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#1 ·
What things on a classic Mustang make you go, "uh oh". when you see someone else's car or one that's for sale? Some things are indicators that the owner just doesn't know or doesn't care.

Here are a few of mine as an example:

  • Fram oil filter
  • That ugly Stant radiator cap with the lever on it
  • Unpainted pinch welds on a light colored car
 
#9 · (Edited)
When the body shop owner wears designer Gucci shades and flip fops says "i'll make the car in perfect condition"

without a high end booth, just some corner with a thick plastic curtain

There was a red flag in my face but was too excited to get this car painted
Soo many corners were cut. Lost money, time and trust.

Time to do it all over again
 
#77 ·
guilty

- Coat hangar plug wire
guilty. I did this in HS with a coat hanger and electrical tape.

- Nylon stocking fan belt
I have not done it, but my dad did when his belt broke between Utah and Colorado.

- Four different sizes of tires
4 different tires when I bought the car. including a trailer tire.

- Vice-Grip window crank
If the girls don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy



I consider 17" too big for a 60's/70's muscle car.
guilty


* Un-terminated wires hanging from under the dash
guilty. Of course, it is a secondary fuse block waiting on accessories.

* Cut dashes for stereos, no matter how cool the stereo unless the rest of the dash is modern. Modern stereos with major blue lighting in an old school dash - sigh...
* Sorry guys and Kelly but Fox body seats
* generic looking aftermarket center consoles
* Visible speakers
guilty.
 
#15 ·
Bungee cord for a battery tie down

+1 on the Fram Oil Filter

John
 
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#41 ·
When I was in high school the battery hold down broke on my 65 conv. I told my dad, and being old school, he comes down with one his belts. At first I thought I was in trouble...but he just used it to wrap around the battery. It was an effective albeit ugly battery tie down for 20 years.
 
#20 ·
Street sign floor pans.
V8 engine, four lug wheels.
New floor pans laid in place but not fastened to the car in any fashion. (A local car, I swear.)
Caliper hoses pretzeled because someone flipped the caliper the last brake job and didn't notice.
Shackles!
Air shocks!
Snow tires!
 
#22 ·
- "Cal Custom" anything

- Beer tap shift knob

- Chain steering wheel

- Shag carpet

- Water compass

- Coat hangar plug wire

- Aftermarket sun roof

- Toilet paper roll oil filter

- Generous amounts of caulking and RTV around front and rear glass

- Steel wheels spray-painted silver (typically with lots of overspray on the tires)

- Chicken wire grill

- 6 x 9 speakers laying on the rear floorboards

- Evidence of many miles without an air filter

- Dried Coca-Cola on the battery

- Ground pepper in the coolant

- Rear brake lines intentionally cut (great for burnouts!)

- Duct tape on radiator hoses

- Nylon stocking fan belt

- Four different sizes of tires

- Assorted nuts on lugs

- Playboy Bunny symbol painted on rear of differential

- Foil-wrapped fuses (sometimes from a cigarette pack)

- Christmas Tree extension cord wire under the dash

- Chrome-reversed wheels

- Long-gone shock tower reinforcements

- Brake rotors showing inner webbing

- Brake drums of different, random sizes

- Spark plug welded into tailpipe

- Muffler tape

- Velvet headliner

- Wood paneling door panels

- Vice-Grip window crank
 
#25 ·
The really big distributor caps on a small block 60's anything.....screws or bolts jammed into vacuum lines...folded over vacuum line connectors....the fake testicles hanging from some part of the rear of the vehicle...colorful double plastic windshield wipers............house wire jam nut or the blade push type electrical connectors.....duct tape seat cover or convertible top "repair" job, silver or in color..............
 
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