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Here are some pictures of most of the cars I've owned. I hope to get all of them in here.
The 79 TA was my first project. When I got it, there was 4-15" Subs where the rear seats were and the trunk was filled with amps and etc. It was primered and ready for paint. It had a non-matching# 400 with the factory 4 spd. I got it painted Radar Blue(purple) and removed all the stereo equip. but still wanted more power. I got the factory disc brake rear rebuilt, replaced the 4spd(orig. locked up), and decided to go with a 406SBC. It went 14.4 with me taching it up twice in 1st gear while spinning past 60ft. It was a monster but it never was right(builder and installer had different opinions). I was young and didn't have the skills to do it myself. It currently is setting waiting for a little TLC and I hope to get to it soon.
I got the 86 Mustang off my brother for a daily driver. The TA wasn't running right(valve seal leakin, and bad lifter, and other things). I am a DIE HARD Chevy man but if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't got rid of it. It was pretty much stock with 140k miles. 5.0/5spd. It ran a 14.6 in the 1/4 with me smoking the tires to the 60ft mark. I still haven't perfected launchin a standard on street tires. I sold it to come up with the money to buy my Camaro. Still one of the smoothest shiftin cars I've ever drove. I miss it.
I actually bought the 86 Grand National with my dad to sale for profit. It had been built by the previous owner for street/strip and got in a spot & needed some money. It never really was run at the strip when completed, but ran a low 12 with a bad cam sensor(I think, it's been awhile). They were expecting mid-to-low 11's. It had larger tubo,custom intake,rebuilt engine,custom intake,Art Carr tranny and convertor( in receipts),drag suspension,custom chip for strip. I never took it to the track, but it was a very fun car to play with on the street. It was a little scary, could be running about 35mph and punch it and when the boost hit about 15lbs, it would waste the tires. I really liked the car but too much electronics for me. If I wasn't afraid of all that junk, I would have kept it for my self, but I like to keep it simple. We sold it and turned a little profit, but didn't get as much as the receipts the guy had given us. The man that bought it, pretty much bought the engine and tranny and got the rest for free. Oh Well!
The 87 GTA another car from my brother. He actually got it off of Ebay from a guy in Maryland. He got it home and decided he didn't want to fool with it. So I bought it for a daily driver. It has 350tpi(140kmiles),700r4,lumbar seats,overhead console. The outside is straight as an arrow, just a pecker-dent or two. The pace car stickers were on it when we bought it. I have replaced the tan interior(it was rough), with a complete black interior from an 89. I also got a set of 92-only tail lights and short fiberglass fin(haven't got painted or installed yet) while I was at the junk yard. I have replaced the radiator(split at seams),new Goodyear hoses,new alt.,new battery,new fan,new Msd Coil,new cap&Taylor wires,new plugs,new O2 sensor,new K&N type filter,air foil,Flowmaster muffler w/4th gen Camaro tips,new gas tank(split at filler neck)&pump,new MAC control arms&panhard bar. I took it to the strip and it ran a 15.3 with a bad TV cable. Was shifting late and I hope it will run better when I make it back
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