Snapped a few pics today in celebration of 200,000 miles on the ol' girl.

1999 GT, built in 98'
Purchased on Halloween in 2003
Mileage when purchased: 54,265
Purchase price: $14,888.00

It has been a good car. It started out as a stock GT the day I picked it up. It still has the original motor, tranny, rear end, etc. Never been rebuilt. Everything that has ever been replaced is from wear and tear. Power steering pump, rack and pinion, fuel rails (after a near fire last year due to a busted fuel line), and other odds and ends such as ball joints, tie rods, shocks, etc.

Just a few new pics on this special day. They are a little grainy..had the camera on the wrong setting..DOH!



The church me and Mandy got married in

 

looks awesome man, some cobra mirrors would be a nice addition.

 

Looks great for 200k!

 

Still looking sweet!!

 

Hit 200,000 on the way to work!!

 

Looking great mate.

200k? Manual or auto?

Guessing 5 speed.

 

Auto

 

You would never know it by looking at it thats for sure, and it has been painted how many times now?

 

Twice. Once back in 2006 when I got the hood, front bumper, etc but the paint shop screwed me and cut corners with the clear coat and it started fading on the top of the fenders and flaking off on the roof.

Had to have it striped down and repainted back in 2008 to fix all the damage that was done by the previous shop which at that point had gone out of business.

 

do you happen to have any pictures of what your car looked like when you first bought it?

 

Ya know Donnie, I love your car and everything that you've done to it.... But I feel like I've seen the same pictures 21235468794564321658461.2x's .... Time for some new locations & angles bud!

 

Thanks and yeah...not a whole lot of places to shoot around this town. I feel the same way so that is why I snapped a few outside while I was downtown. Silver is not a very friendly color to take pictures of in the sun so a parking garage is always my friend because it really brings out the metallic in the paint and shows the edginess of the body.

 

Well sure

Only stock picture I have of it.



Early stages




Recent stages before I put the FR500's on





Morphing LOL



And now of course

 

I agree but $350-400 for mirrors....fugetaboudit

 

Exactly why I had mine painted DSG instead!

 

Yeah I remember reading about all that trouble you had with the shop, what a bunch of crap that was!

It looks rather pristine now!

 

Thanks! Other than a few minor chips on the front fascia, I keep it pristine

 

got mine for $200

 

Yeah I hear sometimes you can luck out...no such luck for me yet

 

yeah i looked for quite a bit, and then my stock one started to become discolored so it made it easier to buy lol.

 

Yeah? I got mine for $150.

 

Looking awesome. Only way to avoid chips is to put that transparent film but you still see an outline.

 

You I think just fall into deals, like they find you and so much the other way around!

 

Your car has really come along nicely there Venom, I remember all the build up pics from a few yrs ago!