The Boss Was Back! How it Performed Against Trans Am and Camaro
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- The Ford Mustang GT has long been an icon in American automotive history, symbolizing power, performance, and the spirit of the open road. In 1982, Ford introduced a revamped version of this legendary vehicle, the 1982 Ford Mustang GT. Before the release of the 1982 Ford Mustang GT, the GT model had been absent from the Mustang lineup for 13 years. In this video, we delve into the details of the 1982 Ford Mustang GT, exploring its design, performance, and enduring legacy.
The GT designation was last used on the Mustang in 1969. That’s right, from 1970 through 1981, Ford did not offer a specific GT model variant of the Mustang. Instead, during those years, performance-oriented Mustangs were generally identified by other trim levels or packages, such as the Mach 1 or Cobra.
Before we move on to the 1982 Mustang GT, Lets first take a look at the last Mustang GT for 1969.
Visually, the 1969 Mustang GT boasted a muscular and aggressive stance that perfectly complemented its high-performance capabilities. Distinctive features such as the iconic GT door stripe decals, quad exhaust tips, and hood scoop added to its commanding presence on the road. - Авто та транспорт
I worked with a guy back in the early 90's that told me he had a "Boss Mustang". Then he brought this to work. I still smile when I think about it.
It was my first brand new car. I bought a silver 1982 GT in June of that year.
Silver was always my favorite. I would've liked to have seen them available in a dark blue, (in a similar shade to the Dark Medium Red) dark green, bright yellow, and even orange.
I would've liked the traditional Grabber colors on them too.
Maroon (medium red) for me but that silver looks pretty darn good to
My wife and I still have a blue 1983 Mustang GT with a 4 speed. A little more power at 175 and the front was cleaned up a little from the 82 but mostly the same as this. Around 60k miles and it still drives pretty good. Unrestored but always kept under a cover. Sometimes I can't believe it still goes but it does. Glad we never got rid of her.
I had a red 1982 Mustang Gt with T-tops with rear window louvers it was fast for the time even faster when I added a 4 barrel carb and intake manifold from a 83 Gt and a dual exhaust it was a awesome car 👍😊
I graduated in 1982 and that was one really quick car (for that time anyway), always and still want one!! Those fox bodies were kinda sweet!
My best friend’s brother worked at a ford dealership brought home an 82 and then bought a GT 350 in 1983
1982 graduate as well. They were the bomb back in the day.
I had a 73 Buick apollo with a 350-2 and got completely embarrassed!!!!!!!!@@ThisOldCarChannel
Yes had a black 1982 Mustang GT with t tops - currently have a silver metallic 1982 Mustang with t tops
I got mine 1982 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 in March of 1983 when the 1983 Mustangs were out. I bought it when I was 22 in Tacoma Washington. It was dressed in black paint red cloth interior sunroof not the T-tops and cruise control. Eventually I traded it for a white with gray interior sunroof 1987 Mustang GT hatchback back in 1987 in Seattle Washington. I miss those days.
Had a 1982 Mercury Capri 5.0 with recaro seat package ( no t-tops) took that from NJ to Florida with a buddy for spring break. Stopped only for toilet and gas, speedometer was preety much pinned at 85 (age of 85 speedos) the entire trip. I don't remember how many hours but I do remember people saying that must be a worl record. LOL. Lots of memories!
Thanks for the video.
This was an amazing episode!!My aunt used to work for Ford back in that area and she had a Blk Stang with TTops and a 4 spd! She actually got to build her own car and drove it off the assembly line!! This episode has brought back some great memories for me!! My aunt used to let me drive her car on the weekends sometimes. All I had to do was gas it up and wash it upon returning it! I always think about her especially if I see this car!! RIP Aunt Barb!🙏🏼😎👍🏽
You had one sweet aunt. Glad you enjoyed her car and our video. We don't get to take anything with us when it's our time. Enjoy while you can.
