I have been a fan of the Mustang almost my entire life.  The passion started when my mom bought me my first car when I was 16.  It was a 1992 LX... and the love was born.  However, I didn't truly realize how deep the rabbit hole I would go.  My nameless '92LX was "bequeathed" to a family member when I enlisted in the US Army, and I never saw her again.

 

But little did I know, this was the spark that would set my love for the pony car ablaze. ​My second Mustang was a '64 1/2 coupe named "Stacy."  However, this is a touchy one as selling it just under two years after I bought it is undoubtedly the biggest regret in my life.  But this is where I learned that the Mustang is touted as one of the most modifiable vehicles in the automotive industry: BOLT ON POWER!  Hey!  I can do that.  So, it started with a larger big-ass carb and upper intake and ended with a disk brake conversion.​ 

 

My third Mustang was my "dream car."  A '91 GT convertible that I mildly modified with a larger throttle body, weight reduction, and upgraded fuel system.  Yet another touchy one as life events dictated that I sell her.​ 

 

Patience, time, and a splash of maturity pays off.  I didn't even realize what I was seeing when a '24 Mustang drove by me on the highway.  I just saw a nice, techie cockpit.  But as this black convertible beauty rolled by me I saw the unmistakable tri-panel taillights, and the smoldering embers galloped back to life.  I traded in my 2020 Tahoe Premier RST (performance modified, of course) for Elsa. This is where the age, patience, and maturity came in.  When it came time to investing, I knew exactly what I wanted and I settled for nothing less.  The GT Premium package. 

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Tragedy struck Elsa in October 2025.  While leaving the hospital parking garage where I work, I struck a concrete pillar totaling Elsa.  Waivered, I took the settlement check, adopted Elsa 2.0 (a 2025), painstakingly transferred every modification and Elsa 2.0 was born.  Before you even ask... no.  I was not doing "Mustang shit."