First car I bought was in highschool back in 1995 before I turned 16, so car sat a month or two. We found a clean 1979 Mustang pace car with the 5.0 with around 80k miles on it for $3,000. Previous owner bought it off this lil old lady who owned it since new I believe, and sold it to him. Then he had it and his family wanted him to sell it for vacation money. I would take it to cruise nights and car shows back then. The looks I would get was priceless. Going to see if I have real pics of it, heres some pics not of my actual car. Car was clean in and out other few faded decals, and tiny tiny rust bubble. I went to private high school, and all you saw was kids driving daddy or mommys 40-50k bmw mercades etc. Or they spent 30k on a brand new car for them, and I was always getting harassed for the color and decals on the car. Almost went to fist a cuffs a few times, and got really really annoying. SORRY I HAD A REAL CAR lol. Car only made 140hp stock, and I was always asked how fast it was or the horsepower. Car had an upgraded holley carb, edelbrock intake plenum, performance air cleaner setup, I switched from single exhaust to dual, lil timing bump, and had a small stall in the C4. I would always say they make 140 stock Id be lucky to make around 200 now, and kids with v6s in that power range automatically assumed from their car having higher hp numbers its automatically "faster" even tho its a four door family car. I had kids in my grade with a brand new 96 impala SS, 96 dodge ram pace car, or a lot of brand new jeep wranglers. I eventually spent 2k on a 92 ranger with almost 100k miles for a DD to keep the pace car clean. Had the car for about 4 years, and in 98 I wanted something manual. So I sold it for a five speed 1994 mustang GT in chome yellow blk interior. I should have kept the pace car if I had another chance. I had people tell me that with 10,000 made it would never be worth anything, but it seems like their want has gone up as well as the price.