@@ThisOldCarChannel Thank You!! She was Kool As Hell❗️🙏🏼😎👍🏽👍🏽
The Mustang was on the Foxbody platform for 15 years, 1979-1993. That was the longest it was on any platform. That is because it was supposed to be replaced by the Ford Probe but Ford heard the fans and changed their mind.
Mustang fans were literally out in the pitchforks threatening to burn corporate headquarters if they didn’t return the rear drive Mustang
The 1994-2004 Mustang was based on a modified version of the Fox platform. Ford did confirm that.
Gotta love them Stangs!
82 gt. Best looking fox body. I restored an 83 convertible with a 5.0 . Was a fun car
Fun for sure!!! Thanks for supporting the channel!
This was the Mustang I fell in love with as a kid. By the time I was able to get my own it was a 1993 Mustang GT. I ended up selling mine to a co-worker as well.
Whish I had kept it. Times were a little tough. I had four little ones all under 10 years old. lol
I had an 86 GT red on grey. Plenty fast 0-60@6.5 and greatly enhanced handling.
Loved it.
So I was 12 in 82.
In 83 My soccer coach had an 83 w/manual trans. She took me home one day and I LOVED IT. My football coach had an 84 V8 camaro and I thought it was ok... cool and all but not really that special. Then one of my football friends got a brand new 85 Mustang GT w/5 speed. I was in absolute LUST. Not quite sure if I'd rather have had a girl or the mustang at that time.... I mean a girl would like.... but the GT would like and like and like.... everytime I wanted to. 😉
So far I've had two fox body 5.0L stangs and put many miles on them. They have been very very fun and nostalgic. But I tell you a truth.... my 04 Z06 Corvette does everything far better than they ever did. Well... except for filling long since past teenage fantasies.
I kid you not... there have been curve on the tail of the dragon than my 89GT had me butt puckered wondering if I was going to live... but the Z06 stuck like glue and I had only wished I pushed it harder.
Stang and Vette two totally different cars and both awesome cars. I own a C7. Love it! Thanks for the comment and for supporting our channel.
I had an 85 GT convertible 5 speed. Sold it to my buddy who still has it.
I had an 86' GT with I had never sold it. But now I have a 2000 GT to start over.
Best looking Fox Mustang of them all! I had a ten year old red one with 140000 miles on it, and more than doubled it! The worst part about these cars was the jump from second to third gear, but that second gear pull was almost worth it.
The '80 and '81 Cobras used the Pace Car scoop. The scoop on the '82 GT I believe was optional on any Mustang or Capri from '79-'81 or '82. If you got the automatic in 1982, then you also got a 255 and not the 5.0.
Cant wait for the mach one video. I NEVER get tired of telling ppl about my 71. Worst car i have encountered much less owned
hahaha!
I loved my '90 GT, but I always craved an '82. It was just so cool looking. I wish I still had the ol' '90, but when I sold her, I got such a great deal I could not pass it up at the time.
Thank you for the video this week.
What up Olds98! Thank you for always being there for us.
Great vid!!!! 🤜🤛
Appreciate ya!!!
I test drove a new 82 GT from a dealer. I was 18 and dumb enough to light up the rear tires with a salesman sitting in the passenger seat. That didn’t go all that well. Anyway, I didn’t end up buying a 5.0, an LX until 92. For what it’s worth, I don’t remember the automatic was offered in the GT (or LX behind a V-8) until 85 or 86, and then it was a lesser 302 with throttle body instead of the four barrel or FI motor that came with a five speed depending on the year. The SROD might have been the only manual transmission they could access from their inventory in time to meet the launch deadline other than a granny gear truck four speed. The 82s and some 83s came with the SROD manual transmission that did not help the quarter mile times or the road courses, but was still quicker than the competition, mainly because the Foxes were significantly lighter than the brand Xes even though the others could be had with four barrels, FI, and real four speeds. But the 82 GT was a significant in the history of Mustangs because not only did Ford do basically the same thing with parts bin parts for the 302 the way Dodge had done the 360s for the Lil Red Expresses, but Ford actually highlighted actual performance again when they marketed the car.
