OK, so as promised Im starting up on my build thread. For the sake of history I have to give a little back story on the car, so the beginning of the thread will be kind of slow going but I will try to get up to speed as soon as possible. On to the story. I came home from my first tour in Afghanistan in 2011, around March time. I bought my first mustang in august. It was a 2002 GT. Bought it from a shady car lot, needed tires, clutch, heater core, all kinds of crap but it looked cool and sounded great and it was a mustang. Car came with a 30 day drivetrain warranty. When I found out it needed a clutch I took it back to the guy and it sat at his shop for 2 weeks. I finally said F**K you and took the car back and did my own clutch. Then the 32nd day of owning it the car overheated and shut off. I let it cool down and started it back up to find out it was tapping/rattling something awful. Took it home, pulled the engine, found out the intake manifold was cracked, did a top end rebuild because I thought it was a valve related issue. That meant brand new loaded heads with cams and a new intake manifold. Put it together and to my surprise at the time it still tapped just as loud. I got angry, real angry. So to prevent me from torching the car in my field I traded it to my neighbor for a 1994 F150 that had 5k worth of paint. Then I found a guy that had my current GT and needed a truck. He had beaten, abused, and neglected this car, but it was a mustang and it had potential. So I traded my F150 for this 98 GT.
First Mustang
![248795_208481882522238_2332729_n1_zpsb5fa37f9.jpg 248795_208481882522238_2332729_n1_zpsb5fa37f9.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16481-355c15c3b0e42f2c8ba306ac0799af8c.jpg)
The trade
![IMG_0024_zps22709f99.jpg IMG_0024_zps22709f99.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16482-0f2f0d437d10f883a0a3dad498a10a39.jpg)
![IMG_0023_zps759006e6.jpg IMG_0023_zps759006e6.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16483-6163db59bf7e68d8f7bc138953b1a088.jpg)
Then came my 98. I don't have any pictures of the day I got it but at this point I had put the bullitt wheels and headlights on it. Cant tell very well in this picture but it had been in a small front end wreck or something because the hood is a couple shades darker than the rest
![IMG_0416_zps00b4275a.jpg IMG_0416_zps00b4275a.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16484-16e0d65866d698dd734dbe48a0f94ccd.jpg)
I will be posting more on this today. Just bear with me till I get my pictures caught up.
First Mustang
![248795_208481882522238_2332729_n1_zpsb5fa37f9.jpg 248795_208481882522238_2332729_n1_zpsb5fa37f9.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16481-355c15c3b0e42f2c8ba306ac0799af8c.jpg)
The trade
![IMG_0024_zps22709f99.jpg IMG_0024_zps22709f99.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16482-0f2f0d437d10f883a0a3dad498a10a39.jpg)
![IMG_0023_zps759006e6.jpg IMG_0023_zps759006e6.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16483-6163db59bf7e68d8f7bc138953b1a088.jpg)
Then came my 98. I don't have any pictures of the day I got it but at this point I had put the bullitt wheels and headlights on it. Cant tell very well in this picture but it had been in a small front end wreck or something because the hood is a couple shades darker than the rest
![IMG_0416_zps00b4275a.jpg IMG_0416_zps00b4275a.jpg](https://www.sn95forums.com/data/attachments/16/16484-16e0d65866d698dd734dbe48a0f94ccd.jpg)
I will be posting more on this today. Just bear with me till I get my pictures caught up.