So I ran to get the keys and my wife pulled out the camera. Hopefully her Facebook update would not be too embracing for me. :)
Frankly, it was not easy to find this. One would wonder how hard is it to buy a car? Well, in this case money is everything. If you've got cash in your hands and the sticker price is not a problem, it is easy. In my case, I had a check list to meet: 99-04 years, 89 octane, manual transmission, low km (around 100k km or less), some mods are good but no crazy power mods (remember my octane limit) and ,of course, in good condition. Oh, did I say I want to spend as little as possible ($3000 that is). Believe it or not, just the technical requirements put a lot of cars of limits. The only ones left were GTs and Bullitts. Bullitts don't count too. They are way too rare. So I was left with the most generic mass produced V8 mustang. What could be the problem then? Apparently, even though mustangs are very common on the roads, there aren't that many V8s running about. Out of those, too, we have even fewer with a stick shift. Guess what comes next, those who have a V8 mustang with a manual transmission seems to be knowledgeable chaps and value their cars. The fact that I did not have many bills in my hands did not help either. Thus, the search for donor turned into a lengthy affair.
I also have to contradict a couple of my statements in previous post. I did end up getting a car of Impact Auto. That is from Canada. In my defense, that was the second mustang that popped up in half a year. In the States, I saw one sell about each week. The main reason for not landing an American car was the shipping costs. I had to lower my bid to stay within my budget for the entire purchase. Keep in mind that at every auction I had to compete with people who live in the same area and are willing to go extra few bucks since they have no shipping expanses to worry about. Now that I come to think of it, that's one of the reason I was able to get this car. It was in Hamilton. Thanks to Ways Auto for delivering the car and helping me with the entire process.
Now to the more interesting facts. I did see the car for the first time when the money have left my pocket already. That means there were surprises, both good and bad. For example, I saw Magnaflow engraved on exhaust tips. :) But two wheels had damage and one tire was punctured. :( Oh well, I bet there's more surprises to discover. For instance, I wonder who makes blue springs for Mustangs?
So we are off to strip parts and try to recover some of the donor cost back. Anybody needs body and interior part?
