BOUGHT AN 11 MILE ALL ORIGINAL FOXBODY GT350! 

This FoxBody has such a crazy story behind it! My apologies for being slower on the comments response as of late. Work has been much busier than normal, and i've been dealing with health issues (nothing I will not get through). Also, there will be no livestream this Friday (it's my sons birthday), but we'll livestream on Friday the 12th instead! Thank all of you so much for the continued support on the channel.

My brothers fox body has had 11 miles on it 3 times now

It deserves a life the story behind the restoration would be worth it on its own.

Love the foxbodies I have an 89 coupe SSP former Georgia State Patrol unit I've had it for 23 years .

Blessings to anyone that tries to take this one on.

Wow only 11 miles? That thing is mint! It’s cursed. Get rid of it.

Great video, Matt. Sad to see an 11 mile car in this condition, but it sounds like that car should be parted out and live on by helping to restore others. I like your idea of the foxbody donor cards haha.

This is the car that got me hooked on foxbodies. My uncle had an 84 gt350 that he lent to my mom for an extended period of time. Being just a little boy I thought this was the coolest car ever.

Story is priceless. Worth restoring it .

When I saw the thumbnail I was like that doesn’t look bad at all but then...

It could be restored but by the time you straighten where it took the most damage at plus possibly replacing the wiring harness and everything else that could possibly be damaged from the elements you would have more money than what it is worth into it. I say yank the engine and trans salvage what you can scrap the rest.

It's worth saving , make it into a long term when you've some spare time project .it would be a great you tube rebuild project the amount of viewers you will have following the build will pay for it. Go for it👍

Front bumper and seat foams probably the only parts worth saving. Maybe the dash/steering wheel if they clean up nice. It's a shame that it was left outside so long!

Should track down the drunk and see if he wants to help rebuild it 😂

Whoa! That's the hardest 11 miles I've ever seen. Must be worth about $75.

Awesome story, that car had a rough life. If the means are there save it, that's a fairly rare Mustang plus it's only 11 miles.

Damn it went thru the whole crowd and the duncan donuts building back in its day. Legend.

Damn man i cant believe that happened to that.. Those foxes after getting hit badly are hard to make true again. The same thing happened to a clean 70 mach 1 a few years back near me. Car was in a showroom and the guy went right through the window totaling it and smashing it into other cars.

Have fun with finding the metric Michelin TRX's on the car I have one brand new tire with the Sticker on it and it is like a time capsule and looks like the day it come out of the mold. You can do it and it will be a good project and keep him busy and hone his skills but it can be done if he puts his mind to it, I have seen similar cars done and will be time consuming and worth it when he gets it back together. Great Sunday to you all.

Back in 87 I worked at a Lincoln dealership, the owners son took a Cougar out for lunch, and wrapped it around a pole, it was fresh off the truck that morning. It sat in the corner of the body shop for awhile, then just disappeared.

If your gonna get rid of it I would buy it if it's not alot of money, I'd love to take time to fix it and get another fox back on the road, just dont junk it

Wow! Thats sad what a sweet car though! 11 miles thats crazy, very cool hopefully most blemishes will buff out on that lol, o cant wait to see what happens cool video

That's sad, it didn't even get to be enjoyed. Just an 11 mile trip, and that's probably from the dealership to home.

Hey man you all are doing some amazing things over there. Praying for your health as well.

Parts car, its a sad story behind it, and foxbodys all the sudden are getting really hard to find, but restoration originality is becoming huge, factory drive train in that car, great video guys

I grew up in the same car.my mom bought this same car new but she had the 4 cylinder turbo GT350 t-top version which was very rare unfortunately years later was confiscated by the dea . Lol .thats when I got the fox body bug.

