The Federal Freeway Administration (FHWA) has said that the common particular person drives round 13,500 miles per 12 months. Right here is the hyperlink to the supply for that knowledge. How far off that mark are you? By that calculation, a 37-year-old Mustang can be estimated to have 499,500 miles on it.

Nicely, one Fox Physique specifically has not solely fallen in need of that 500,000-mile estimation, it’s solely pushed about one p.c of that distance. And it’s now obtainable on the market.

The Choose of the Day is a 1987 Ford Mustang GT convertible listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Wiggins, Colorado. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Beautiful 1987 Ford Mustang GT convertible that’s well-equipped with manufacturing facility choices and in addition upgraded with many costly aftermarket equipment,” the itemizing says. “This Mustang has a stupendous manufacturing facility colour of Smoke Grey and is a really uncommon colour.”

The Fox Physique was the third technology of Ford’s in style pony automobile. Manufacturing began in 1978 for the 1979 mannequin 12 months, and the physique type stored rolling off showroom flooring for a few decade and a half, all the way in which till 1993. After all, there have been a number of essential updates and modifications that passed off over the course of that point.

The GT mannequin – launched in 1982 to exchange the outgoing Cobra – was the go-fast member of the household, powered by a Excessive-Output Windsor 5.0-liter V8 with a extra performance-oriented consumption and exhaust system. A facelift was carried out in 1987 when the automobile acquired a revised entrance finish with “Aero” composite headlamps instead of the unique inset halogen models. GT fashions that 12 months acquired fog lamps and trim-specific decrease physique cladding, each of that are seen on at the moment’s featured automobile.

Whereas the vendor doesn’t itemize the precise upgrades which were added to this low-miler, however the photographs within the itemizing present some distinctive tools like roll bars, louvered taillights, a vented hood, and Saleen-branded gauges. A JVC CD participant has taken the place of the automobile’s unique radio.

“To duplicate this automobile can be unattainable with a few of the uncommon aftermarket upgrades this automobile has, and right here is your likelihood to personal a bad-to-the-bone Mustang at a fraction of what’s value to construct,” the vendor says.

The asking worth is $29,500, which incorporates wiring diagrams, service manuals, and guarantee booklets.

To view this Choose of the Day on ClassicCars.com, navigate to the itemizing right here.