Jyden, I'm afraid the Mustang is a keeper (unless I wrap it around a tree somewhere along the way!). It's already paid for, and my son absolutely adores it. Besides, I figure it might actually become a collectible of sorts since it's the S197 platform, the first Mustang to go "retro" again. We'll see. I'd part with the Ural first.
Thanks again for all the feedback guys! As far as modded economy cars go, I'm actually kind of a Saturn fanboy. I had a '95 SL1 that I bought from my brother-in-law for a roll of nickels. Literally. It was in really good shape, manual, no power
anything (though it did have A/C and cruise control). Got 38 mpg no matter how hard I drove it. In hindsight, probably shouldn't have sold it.
(I don't miss those seats though... like sitting on a pile of cardboard....)
Just dreaming here, but I think it would be awesome to come up with an old early '70s Honda N600 or Z600 and give it a super aero-treatment. They're already super-lightweight and crazy narrow to actually be a car. Once again, I used to have one of the Z models, and wound up giving it away. Long story.
~SM