Ordered this car in June 2012, only options being the Recaro cloth seats and the Track Pack, otherwise the car is a base-model GT with the 6-speed manual.
Car showed up at the dealer early August '12 with a broken-off pass side mirror.
That didn't stop me from taking the car out on a quick test drive with my at-the-time girlfriend by my side:
At the time I was a Service Advisor at that dealership, so as soon as the car showed up I ordered a new mirror and mirror cover for it. A mirror showed up 2 days later only to have it be missing the little blind-spot mirror built into the '13 mirrors. Ordered another mirror and this one was correct.
Meanwhile, the painted-by-our-body-shop mirror cover was waiting to be installed, so as soon as the correct mirror showed up, I quickly installed the new mirror and cover and started doing paperwork.
On Saturday 8-11-2012 it was finally time for the delivery.
The old and the new, Charger being traded in, Mustang being the new fun toy:
And a couple of pics once I got it home:
Then a short time later the mods started happening.
8-11-2012, same day I took it home, the car got a set of MMD hood struts
8-12-2012: GT500 mufflers, with the tips and their back sides painted flat black by me, with high-temp paint:
8-28-2012: Plasti-Dipped my "5.0" front-fender badges:
8-29-2012: purchased a used set of Boss302 blue coil covers which didn't get installed for months after I got them.
8-29-2012: A flat-black front-grille pony cover off eBay:
8-30-2012: Tinted my 3rd brake light lens:
9-04-2012 : LED's for the dome lights, license plate lights and the trunk light:
9-05-2012: A Ford trunk organizer from latemodelrestoration.
9-06-2012: The CoolTech sound-tube delete kit.
9-07-2012: An eBay set of smoked front marker lenses:
9-25-2012: Smoked the rear side marker lenses:
09-28-2012: Bought Barton shifter bracket:
10-05-2012: Bought 55D rear spring kit.
10-11-2012: Plasti-Dipped the trunk decklid panel:
11-05-2012: Bought BMR rear lower control arms.
11-20-2012: Installed the BMR rear LCA's, Barton shifter bracket and the 55D rear springs:
12-06-2012: EPCO shift knob:
12-11-2012: JLT pass-side oil separator:
2-15-2013: Ordered BMR rear LCA relocation brackets, Koni Sport shocks/struts, GT500 strut mounts, J&M adjustable panhard bar.
2-16-2013: Ordered DSS 1-piece aluminum driveshaft.
2-17-2013: Ordered CPC battery and master cylinder covers.
Car showed up at the dealer early August '12 with a broken-off pass side mirror.
That didn't stop me from taking the car out on a quick test drive with my at-the-time girlfriend by my side:
At the time I was a Service Advisor at that dealership, so as soon as the car showed up I ordered a new mirror and mirror cover for it. A mirror showed up 2 days later only to have it be missing the little blind-spot mirror built into the '13 mirrors. Ordered another mirror and this one was correct.
Meanwhile, the painted-by-our-body-shop mirror cover was waiting to be installed, so as soon as the correct mirror showed up, I quickly installed the new mirror and cover and started doing paperwork.
On Saturday 8-11-2012 it was finally time for the delivery.
The old and the new, Charger being traded in, Mustang being the new fun toy:
And a couple of pics once I got it home:
Then a short time later the mods started happening.
8-11-2012, same day I took it home, the car got a set of MMD hood struts
8-12-2012: GT500 mufflers, with the tips and their back sides painted flat black by me, with high-temp paint:
8-28-2012: Plasti-Dipped my "5.0" front-fender badges:
8-29-2012: purchased a used set of Boss302 blue coil covers which didn't get installed for months after I got them.
8-29-2012: A flat-black front-grille pony cover off eBay:
8-30-2012: Tinted my 3rd brake light lens:
9-04-2012 : LED's for the dome lights, license plate lights and the trunk light:
9-05-2012: A Ford trunk organizer from latemodelrestoration.
9-06-2012: The CoolTech sound-tube delete kit.
9-07-2012: An eBay set of smoked front marker lenses:
9-25-2012: Smoked the rear side marker lenses:
09-28-2012: Bought Barton shifter bracket:
10-05-2012: Bought 55D rear spring kit.
10-11-2012: Plasti-Dipped the trunk decklid panel:
11-05-2012: Bought BMR rear lower control arms.
11-20-2012: Installed the BMR rear LCA's, Barton shifter bracket and the 55D rear springs:
12-06-2012: EPCO shift knob:
12-11-2012: JLT pass-side oil separator:
2-15-2013: Ordered BMR rear LCA relocation brackets, Koni Sport shocks/struts, GT500 strut mounts, J&M adjustable panhard bar.
2-16-2013: Ordered DSS 1-piece aluminum driveshaft.
2-17-2013: Ordered CPC battery and master cylinder covers.
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