I have a 1984 foxy that unfortunately was used and abused by a previous owner. The car looked and sounded ok when I got her but after digging into it to start my resto or at least make it more reliable and prettier, I found lots wrong. Mostly wiring is just trashed and some interior problems as well. I've done a lot in the 5 years I've owned her. The engine was I believe a swap from a 4 banger or v6 to a 302. It was out of a 78 truck according to the block code. I have since sourced out an actual 1984 Gt 302 engine. I did a port and polish and refreshed the valvetrain, put in a Melling oil pump timing set and rv style cam. redid all gaskets and seals and refreshed bearings and piston rings. I've eliminated some of the emissions stuff upgraded the front spindles, struts and such to 1988 and the world class t5 and 8.8 -373 rear end. I've tried my best to start on the body work and interior resto, however I have many problems with the dash and wiring behind it. There are several wiring points that have ben cut and patched or missing all together. the dash pad is like a typical one all cracked and full of holes. my front seats are almost exactly like the ones that you have in the van except the foam isn't holding up as well. Personally I'd love that car as it would be a almost prefect donner car to mine. What a cool story such a shame. I personally don't understand the whole thing of buying a car then storing it in a garage or barn for years. sure may be worth money some day or it gets forgotten about and rots away. Cars should live on and be driven for the enjoyment! That in my opinion is a cool find. if I were a millionaire id probably try and save it, but I'm not so I'd donate the parts so other foxy ladies may run on. Cheers mate : to whatever may come of her !

Thatz awesome yall found that. Awesome video Bro 💪

11 miles are cool but there’s nothing left out of it send it to the scrap yard it ain’t worth to try to fix it Unless you want to just take the vin off and put it on Another 5.0 fox body

Restore? Hell to the No. Cool find, but it should be used for the Fox, circle of Life.

I love my 82 GT. Parents bought it brand new. Not exactly stock anymore lol. But I'd love to find one of these

What an awesome find!!! Congrats

I would be curious to the extent of the secondary damage from the left 1/4 damage. I bet the left rail & floors are all wadded up with torn metal & spot welds ripped away. Like Matt stated, you need another t top doner car to save that one. Huge undertaking.

Restore it , it’s a GT350 t-tops with 11miles!!!!!!

Amazing story!! Would be one massive restoration

I would definitely restore it & keep it, but I would either put a 4-barrel carburetor on it or install a Holley Sniper EFI system on the car.

Honestly, does any full restoration make sense because costs are astronomical? It's the love of the car that makes it want to be restored by the owner or investor.🤷‍♂️ all hobbies are expensive.

Just so sad. It's not even my baby but I don't think I could pull the life support plug... I hope someone can save it. I'm depressed now, lol.

I’ve bought stuff off Matt, I like that guy and has good stuff. It can be saved and honestly I think I would if it were mine. It would be a colossal amount of work , but 11 miles .... yea I would

Happy birthday to your son and have a great day.

Too bad there isn’t a museum of cars with hard luck stories.

After inflation, $13,279.50 would be $33,078.84

I’ve actually had worse damage fixed. My first car was a 67 Mustang that I wrapped around a telephone pole. I still have it to this day the front of the car is from North Carolina and the rear was from California. I hope to get it out of storage this year it’s been sitting since 08.

🐎🏁would be incredible to see this restored. the restoration process would be more amazing than the expected outcome.

The juice ain’t worth the squeeze on that one fellas. Cool story for sure less the drunk driver.

Why don’t you restore the engine and swap it into a better ssp body?

Great video. And congrats on a video thats on fire! Sad to see it that way.

She's a keeper. Worth tons of money. 11 miles is unheard of! 😃 Barret Auction might make hundreds of thousands off of her

I test drove a brand new 1984GT350 I was not impressed, just plagiarism. I did buy a brand new 1985 GT.

Hey Matt check the last three on the vin # bet you it got three sixes on it

I owned the same car but not T top. I bought mine as the 3rd owner, car only had 32,000 mi. I had nothing but problems with mine. Main computer went out. Went through 2 tranny's had the overdrive. Went through 2 rearends. Then had overheating issues. Replaced all the cooling system. Car was a lemon. Was fun to drive when it ran. Sold it for $400 to get some of my $ back for BFG tires. Sold it with 50k mi on it. 165hp Slow Stang. The 84 mustangs take em to the crusher melt them down. Make some heads that flow with the metal.

