I wish every listing could be like the eBay listing for this Mustang. The seller has posted over 100 pictures that provide a realistic idea of the real condition of this car. The opening bid was only $200 with no reserve. The seller provides only information he is sure of without supposition. For example, the engine block appears to have a fresh coat of paint but he doesn’t say it might have been rebuilt. Bidding is over $15,000 at this time with about 6 active bidders. It would be nice to know the history of this Mustang. It appears it’s being sold by a flipper who likely bought it out of a garage. It runs and drives, but apparently not well. Perhaps the previous owner started throwing money at it and became discouraged when he realized how big the hole was.
The interior appears well worn but it looks original and complete. The dash pad is truly sad.
The engine runs and has had appears to have had some restoration work completed. There’s no word on whether this might be numbers matching the car.
This side looks pretty nice. There’s no serious rust showing in this picture. Something doesn’t look right, though. Have the floors been replaced?
This Mustang has led a hard life. You can almost imagine this Mustang in better times. I remember driving a rented Mustang much like this with just a few miles on it. It was mostly a smooth luxury ride with a wonderful exhaust note cruising across Montana at just under hundred. This sad old pony is far from its glory days. Panel fit was never Ford’s strong point, but this Mustang looks much worse. The rust showing in the bottom of the doors is likely hiding lots of filler. There might not be too many places a magnet would stick to this car. The bodywork under that white paint is likely like the dash pad all wrinkly and cracked. Hopefully, the buyer has some idea what he is in for and plans to spend a pile of money restoring this. Could people really look at these pictures and think this is a solid car? Can you imagine buying this sight unseen? At least the seller showed them what they are getting.
The very definition of “road hard and put away wet.” I may be a little naive here but what makes this worth over 15 grand? It’s surely not the 2V motor. It’s not triple black or something like that. Save for the window handles, I don’t think there is anything on this car that wouldn’t have to be replaced/redone/restored. What a freakin’ hot mess. Checking Hagerty, one on “fair” condition is worth 30K and excellent is 53 with “concours” 70K but all price ranges have been flat for 3 years now so you can’t expect increasing worth to bail you out. But, hey, I could be all wet and 15K is like stealing it.
If bidding is up there then somebody thinks it is worth it. They can find out after the purchase if they made a mistake or not.
Miguel – More than one bidder thinks it’s worth it! It takes 2 or more to drive up the price! I attend about 30 auctions a year. Sometimes I’m met with spirited buying, and an item I want goes for way too much, sometimes no one else bids, and I get lucky.
Last year I bought a “one-of-a-kind” large format Photo album of Pres Johnson’s around the world trip the week before Christmas, 1967. It was put together by LBJ’s personal Photographer “Oke”, with a Gold leaf hot-stamped inscription on the cover: “To Cy Rennie, from LBJ”. [Mr. Rennie was Vice President of RCA, in charge of worldwide communications, and he was responsible for all communications on the trip.] I started with a bid of $20, someone else bid $25, I got it for $30. $30 for a genuine private gift from a sitting president, given to one of his friends!
In March I bought a painting of a beautiful kneeling nude lady, by the well-known artist Vincent. [Full name was S. Vincent Garrison] I was the only bidder at $100, it’s appraised at between $8,000 and $10,000.
I have always said: Bid on something until it goes above your price level. If you don’t bid, you can’t own it! At a typical auction I often bid on 100 or more items, and end up owning about 30% of the stuff I bid on.
That’s one rough pony car! It looks like a Mach I but in 1969, the “02” in the VIN could also be a Sportroof model. The 63C above the body code on the door tag is a Mach 1.
Even though the car needs complete restoration, buyers are bidding on the shiny paint.
Steve R
Yes, flipper fodder. This car was on Craigslist about a month ago for around $10k. It was dusty and dirty and was on there for about three weeks with bad photos. This car has LOTS of rust and the original Craigslist ad showed some of the more serious areas of decay. Apparently the flipper thinks that spraying the entire engine bay with WD-40, spray canning the rusty airfilter and wiping the interior down with motor oil will help maximize profits.
Whatever shape “This Mustang” is in, this car reinforces my opinion that 1969 gave us some of the best looking cars ever built- Mustang, Camaro, and Chevelle.
Ended: Jun 04, 2018 , 9:21PM
Winning bid:US $16,000.00
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We must not be looking at the same car. The ad I’m seeing, is at $9100, with 6.5 days left…
I would leave it how it is just drive it on the weekends
Clean it up a little bit[wouldn’t take much-DIY paint job] & drive/enjoy it 4 a daily runner, b looking good 65 on the highway, styling
Love a 69-70 Mustang fastback. Would have bought a new 1970 Boss 302 if I could have got AC. :)
This guy coated every surface with Armor-All or WD-40 to make it shiny.
And he sold it.
About right for a complete ‘69 Mach 1 running daily driver condition. Many are not complete at that price…
Black Jade is Dark Green. Not black! So not Triple Black!
I wouldn’t buy a new car without seeing it first much less a used one.
You might be on the wrong page. I’m pretty sure approximately all of the cars here are are pretty well used-up.
You might be on the wrong page. I’m pretty sure approximately all of the cars here are used or used-up
16000 cheap! Monkeys pay $10,000 4 1 piece of sheet metal, no motor & matching tags 4 a 69 charger. I wouldn’t sell my runner 4 less than $40,000, & it has a sweet 6