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    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    It's in the Nice Price neighborhood, as an investment. But not as a car.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Did anyone else notice that the leftmost zeroes on the odometer are not quite in line, which would indicate that the car just turned over 100,000 miles? Also note that you are not being shown the steering wheel, which will show noticeable wear if it has been driven that long. While this car appears to be nice and clean, I would seriously take that odometer reading with a one of those big blocks of salt they give cows.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    NPOCP Urban Legend Edition


    Disclaimer: I heard this story third-hand, so it could be just urban legend.


    At the time the SVO was in production, a porter at the Dearborn assembly plant was dressing in a coat and tie during his lunch hour and driving off with an SVO on a regular basis under the guise of being an engineer taking it out for a check ride.


    He was eventually caught, but a few SVO Mustangs were never accounted for.


    Hmm. I wonder if the fear of being caught left this car's "original owner" too afraid to appear in public, hence the low miles?

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Does anyone else notice the distinct lack of a 6th digit on the odometer? How do we know this isn't a very well taken care of 100,099 mile car? Or 200,099 mile? Albeit it is a very clean example, it could have been reconditioned and restored to make it appear new. But that could just be my paranoid nature when it comes to buying "used" cars (Question Everything. Trust No One.).
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    12/19/08

    @LateralGPhotography: Also not the alignment, or lack of it, among the leftmost three zeroes. This car's odometer has been flipped at least once.
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    12/20/08

    @HurtsSoGood: Damn it, you're right.


    Okay, so it's only worth $16,950 now. Seems fair.

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    As a museum piece, which is what it is at this point, I think the price is nice. As a driver- not so much, besides the fanboys would string you up from the nearest lightpole if you tried.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Crack.

    Post this on some collector site, where someone will treasure it.

    A very specialized audience, I think.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    But don't get me wrong, I would so love to own this car. But, yea - crack pipe.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Half this price, maybe.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    And Ford will be commemorating this special Mustang with yet another special edition Mustang.
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    12/19/08

    @bzr: Hey, a new Mustang with the EcoBoost four would probably be a decent performer. An EcoBoost V6 might help bridge the gap between the GT and the GT500 in terms of both price and performance.


    Oh, and nice price for a future, if not present, collectible.

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Ha, Michelin TRX tires FTW! I remember the 85 MPH speedo law, thanks Joan Claybrook for being such a boner-kill.


    I love the SVO Mustang, and this one's pretty nice. Still, 33 large is too much, although it does come with two hats. Geez, those Tempo headlights really look wonky on these.


    As I recall, and there are folks here that know a lot more about such things than I, there was a twin-cam head developed for the Pinto 2.3 engine, which was going to be offered through Ford's aftermarket SVO parts sales. It died about the same time as the rest of SVO and never made it to market.

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    12/19/08

    @graverobber- Facebook 'em Danno:


    Um those aren't TRXs. Those are 16" Goodyear Gatorbacks, some of the best tires available at the time.

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    12/19/08

    @LTDScott changed his name!: Well sumbitch, you are right. I thought the SVO Mustang, along with the contemporary turbo T-bird came with the TRX tires. Wait a minute, it was the earlier GT Mustang wasn't it? With these wheels-


    My bad.

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    12/19/08

    @graverobber- Facebook 'em Danno: I don't know about the SVO Mustang, but TRX tires and wheels were an option on a lot of Fords in the mid-'80s. I'd guess that only about 10% or less of the wheels lasted past the first tire replacement.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    The Fox mustang: big enough for a V-8, but made for a 4 cylinder.
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    12/20/08

    @Spritle thinks Trixie is teh hott!: Just like my Volvo! Nice Price.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    Off topic, but thanks for pulling the gratuitous gore...
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    12/19/08

    @Jimal: Huh? I just checked. The gratuitous gore is right where it was last night.
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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    It's more rare than other Fox-bodies, but it's rare to the point that even a lot of Mustang aficionados don't know it. It's not particularly over-hyped, and therefore the market is nearly commensurate with the number available.


    As a car, You'd be better to spend the $10k on a really nice < 50k mile example, but as a collectible, you won't find a better one.


    As transportation, it's a rip off, but as a museum piece, it's a steal. Nice Price!

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    I love these cars. I have a friend with two of them and they are just as fast as my 5.0 equipped car.


    Having said that, there better be a bag of Darryl Strawberry's finest in the trunk to pay that price!

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?
    File this next to C4 Corvette under "best speedometer".


    Was that a common practice? Or was it just the SVO?

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    12/20/08

    @A strolling player got SMACKed: I'd never seen it before, so I assume ummagumma's right about it - though there were plenty of cars (and trucks, my mother's friend's ex-boyfriend had an '87 Silverado stepside, for one example) with an 85 MPH dial and a needle that would wrap right off the end...
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