I think it's a cool conversation piece as it sits. Clean it up, disinfect it and put it in his lobby as a conversation starter for customers.

Cursed like Christine, damn same. 👊🦊

Wanted to buy one in 84, however army salary wouldn’t permit it!

1985 was the BEST year ever. IMO

My grandparents have a 1984 GT350 as well!! 40 some thousand miles all original car. A guy had it for about 3 months before them then traded it in and thats when they purchased it. For some reason he kept the badge thats on the dash so it no longer has it..

I think it would be a awesome Museum piece with a story.

I do think I see a stripped black t top hatchback in the background..take the roof and diverside off and rebuild the gt 350...get your new welding skills to work.get the car running and driving if it goes straight fix it..if its bent part it out...more content for your show.

awesome find bro

Sure need some friends like Matt has to reach out and sell me some complete donor ( 4 eye) foxbodys.. Love the videos guys ...keep up the good work.

call me crazy, but I would be interested in buying this car "if" it is restored "properly" to original spec ...

If this car could talk I believe it would say " if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all"

Sad, but it is cool that you produced a video about this. Hopefully a solution on what should be done with it will present itself. Best of luck.

Wow 11 miles sure was a tough 11 miles LOL definitely doesn't look the part from afar poor car is like a magnet for destruction... love the videos that you're putting out man they're great keep it up!

Do Not try to Fix it. It and its Story belongs in a Museum

Who are you trying to fool thinking you'll restore that disaster, yourself or us?

I’m glad Do you know I’m not the only one with fox body issues

Dude I literally just picked up the saame exact car!!! Sat for a while too, 84.5 gt350

So many more productive things Matt could do with his time lol.

Only 11 miles ,but absolutely totaled!

being an 11 original mile car it would definitely be cool to see it fully restored and definitely worth some serious coin but even if it was fully factory restored that shell will always be a totaled car and will diminish the value significantly. i suppose it would just come down to if it was a sentimental thing(clearly not), money being no object a wanting to restore it for a personal collection, or if restoring to sell would bring a potential profit. personally, i would have neither the skill, money, or desire to restore it.

I would love to have that front bumper cover! I recently bought an 84 mustang gt turbo and the guy cut a section out for the aftermarket intercooler and I want that stock look with the fog lights

what a complete piece of garbage, it wasn't ever anything and never will be. A stripe car at best, it's scrap now

Wow.... Thats a crazy story to this poor pony....hope it get to see life in one form or another!!👍👍👍👍👍

He mentioned 82s and 85s . I have an 82 GT and an 85 GT convertible project cars but never came up with time and money to do them. Also 87 parts car and 90ish coupe 4 cyl auto minus OD

In Rochester Minnesota two brothers of high school age worked and saved up cash to buy a new 1985 Mustang GT which I believe that they ordered. It fell off of the rail car during transport to the dealer and it was totaled. They contacted Ford Motor Company and Ford said it’s not our problem so they sued Ford in court and won so Ford built them a new 1986 Mustang GT. I remember talking to them at least once while cruising north Broadway in Rochester Minnesota in my 5.0 4 speed Pace Car which I bought in August 1987. I believe it was red. I wonder what happened to the 1985 GT that fell off of the rail car? In 1995 I worked at Minneapolis Auto Auction and I got to drive used cars off of 3 level auto carriers and you feel like you are driving off of a cliff up on the 3rd level. While working there one day a red 82 GT came in. No 5.0 badge so I opened the hood and was surprised to see the 200 inline 6. I don’t remember if it had the hood scoop.

205 horse power with the Holley 4V. As someone that has owned a convertible 84 GT 350 since 1989, I love to see them in original shape buttttt. I think that car is too far gone. What I would do is restore another 84 GT and transfer the engine, trans, wiring harness, steering, seats etc. Doesn't have to even drive. I think there are probably less GT's in good shape then GT350s.

