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Old 09-05-2019, 02:29 PM   #11
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Honestly, the distressed look is trendy right now. People pay $$$ to make their new vehicles look that way.


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Old 09-05-2019, 02:32 PM   #12
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So are you keeping it or gonna paint it and sell it? Either way nice work from what I can see from you pictures. Personally if I put that much time and energy into it... I'd be driving it for a while before I'd consider selling, but that's just me.
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Old 09-05-2019, 11:04 PM   #13
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I did all the work myself. Took a month and a half. Half the interior needed to be removed but I got it straightened out and sealed up for the 4000k mile "proving trip" down and back up the West Coast. It's a beaut. Paint and a few small details are what's left. Everything works as intended and it drives like a sweetheart.
THAT's what I'm talkin about! Nice job.
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Old 09-06-2019, 08:06 AM   #14
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Nice! Lot of work but now you got an awesome van for cheap!
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:15 AM   #15
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Good job, man!
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Old 09-06-2019, 10:59 AM   #16
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Honestly, the distressed look is trendy right now. People pay $$$ to make their new vehicles look that way.

To let a MUSTANG look like that is a CRIME Whoever does NOT deserve
to own it.
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Old 09-06-2019, 11:51 AM   #17
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Nicely done MontanaKid and thank you for sharing the story of what happened. I hope you keep the name, Old Moose Gooser.



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Old 09-06-2019, 06:11 PM   #18
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I did all the work myself. Took a month and a half. Half the interior needed to be removed but I got it straightened out and sealed up for the 4000k mile "proving trip" down and back up the West Coast. It's a beaut. Paint and a few small details are what's left. Everything works as intended and it drives like a sweetheart.


That’s what I I love about this forum. We get to see the resurrection of vans the with some love are back on the road.

Heck if he wraps it in the distressed look it will be safer at trail heads.
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Old 09-08-2019, 04:09 PM   #19
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To let a MUSTANG look like that is a CRIME Whoever does NOT deserve
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It's a Mustang, it's a thing with a fleeting life anyway. It will eventually be drawn to a curb or median strip, just like a moth is drawn to a flame.
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Old 09-18-2019, 02:06 PM   #20
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Honestly, the distressed look is trendy right now. People pay $$$ to make their new vehicles look that way.

I believe that is actually a wrap. I don't understand it myself. I read an article once about a guy who had a very nice Camaro and moved to NYC. He had a similar wrap done so it would look like a complete POS and be left alone. His plan was to have it removed after 3 years when he moved away.
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