The seller got back to me very quickly and that next day I was on my way to potentially buy the dream car I had been wanting for many years. After checking out the car for about an hour, I found out the gentleman was selling it so cheap because he was moving and didn’t have room for it at his new house. He told me "The price I'm getting this car for was a steal" and after I heard that we settled on a deal for 1500$. When I had the car towed home later that day I was a little afraid. Why, well because I didn’t tell my parents I was going to buy a car. Let alone a 50-year-old one. They finally figured out I bought it when the tow truck was backing into our drive way to drop it off for me. My mom was shocked of what I had done, but on the other hand my dad was excited. I think he was just happy to see that a classic mustang similar to his old one was back in the family. The car was not going to be cruising around the streets anytime soon though. I had a lot of work ahead of me to complete in or for the car to be where I wanted it.
That work consisted of welding in all new floor pans, frame rails, and rear quarter panels. After that was about 100 hours of body work which involved paint stripping, bondo, sanding, then many layers of primer and paint. When I had first bought the mustang, I thought I would only have to put in a couple of months of work to get it running and driving, but one thing turned into another and next thing you know after four years, two trips to the emergency room, and lots of money. It was completed. In the process of completing this project I learned a lot from it. Such as patience, hard work pays off, and more. I spent countless hours trying to perfect this hunk of metal. I wasted plenty of blood, sweat, and money. Ask me if I'd do it all over again, and I would most definitely say yes. In fact, I'm already in search of my next project.