The wildly popular Mustang got its first restyle in 1967 after selling nearly 1.3 million copies the 2½ years prior. “Only” 472,000 units were built for ’67, including this standard 2-door coupe equipped with an inline-six engine and an automatic transmission. The seller’s car looks to be buried in a barn in Jacksonville, Florida and is available here on Facebook Marketplace for $2,500 OBO.
Mustangs for 1967 continued to be based on the Falcon platform, which Ford would cycle over and over for other cars. The overall size, interior room and cargo space of the Mustang were increased for the new model year and the ‘Stang now had concave taillights out back. Other than the perennial favorite, the 289 cubic inch V8, the most often ordered ’67 Mustang came with the 200 C.I. six-banger which is what we’re told is in the seller’s car. They were reasonably peppy motors and decent on gas (I had a ’66 Mustang equipped this way, and it got the 25 mpg on the road at 55 mph).
The seller lists this car as green in color, but it looks blue to me. It’s been sitting in this barn for more than 30 years and has the dirt and grime to prove it. We’re guessing this Mustang was there before most of the other stuff and it became a depository over time. The car has factory air conditioning, but those units all looked aftermarket until 1969 with the big vent box stuffed under the dash. There is no indication if the car has run since Madonna was #1 on the record charts, but these engines are easy to work on. The car is being sold without a title and you should probably bring help to clear a path out.
Unfortunately, the rust level on the interior makes it look like it’s been submerged. There’s even rust on the shifter. Too bad, this would have been a desirable car and certainly worth $2,500. AS they say though, let the buyer beware. Buying a car without a title (or transferrable reggie) is a potential disaster.
Don’t underestimate the grief – DMV is unlikely to help, especially if you move it out of state. If the title was somehow available the seller would have gotten it. This is probably a situation where they bought a property and the car came with it, no questions asked. I bought my old car from a seller that “jumped the title”(a common occurrence) and the original seller on the title was in the ground. I sh*t a brick hoping DMV would accept it and I wouldn’t have to go back to the seller(who wasn’t the owner). Thankfully, I got the title in my name. I couldn’t imagine going to a DMV without a title at all.
Back in the 70’s when I was a kid flipping cars in FL, we would simply go over the line to Alabama (a “bill of sale” state) register it there and come back to FL and register with that title. Not sure how it’s changed since then.
You can bet it’s changed. Undoubtedly you needed a transferrable registration(they still exist, but not on cars btw) and a bill of sale. I recently sold a boat trailer that way. I don’t think it works with cars, but if it did, the seller would mention “transferrable registration and bill of sale”.
Based on the amount of rust and mildew visible in nearly every surface of the interior it looks to have been stored in a damp environment. Who knows what the rest of it looks like and what sort of mechanical work will be needed to make it road worth. That’s before you get to the parts where there is no title. A smart buyer won’t pay more than 50% of the value of its parts.
Steve R
Damp is an understatement. I think this car went under water during a hurricane or something. That level of rust in the interior calls into question the sub frames, shock towers, rear spring mounts, floors, blah blah.
All things that there are no pictures of, coincidentally.
Not to mention the condition of electrical systems!
These early-Mustang-coupes-abandoned-in-the-barn aren’t usually worth much, because most aren’t desirable models (e.g. well-equipped V8 fastbacks) and because there are so many of them still out there. Unfortunately this one is even worse than many and isn’t worth much at all.
Spare tires included.
How much for the spare tire alone?
I used to own a ’74 Maverick that had been underwater. I know a flooded Ford when I see one.
Author Russ Dixon is totally incorrect on one key point – this is dealer add on air conditioning. Beginning in 1967, factory A/C on all Mustangs WAS integrated into the dash. The under dash hang on units that looked like dealer installed A/C was the factory installed A/C on only 1965 and 1966 model year Mustangs only!
That A/C looks very similar to what we had in a Chevy 4dr we had mid 1960s. They worked ok, I also remember my grandfather driving a truck cross country with an add on A/C mounted on top of his cab.
Aftermarket AC, factory AC was in dash starting in 1967.
Some of that debris in the garage (and maybe in the car as well) looks as if it may have actually floated in there.
Why would anyone pay for a relatively expensive display ad just to advertise a garage full of trash?
Keep the former submersible as the the garage shelving unit it’s currently used for
Good call cyclemikey. Those tires have been under muddy water for a period of time. And considering where this vehicle is, probably salt water.
Interior definitely looks like it was submerged under water …
However, value may go up substantially if someone can prove that the previous owner was Ted Kennedy