1984 FORD MUSTANG SVO
THE STORY:
WELL, ONE NIGHT IN LATE MAY 2006 MY PARENTS AND I WERE DRIVING BACK FROM ST. JOHNSBURY, VT WHEN MY DAD SAID "SHELBY, THERE WAS A MUSTANG WITH A FUNNY OFFSET HOODSCOOP BACK THERE." I JUST ABOUT DIED. "TURN AROUND!!" I YELLED. WELL, COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS AS I SUSPECTED, A FORD MUSTANG SVO, A LEGEND OF THE FOX-BODY MUSTANG HISTORY. YOU COULD CALL IT ONE OF THE FEW MUSTANG UNICORNS. WELL, WE STOPPED AND LOOKED AT IT. IT HAD A FEW DENTS, MINOR, AND A CRACKED REAR BUMPER COVER. THE INTERIOR WAS PERFECT EXCEPT FOR MINOR MOLD AND A WORN STEERING WHEEL. A MAN CAME OVER TO US AND TOLD US THE CAR WAS ON EBAY AND THE RESERVE WAS $2400. WELL, I WAS HAPPIER THAN A KID ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. MY PARENTS AND I TALKED IT OVER, AND THEY AGREED TO OPEN UP MY COLLEGE FUND TO BUY THE CAR. I WAITED TILL THE LAST 15 SECONDS OF THE AUCTION AND BOUGHT THE CAR FOR $3050. NOT BAD FOR A RUNNING, INSPECTABLE, CLEAN CAR WITH UNDER 78000 MILES, MUCH LESS FOR A FORD MUSTANG SVO. WELL, AFTER SOME WORK TO GET IT HOME, THE SVO WAS IN MY POSSESSION. BOY, WAS I HAPPY. THIS WAS MY SECOND FORD MUSTANG. AND THE TWELFTH MUSTANG IN MY FAMILY's COLLECTION.
I AM CURRENTLY THE THIRD OWNER OF THIS SVO. THE ORIGINAL OWNER RACED THE CAR YEARS AGO AND ENDED UP STORING THE CAR IN A BARN UNCOVERED FOR 12 YEARS. THEN, THE MAN I BOUGHT IT FROM, COAXED THE OWNER TO SELL THE CAR TO HIM FOR $1200. HE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A MATTER OF WEEKS, UNTIL I BOUGHT IT. AT PRESENT, I AM SLOWLY TRYING TO RESTORE AND UP THE POWER OF THIS CAR. THE RESTORATION IS SLOW TO HAPPEN AS I AM IN COLLEGE AND DO NOT HAVE A LARGE INFLOW OF MONEY. I AM ALSO TRYING TO ADD SOME MORE POWER TO THE CAR WITHOUT CHANGING THE STOCK LOOK. UNLESS YOU KNOW YOUR SVO PART NUMBERS, YOU CAN NOT TELL MY CAR HAS BEEN MODIFIED AT ALL. SINCE MY CAR IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SVO PRODUCTION, IT HAD LESS POWER AND LESS RESPONSE THAN THE LATER SVO's.