Patina is a word that can rescue a messy, needy car and render it cool. That might be the case with this 1965 Mustang 2+2 (fastback), viewable here on ebay. It’s available for bid and is sitting at just over $17K right now with nearly a week remaining in an auction that ends next Saturday. You’ll be in this for more than the current price, by the way, as the reserve is not met. Thanks to Mark F. for the great tip on this one. If you end up turning his tip into your next ride, you’ll have to get yourself to Mesa, Arizona to pilot it home. Don’t default to taking a trailer with you. I wouldn’t discount the idea of driving it, should you wish for a summertime adventure.
The cool factor of this Mustang has been increased by a smart owner/seller. Look at that side-exit exhaust, which has big pipes evacuating the spent gasses in true dual fashion. I’ll bet it thumps. Check out the dog-dish hubcaps. And look at the other value-adds, like a cleaned-up undercarriage and apparent rear-end rebuild, with a shiny clean pumpkin as proof. Are there some scary bits? Rust behind the rear wheels will need attention, but the shots inside the trunk show that the integral frame rails are intact. There may be some spots where the floor is not perfect, but it’s hard to get a look, so this is something you’d want to address with the seller, or via in-person inspection, before you assign value to this car. He does indicate in the ad that it is rust-free.
What would this car be without someone freezing it in time as a patina-machine? Actually, the answer to that is rather positive: a decent first-generation Mustang fastback, a body style that is more rare than the convertible by a bit and more scarce than a coupe by a long ways. As it is, the seller’s description “restored with patina” appears to decode to restored in all aspects except the topcoat. But even that has been frozen in time with what is labeled a “Poppy’s Patina gloss clear coat.” I’m not sure about the orange and blue color combo, but what the bidder thinks of it is what matters, and I wouldn’t rule the car out just because someone in its past life decided to try a blue exterior shade.
In short, this car actually does what so many restoration candidates only promise to: it represents a driveable collectible in the present, with lots of time and money already invested, and a worthy project, in terms of those same things, time and of money, down the road. What you don’t know is whether this is the original engine (a point carefully skirted around in the description), though in any case this is a C-code car (2bbl 289 V8). There’s also some final sorting to do, as indicated. But that’s true with any car, and not many will be as instantly appealing as is this Mustang.
And a link is where?
Is there 3 pedals Bob ?
No. Automatic. Got to it with Terry’s info.
Not worth looking at the Ebay ad….I did…..and if this is a restored car I have a really nice Shelby on a Nova chassie for sale – ALL orginal !
Author wants it for himself. Refuses to divulge link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256555475721
I used the internets”
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256555475721
Are you kidding with the description,the blue sucks,the red sucks,the patina sucks and those hub caps are from an old Ford not this car!
Totally agree. Only recommended it to see the reactions. To see if anyone thought it was solid enough to actually restore or restomod. And to see if there actually were mustang fans in the patina crowd.
Pass
Well, it is an old Ford, so no problem there.
Just imagine, they might’ve used Chevrolet ones – and then there’d be ructions!
3 tread channel Haida tires do not inspire confidence.
Patina is better left unwaxed/unclearcoated – & dirty.
I prefer the old ways before patina was rust’ coke was refreshing ect.
Patina is a word to say, “I can’t afford to paint it.” But isn’t it cool as is?? Pfft, hate “patina”. My dad’s tractor has patina…its a tractor, it doesn’t need to look good.
Can’t wait for the “patina” fad to fade away…
“not many will be as appealing as this car”. If you mean like fingernails on a blackboard. 😖
It looks like it’s homemade sanded fake patina. Hard pass.
It looks like a lot of mud chipped off by the gas cap to so how much is hidden under the ” Patina”? Shoulda just flat blacked it would have been cooler.
Seller claims, “Floor is solid and rust free and was sealed to prevent future rust.” I think what he means is, no visible rust holes now. A serious ugly patch on the drivers side foot well and unusual welds down one side elsewhere. Lots of rust visible inside the boot on the sides, why is that there ? Im picking this is a rust bucket, these cars do have a lot of cavities that can be totally gone with rust, around the inner rear guards for instance. I would either view before bidding or be very wary. My 2 cents worth.
The orange sills scream rust to me.
But I may be wrong.
Unbelievable, it actually sold for 30k. I never would have dreamed it would bid that high