I had an ‘82 GT with T Tops bought it brand new put an Edelbrock
Performer manifold Hooker Headers dual exhaust ran it at Westhampton Dragstrip did 14.4 @95 MPH !
4:55 Whoa Nellie! That could almost beat my grandma's 1995 Crown Vic. Let's race!
Man, I remember that car well!!! Awesome video and thanks for putting in the highway patrol version, that’s my favorite casting to collect!!👊🏼👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it. I had foegotten about the GTs that the highway patrol used back in the day. lol
I had a 83 mustang gt silver with black stripe I bought it new . I loved thst car .At the time I had it the state police had them also people use slow down for me on the highway wish i still had it
No but bought a 85 5speed in sept of 85 125hpNOS ran 1296 at 103mph at ford Motorsport at maple grove in June of 86 beat everyone in Allentown for several years oh the memories
I first learned to drive a stick on a 1988 GT Hatchback with T-Tops. Black with charcoal gray interior with an 8 ball shifter. 😁
Hey you're just getting better and better on and with the presentation of everything, , it's enjoyable to watch..
Have another suggestion of a vehicle to maybe look into how about the Ford Pantera it kind of looked like the Lamborghini and Ferrari back in the 80's. Just a thought and thanks for the posting 👍😎🍻✌️👋
My first Mustang was a 1981 4 cylinder. (Not a great car) my 2nd was a 1984 SVO (loved that one) my 3rd was a 1990 GT I had 18 years and driven 300,000 miles (Great car) and my current one is a 1972 Mach 1 that has been my daily driver for almost 8 years ( My holy grail car) I can’t wait to see the Mach 1 video!! Keep up the great work!
I'll take me some SVO and the 1990! 300k miles? You got your money out of it! Thanks for the support!
A TOTALLYAWSOME VIDEO AND EDUCATION. THANKS FOR SHARING. I LEARNED A LOT.
Appreciate you and the support!
I had a capri rs which was the same car. It was blue with a 4 speed. This is going back 40 years now. While 157 horse power does not sound like much the car was very light and could do some really good burnouts. I traded it for a new 86 Mustang GT. That was the first year of fuel injection, which made cold starts much easier. Current car is a 2016 Mustang GT , Orange in color with factory racing stripes
Wish I still had mine.
I never had a 1982 GT.
I want a 1984-1986 SVO or a Foxbody with an Ecoboost swap.
I didn't own a Mustang I had a 1985 FIREHAWK PONTIAC.. MUSTANG EATER 350 CU. IN./ 390 HP. after I installed Headers..Edelbrock high rise intake manifold & performance TBI HOLLEY SYSTEM
I love it!!!
I had the ‘79 fastback, 2nd year of the foxbody. It didn’t have the sport wheels, which I SO wanted, but they seemed wider than they do here. Perception thing. Compared to today’s, they look almost grandmotherish 👵🏻
That they do. I owned a 77 Firebird Formula and T/A and the steering wheels are the size of a large pizza.
I bought new a 1982 Silver. The dumbest thing I did was sell it two years later.
I had a 1983 gt 5.0l maroon with sunroof bored 40 over an 850 holley double pumper,the 4spd was replaced with a 5spd.i got 6 miles to the gallon,100 miles to a full tank.blew the rear end going to do a big burnout,3 clutch cables and a broken front sway bar which was fun in a foot of snow in ny.very fast but terrible on gas and not to reliable.
the 5.0 GT wasn't available with an automatic until '86
Yes....I was taking about the SSP, NOT the general public. Most departments ordered the manual trans. Much cheaper.
I bought one in August of 82 right before the 83's came out
Car listed for $10,065 brand new
Quick car for the times but you can thank FOMOCO for this car, that's why we have what we have today!
$10,065 in '82? Try getting a Fiesta for that amount today.
Oh, wait. You can't get a Fiesta anymore!
@@knowbodiesfull5768 it's hard to find a decent used car for that price!
