I was sitting around at work today with nothing to do, and I latched on to this "brilliant" plan. My kit project is going well, and may be road worthy in the next few months. Certainly by mid summer. So I've been thinking about what to do with my '66 Mustang Coupe. It's a very nice car, solid body, no rust. Has P/S, P/B, A/C, 302/C4. I was planning on some upgrades to make it a better daily driver and cruiser. So I was thinking of installing a late model 302/AOD, or maybe a 4.6/AOD. But today I was reading a magazine article about the 2.3L turbo motor. Why didn't I think of that before? That would look great in my '66! Decent performance, decent fuel mileage, light weight, and a very unique set up. A little painting and polishing, and it would look great. So I cruised e-bay a little, and found more than one car that would fit the bill. I thought of buying the whole car for $1500'ish. Then swapping out all the parts I need - driveline, computer, wiring harness, etc. Then selling the rest of the car to a bone yard, or parting it out myself. The only thing that would be difficult would be fabricating the motor mounts. But I can manage that somehow. Anybody ever done something like this? I bet the whole thing could be done for less than $2,000.
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20 years ago