P.J. Pasierb’s Fox-body story starts like many we’ve heard before. It’s a story of a dream fulfilled; a low mileage car that was preserved and improved with cylinder heads, a cam, and an intake. However, this story had one crushing blow that led to an amazing transformation.
P.J.’s family has a long history of Ford ownership. His grandfather is a 30-year Ford Motor Company veteran, his father’s first car was a 1960 Ford Falcon, and P.J.’s first car was his family’s hand-me-down 1984 Mercury Marquis. He’s always had an affinity for the Ford brand, but it was his parents’ purchase of a 1990 Mustang LX 2.3 that got P.J. hooked on Fox-body cars. Although P.J. lusted for a Fox throughout his formative years, he steadfastly piloted the trusty, Griswold-style station wagon through high school instead. The Grand Marquis provided plenty of space and comfort along the way and gave him many years of service, but that service came to an abrupt end when he was rear-ended a week before graduation.
With his trusty station wagon totaled, his eye on a diploma, and his heart set on the University of Central Florida, P.J. was entering his final summer before college completely carless. However, his hard work in school not only landed him a scholarship to UCF, but his father also rewarded him with a little help buying a new car. That car turned out to be the Vermillion Red 1993 LX 5.0 shown here.
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