The Black 5 speeds always sell fast.

[jstanley55]

For a gauge, here's what appears to be a really clean 87 with 57k on it for 8 g's:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ct ... 56159.html[/quote]


2 totally different cars ...i wouldnt even compare the two[/quote]

I agree with Mystic, The car I am working on is very different than that 57k car. J that is a clean one.
The 57k mile car is very clean and is garage kept, not a driven car. +positive+ On the -negitive side it's an automatic.

I have restored covert's, automatics, 5 speeds, lx's and so on so on. Automatic's are very hard to flip. I'm in Colorado so the other hard one to get rid of is the convertables. Out here there is ether junk or low milage cars, not too many in between. It's always fun to search craiglist in Colorado and see the hacked out 5.0 for 5-7 grand. Then I list a clean one for the same price. Not too many clean drivers out so I make a decent profit. The Black 5 speeds always sell fast.[/quote]

I agree. I misread his question and was just giving an example of what clean 5.0's are list at out west. But yeah, other than the auto it's a nice ride!

[Z282SLO]

The Black 5 speeds always sell fast.

X2. I sold my '89 GT to the first buyer that came to look at it.

[escogt]

The Black 5 speeds always sell fast.

X2. I sold my '89 GT to the first buyer that came to look at it.

Same here with my '93GT 'vert. 1st come... SOLD!!

[93Cobra#2771]

I voted black/grey - as bone stock as this car is, I'd keep the colors stock as well.

If it was a modded car, I'd do solid black.

[RDLINE1]

Just got back online with you guys, I still have the car, Wife left me right after that last post, ( ) so Im now on track to finish the car. I post some pic's of the progress.. or lack of.. Thankfully she didnt take any thing!