‘80s ICON 1-owner 1986 Mustang GT is still factory fresh!
There’s a small ding in the driver’s side door of Bill Epright’s 1986 Ford Mustang GT. The little imperfection has been there for many years, and wouldn’t even be worth noticing or mentioning if it weren’t for one inescapable fact: The tiny scratch is about the only blemish on the entire car.
Does the nick still bother Epright after all this time? “Yes! Yes it does!” he says with a wry chuckle. “But I’ll leave it because this way the car is all original and I didn’t tamper with anything. But yes, it bugs me, because I didn’t put it there!”
Epright can joke a bit about the scratch because he knows how pristine the car is otherwise. The Stevens Point, Wis., resident bought the car new at the Ford dealership where he worked back in ’86, and it’s been lovingly cared for since the day he drove it home.
“My wife [Cathy] needed a car, so we ordered one.
