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The Fox body is still the best Mustang Ford ever built and the S550 crowd only argues because they've never driven a 2,900-pound car with a pushrod 5.0 in it. Every generation since has been heavier, safer, and further from the point. Change my mind. And before anyone starts on the Mustang II — that parts-bin Pinto-adjacent thing is the only reason the nameplate survived the '70s at all. The original was a Falcon in a nicer suit. This car has ALWAYS been built out of whatever was on the shelf. That's the character, not the flaw. Fox math for the people pretending otherwise: 5.0 HO, 225hp in the later cars, curb weight in the low 3,000s, and a chassis so simple you can rebuild the whole front end in a weekend with hand tools. Wheel side it's 4x108 on everything until the '93 Cobra went 5x114.3 — which is exactly why every serious Fox build starts with a 5-lug conversion before the first wheel order. If you want the modern version of that feeling without the four-lug tax: 2011-2014 GT...

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