Sometimes hidden gems exist beneath a facade of old paint, dirt, and even rust. This 1969 Ford Mustang might be just that kind of gem! It’s listed for sale here on eBay and 32 bids have already pushed the price to $13,000, although the reserve has not yet been met. The Mustang is located in Saugerties, New York.
This side of the car looks considerably nicer, although the non-original dark blue paint is still damaged beyond reasonable hope of saving. As the original color was Gulfstream Aqua, a particularly handsome shade, I hope the future owner would consider returning it as such. Those are original 1969 Mustang wheel covers (I remember cutting my fingers on the slots of one when washing my father’s ’69 back in the day) and the car appears to be complete. I think the rear spoiler is aftermarket, however, as it doesn’t look quite right to me to be the “Boss 302” type.
As you can see from this image, the seller has already obtained the Marti Report on the Mustang, which shows that it was a fairly plain-jane Sports Roof (fastback) car with a 302 cubic-inch V-8, C4 automatic transmission, whitewall tires, and the standard black vinyl interior. Classic Ford enthusiasts are lucky to have access to such detailed build information!
As I stated previously, I’m not a fan of the spoiler, but I am a fan of how straight this car appears to be. While the odometer is showing only 27,720 miles and the car has supposedly been off the road since 1974, I have a hard time believing that’s all the miles the car has covered. I suppose that doesn’t really matter anyway as any purchaser interested in driving the car will be going through all the major systems anyway!
Unfortunately, New York in the ’70s used a lot of salt on the roads, and the underside of the car shows it. The seller states that the car will need replacement door skins, rear quarter panels, and floor pans. There is also no window glass in place on the driver’s door. However, the car does have solid inner fenders and a good battery box, both typical problematic areas for corrosion on these Mustangs.
The base interior seems very plain, and the rust on the turn signal stalk may indicate that the driver’s side window has been gone for a while. I’m not sure I could leave these plain style seats and steering wheel alone if I purchased the car; the shape of a ’69 SportsRoof is pretty enough it seems to deserve more than this on the inside. What do you think?
The seller has made the car run and drive but points out that the previous owner removed the brake booster (it’s in the trunk) and that it will obviously need some more work before being roadworthy. I’m sure the fact that the engine and transmission are okay has driven up the price of this project considerably. Is there a fastback Ford in your future (or in your life now)? Tell us what you would do with this project in the comments section!
This seems overpriced by a lot considering the shape of it.
Not to the people that are bidding on it.
Steve R
No one questioning why it was parked after 4-5 years? Did the rust get it first or some major mechanical failure?
It is a fast back, so someone will pay in today’s market.
Back in the late 70’s a lady in my neighborhood had a 69′ in a seafoam green with the hoodscoop front and rear spoilers those hubcaps and a 302 2v and base interior.You could definitely get the spoilers and non-functional scoop on the most base of sportsroof Mustangs in 1969 as her’s was bought from new and she was not the sort to “day two” anything,very proper older lady.
No hoodscoop(OR A/C!!!!) avail on this ultra rare ’69 …
http://stevemckelvie.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/the-1969-mustang-e-a-very-rare-mustang/
Imagine how many new stangs they would sell today if you could not get a/c! I bet – NONE – not with today’s spoiled drivers. Count the # of cars on the roads these days in a heatwave with open windows – i saw hardly any this summer. & i bet a million dollars those with open windows had broken a/c.
I find it VERY VERY odd you could not get the side scoops on ’69 boss 302s. Makes no sense, especially when they were on the
dogslow-as-molasses mustang E. lol
Interesting article…
I have a 1969 Mustang that was my sisters college graduation present so its been in the family since October 68. She immediately left for Arizona to teach and the car was brought back to Iowa in 74. When I received it back it showed 31,000 it now shows 36,000 miles but it was turned over once so I’ll go out on a limb and say this car has 127,720 miles. The engine, interior, and wheel covers appear to be the real deal though but 13,000 is way more than this car is worth.
Unless this car spent all those years sitting on the ground in a mud swamp it wouldn’t have all that rot from 5 years on the road. That and the wear on the seats and it not unconceivable that the car couldn’t have been driven 25k a year to have the odometer roll over.
As another pointed out the only thing not making this a poor parts car is the fact it’s a fastback.
Someone will need deep pockets for this one.
Fold down rear seat, rear spoiler and others were added. Probably more like 227k or 327k more miles. 5 digit odometers were useless for determining miles. Not uncommon to see 200k Miles on these cars.
This piece of crap has 225,000 miles on it.
It is road rusted seven ways from Sunday…no idiot that knows cars could think anything different.
“27,720 miles”. More like 20,000 leagues under the sea.
Looks like a lot of wear and corrosion for the stated miles and time in service. I wouldn’t be surprised if the odometer is on its second time around.
Barf
Rustang. Lots of sin. Looks like a lot of shill bidding going on. Wonder what the reserve is? Maybe 20 large? Couldnt imagine spending 20 grand then facing a full resto. Know what you are buying. good luck and happy motoring.
Cheers
GPC
Rusted out 130,00 mile small block mustang, 5k is a generous offer imo.
After 5 or 6 years and 127,000 miles in the mid 70s it was a hundred dollar old rusy car. Someone just parked it.
Reasonably intact but the current bid price is all the money. Minimum 20 K to make it a driver. But having said that boomers are throwing stupid money are cars that are far worse so GLWTS
I was going to say the same thing, 127,720, that car was well used and used hard.
The ‘Brake booster in the trunk’ was not original to the car according to the Marti report. This is a manual drum brake car.
If it was a big block gt or above, maybe,too much money for a rusted out mustang, in a sea of millions of them,yes it’s a fastback, but hardly rare.