For sure!
When Ford did still build what customers wanted. This approach worked, I wonder why?
Boca Bros?
Whazz up!
Had a maroon 82 GT T tops! (Not my pic. I'm an old man now! lol)
Ford sells you a a fast car then turns around and gives the man one
Why did you change the name of your channel
It is more in line with the channel such as OLD CAR. When I intially created the channel, it was THIS OLD CAR because my favorite show on TV was This Old House. I asked my brother if he wanted to join. He thought we'd use Boca Brother. We made the switch back to This Old Car. He has a video out in two weeks!!
Where's your brother? Is his absence related to the channel's name change?
He is doing well and will have a video out for our channel This Old Car in two weeks. We both have full time jobs, an eBay and Etsy business and this channel. It was way too much for us to produce a video each week. Our life became pure work with no time to play. All good now! Thanks for asking.
Those metric Michelin TRX tires really sucked though,
The tires were not all that bad, it just cost so much to replace them which I did not do, I bought another set of wheels and tires which was cheaper to do anyway.
Someone was making 16" replica wheels about ten years ago. Not my favorite wheel, but it is what I prefer to see on an '82.
I picked up a set of the alternate F150-looking 14" inch wheels off of another '82 GT which had gotten a set of Ten Holes. They didn't look as good, but I was glad to have them.
@@DanEBoyd I think LMR has the trx rims in 16inch. They look pretty good to; at least you can get a regular set of tires rather than metric.
@@rexspangler4641 I had my '82 back in the 1990s, plus I couldn't afford new wheels back then...
YES THEY DID!!! LOL
Do 1 on the dodge daytona
Wait, They made a GT "Notch Back" ???
SSP
The CHP had these as cop cars for several years.
🇺🇲🤜
The fox body was the worst thing that happened to Mustang styling (the “Mach E” isn’t a Mustang). Good God, it was boring. Even the Mustang II LOOKED like a Mustang.
It looked only half as good as the 1969 Mustang GT.
True....That is a true classic.
Better looking than any camero ever made
iTs NoT a MuStAnG
Why isn't it a Mustang? I'd love to know your thinking.
@@Ed-zn4xn that's what everybody says about the fox body
Do you believe what everyone else says?@@raymond_rnt
What about that contraption called the "Mustang" Mach-E? That's no Mustang. Well, not to me, anyway.
@@knowbodiesfull5768 no, it was never meant to be. COO is on tape saying it was supposed to be an electric version of the Escape, but they couldn’t “sell” that for $70,000 so they made it the mustang instead. Only to not sell it
Too bad Ford screwed the Mustang styling up so severely. At least Trans Ams, Z-28s and other 1980s so called “Musclecars” still looked reasonably good while they were sucking. 👎🏻
Here's why we should not care one bit about this worthless POS. And I have actully driven a convertible version with the V8. One test drive was enough for me to never want to see this GOD AWFUL vehicle again. The convertible shook and rattled as if it would split in two t the slightest opportunity. ALL Mustangs, until very recently, had a SOLID REAL AXLE. WHO the hell wants FRED FLINTSTONE's car? Not to mention the cheap interior and the juvenile styling. Detroit at its WURST.
Wurst? As in bratwurst or liverwurst? 😆
In what year did you test drive a mustang convertible version with the v8? because I drove them from new! The Camaro's and Firebird's rattled worse and leather wore out fast! I choose a 1982 Mercury Capri GS 5L and it never rattled through till I sold it in 1992 for top dollar with 150,000 miles on it and it still looked like brand new except for repaint as it was black, If you DONT like mustangs then DONT watch the video & DONT comment! All cars have various problems NON are perfect! But I like and have owned and driven everything except McLaren & Lamborghini! And use spell checker and define juvenile styling please!
hahaha! Damn I'm hungry!
Opinions are subjective. What rattled for you, perhaps was a nice solid car for others. I do respect your opinion. The 1982 GT was one awesome car back in the day.