Black and Blue

Mack · Sep 2, 2012

Last week I did my best detailing my car. I'm quite new in the detailing game, but I gave it my best. I started 9am and finished 5pm... It needs to be clean because it will be at our wedding soon.

Some pics:

Polishing:

But the result: SHINY!

But also I bought a second Mustang last week... I've totally gotten into the fox-look and my girlfriend really liked the idea of having a convertible. In Holland you don't pay road tax for a car over 25 yrs so when a 86 5.0 Convertible came up for sale (one of only a handful in this country) we decided to buy it. Foxes are not very popular (yet?) over here so the price was right.

It's a 86 GT with a 5.0, new suspension and stuff. The roof is 2yrs old. It started a greyish-blue but a previous owner in the US painted it yellow. It came to the Netherlands in 1995. The previous owner didn't like the yellow and did a cheap black paintjob. Now the paintjob is bad, yellow is cracking through and stuff... The engine is good and it drives real nice. I never thought I would buy a convertible but I'm getting into driving with the top down!

Some pics of my new ride:

JoshHooten · Sep 2, 2012

Nice job man, and beautiful color.

daracboy82 · Sep 2, 2012

Sn is clean!!!!! Great looking fox as well...I use to be into the foxes big time. I've owned about 8 in the last 5 years. But I love the comforts of the sn...

Twista · Sep 2, 2012

Looks good.

Are you allowed to keep USA plates when you live in another country?

white95 · Sep 2, 2012

Twista said:
Looks good.

Are you allowed to keep USA plates when you live in another country?

Nein

Mustanger · Sep 2, 2012

Both beautiful cars! Love the Blue...the Fox is gorgeous & well worth restoring & building up...TONS of parts over here...BUT...convertibles were made to be driven with the windows all down whenever you put the top down! LOL...just teasing...do as your comfort dictates!

Billy50H · Sep 3, 2012

I say convert the front of the fox to the 87-93 front end. I dont really like the 4 eyes but just my 2 cents.

Mack · Sep 3, 2012

Twista said:
Are you allowed to keep USA plates when you live in another country?

No - the yellow plate is a Dutch plate. Luckily I'm allowed to carry small plates (because the regular ones do not fit in the back). The "Michigan" plate I added to fill up the empty space in the plate frame, because Dutch plates are less tall than the American. I choose the Michigan plate because it's blue and the car was built there obviously. The car itself however was sold and stayed near Washington DC / Maryland area until I bought it in 2010.