The Ford Mustang was one of the hottest and most influential automobiles of the 1960s. While a great many of the 1.3 million examples produced from 1964 to 1966 wore the coupe body shell, the fastback is perhaps the most desirable 60 years later. Located with a dealer in Chicago, Illinois, this well-used but running project is available here on craigslist for what will be the best offer. T.J. once again comes through with vintage tips.
Out of the 560,000 Mustangs produced for the “official” 1965 model year, 77,000 copies had the fastback sheet metal. So, the seller’s worn Wimbledon White example was pretty common when new, with a 289 cubic inch V8 and automatic transmission (floor-shifted, of course). We’re told the Ford is numbers-matching, though no mention is made of a 2-barrel vs. 4-barrel carburetor on the only V8 available in the Mustang before 1967.
Though this once-fine Ford is said to run and drive, we gather a full check-up is needed before leaving the neighborhood under its own power. Ample corrosion will require attention, and the original red interior wants for an extreme makeover. We don’t know the car’s odometer reading, but we’re betting the dial has gone over at least once.
The seller deals in project cars like this all the time. He/she indicates you will only pay a portion of what a beautiful example would fetch. But that leaves a wide price range to the imagination and the potential to overpay. Depending on the location, the seller is also willing to provide delivery. What’s a fair price based on other Mustang projects you’ve seen here on Barn Finds?
Unless this is a K Code (unlikely), this CANNOT be ‘numbers matching’.
“…What’s a fair price…”
dont know as I havent followed close enuff. All
I can do is comment on mechanics, authenticity, condition
AND
agree, saying “Furgedaboud da notch back”. The fastback is the
one, I too, enjoy. Funny, the auto shift looks like it was used for
the same on my D20 bronk x-fer case (to D44 chunk). They
really are 4WD stangs (the falcon ‘face lift’).
I’d shoot for 2 or 3K$ but might go up
to 5. Like the bronk every single
item is available 4 it.
Really curious to see what’s a realistic price for this car? I love fastback mustangs and they do command a much higher price than their coupe counterpart. This one looks decent, of course it does need a lot of work, but definitely a great foundation to work with!
What’s going on with the body line along the rockers? Did you fill it in? It looks terrible.
This is a scam. The seller has adverts for nonexistent salvage classics all over Craigslist.
Remove the drive train and put it in a cleaner Mustang of that era and sell the rolling body for 10k like everyone else does and get you money back for what you paid for the whole car that is if you get it for about 5k.
Their website states that the vehicles are insurance settlements. So this vehicle was likely involved in a flood, fire, stolen and recovered or whatever. Definitely warrants pictures of the underside and an in-person inspection.
It’s a plain old simple scam. Google the supposed seller.
Numerous cars on the website, as DA stated. This Mustang is termed “a project”, so yes, if near Chicago check out in person maybe.
The “only V8” available in the Mustang before 1967? The earliest of the 1964 1/2 models offered the 260 V8 which was eventually discontinued and upgraded to the 289.
This scam requires you to pay $9 up front to get information about the car; but what you get for your money is website address for Copart and other insurance salvage yards & you never get the info on the particular car listed; you have to look for it. They have many ads all over the net with pictures of cars already sold. Myself & people in my car club have fallen for this scam & when we tried to find the particular car advertised, not listed on any of the sites. Also most of these businesses are not allowed to sell to the public because the Titles are Salvage Titles, unless you pay a broker to get for you.
VIN says it’s an A code, which would be the lower performance of the two 4 barrel carb V8s.