The "Throw Away 318"

Dartswinger70 said

On the cheap, the latest thing IMO id Fox body Mustang. These cars have better than average support in the parts and restoration world. Mopar? Things always cost an arm and a leg. Things like a 70 71 dart grille and headlight bezels a thousand dollars. Why? Its plastic, offer it un painted for a little cheaper..rally dash plastic trim ? 750 why? Thousand dollars goes a long way on fox parts. This is why you'll see guys driving a Duster with literally no interior and black electrical tape patches on the headliner...

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The Fox body brought a bunch of features to steal Chubbies thunder. The off the showroom floor Camaros and Firebirds were quicker, but cost a bunch more. For a few hundred $ in aftermarket parts, the Fox was quicker and the owner still had beer money or gas money in his or her pocket. The parts commonality on the 5.0 Ford brought costs in line with the Chubby small block.
Unfortunately the dark ages of K cars really hurt the parts availability for classic Mopar fans, and since then parts from new vehicles have no relevance for the classics.
Caution Dartswinger70, mention of an alternate race can get rumblefish360's nose out of alignment.