Well i would pass only because I have 4 projects, but if I could focus on just this one for a year or so, I would enjoy the opportunity. Perhaps chop up another Foxbody and do a frame up semi resto, gotta go through everything on the motor trans, frame, rear end, ect. A salvage title is a con, hmmm, only a pet project to see how far it could get , but hard to be enthusiastic.

I had a 1979 Foxbody, 2.3L 4-speed. Was lusting after that car (the 84 GT-350) test drove it, but put off buying and the local dealer sold it. Missed the opportunity so this hurts. Sad.

Would love to have that as a stock motor for my 1984 RS Capri! My original motor's crank broke at around 190,000 miles and I had to scrap it :( I figured screw it because it was no longer original and replaced it with a 347 stroked roller block, It would be nice to go back to stock motor if I ever wanted to.

Happy (belated birthday) t0 gearhead704s son!

Very interesting story. It would be sort of fun to look for old newspaper articles where the crash might have been reported.

That is a job for the guy that rebuilt the burnt Hellcat , can't remember his channel on RU-vid .

Bring on the memory, lane? Seen a few back in my young days, remember thinking, that little car has a V-8! Four lug wheels. Some guys actually put nice exhaust on them, not fast but it sounded fast!

I need that whole car to finish the resto on my 83 vert. Its the one I was telling you about that I had the 84.5 gt 350 nose for and ran over it with my big truck backing in drive one day. Not only does it have that specific nose but also the engine even though its a flat tap. The vert is a v6 and I want to v8 swap it. I could always put roller lifters in it im sure it needs a rebuild after setting since 84 im sure the gaskets are trash and engine probably has rust in it from carb being off. But could definitely use most of this

Those wheels came factory with metric tires on them,I used to have the same set on an old ford fairmont many years ago

Honestly, there is a point where a car has met the end of its life. I wouldn't part this one out b/c of its story and value as an 11-mile car. Yet, if it was any other 11-mile fox that was totaled, I probably grab some parts for my fox. 83-84 parts low milage parts are hard to come by sometimes. Also, don't hate on that 175hp, my fox has the same factory HP rating and loses drag races to non-performance Hondas lololol.

Isn't the whole point of an 11 mile 36 year old car that it should be basically all original and fairly decent shape? All the body panels are damaged, tons of parts missing, and what wasn't stolen looks trashed. Basically you'll have a restoration, which really doesn't deserve the panache of the "it's an 11 mile car" moniker. The car doesn't live up to it.

1984 1/2 GT 350 was my first mustang,

If there is any collector value to the car, then it is worth saving. Yes, it's a project, but that's part of the fun. :) If it is just another 'Foxbody Mustang', then it would make a great parts vehicle for something a bit more worth restoring.

Hey man fellow fox 🦊 addict here . Hope you feel better. I see a black t top with no hatch on ponys in the background. He could put two in two together. Least it be saving two ponies. And I mean swap everything. Or find another 84 tobe date code specific.

Hey that car came from my state of south Carolina!!!👍

You can either part it out or fix it. If you were going to fix it a collaboration with the guy from Diy gang would be awesome. He rebuilt a burnt Hellcat

That's a nice Vin, clock,and frame tags ya got there....... No Comment....... This message will self destruct in 5-4-3-2-1-------->

Man what a magnet for other cars that GT350 was. It could be a half 11 mile, half 111,000 mile t-top.

I had an 80 foxbody manual with a sunroof in high school. But it was a 4 cylinder :(

Well, hopefully FoxResto Matt just paid salvage on it for around $300. That's probably what it'd go for in scrap. I'm glad it's his decision and not mine as far as what to do with it from here. Thanks for sharing though. It's sad that this 11 mile Fox had such a rough life. We all know they deserve so much better.

Being nosy what did you give for that car? I own an 82 GT with a 91 interior and rims and a built 306 w/5-speed...and a 83 GT Turbo..I have had the 82 since 84..bought the 83 about 15 years ago..

If a good body shop can start pulling the damage properly, it can be saved

Very cool