For its third model year (1967), the popular Ford Mustang was treated to a mild restyle that would allow for a larger engine compartment. A lot of competitors entered the field that year, and yet sales would still top 472,000 copies. This ’67 is an anomaly in that it began life as a coupe but has been converted to a fastback and the finishing work still needs to be done. However nice this car ends up being, the paperwork will never completely match the automobile. Located in Celina, Tennessee, this “coupeback” is available here on eBay where the current bid is $10,400, the reserve is unmet, and the “move to the front of the line” price is $23,500.
The elephant in the room has to be why would you undertake a project like this. Weren’t there any factory-made fastbacks available to restore? More than 71,000 of them were assembled in 1967 and we see them all the time here on Barn Finds, so was this a necessary undertaking? We’re told it was a solid, running coupe to begin with, so we assume there was nothing major wrong with it in its previous state. The seller (or someone else) contracted with a “professional” to do the fastback conversion with (we’re told) the correct inner structure and brackets.
Once all the finishing touches are out of the way, I suppose you’d redo the black paint, but you certainly wouldn’t have to stick with that color. The body looks straight, and the innards are out of the interior, showing where some patchwork to the floors was done. The coupe’s interior was saved, but you’ll need fastback pieces for the back seat.
The car runs and drives with what appears to be a 289 cubic inch V8. It also has factory air conditioning and power conveniences for the steering and brakes. The rubber on the ground is new as is the gas tank. So, perhaps most of the heavy lifting has already been done. The seller says $20,000 was invested in the conversion alone. I suspect the primary motivation for buying this unfinished project is the story you’ll have to tell at Cars & Coffee about how the automobile came to be.
This is a project that will be underwater.
One can get a real one after money spent here.
Owner should remove reserves and understand one doesn’t always return your money 💰
Finish it or take the loss.
Exactly what I was thinking. But that goes for 99% of the cars on here. When it need a complete nut and bolt restoration. You’re looking at $70k. And starting 5 .. 10 … 20k in the hole… Wow you end up with a 70 to 90 thousand dollar car that’s worth 30.
Unless you get it basically for free. You made a very very bad “investment”
I’d safely bet. 3\4 of these cars end up resold for a loss or rot to dust during the restoration they’re “getting around to it” for 30 years lol
Well..spent $20k alone on the conversion. If you go that far into a build…especially like this..you should stick with it. Probably not going see your $$ back. Unless it’s some sort of life changing event.
It’s a 67 but has 68 rear quarters
Here, take my $999. Last chance to sell that abomination
It’s not even worth 600 in scrap. Bad investment lol
Where are the side vents for a 67? Why would you not have those and make it look like a 68? Sorry $20k ruining two cars makes no sense. Should have just bought a Dynacorn shell then transferred everything over. Hard pass.
I’ll fi ish olit it has so much bull hymn to it, nothing else matters and the dead don’t die not even 100,000 toms I heard it myself. I have no money my electric bike broke down and I can’t afford a Ford Maverick hybrid. Spent 3 months in la walking on band-aids listening to music wishing I had my gun that the homeless trap troll took when I slept and the devil let me sleep like a baby I am and then made a nice tree appear prestigee was like where’s my BB gun 🔫. Got worse from there.
WtFranklin? MD 20/20 at play here?
Had one just like it in1972 paid 50 bucks for with rusted quarter panels an floor boards sounds like it could have been better than 401 k plan
You seem like a lonesome LA Cowbow, hangin’ out and hangin’ in.
I’m seeing a car that could be a lot of fun for $3500.00. Alfred E Newman’s Mustang!
From a Mustang fanatic: No, No, & No!!!
And just why?Because this was cheaper than buying an actual fastback?Looks like a money pit$$$.and you’ll never even get close to ever getting your money back or break even for that matter…upside down all the way$$
What is money for if not to piss it away as we choose?
Choose a little more wisely??But having alot of money doesn’t exempt one from being stupid or making stupid choices..
No way would I consider a car in this condition, without a thorough examination of the car, even if it was originally a fastback that had it’s damaged roof replaced. This type of body repair requires exacting measurements and precision welding. Even a small difference can mean things like the rear window glass will not fit.
When your done with this even if the body work is near perfect is is only worth at the most what a coupe is worth maybe. to get all the right pieces and to have them fit and work properly is a major part of it’s final value. As it is the current bid of 10k is to high. You would probably be better off making this into a radical custom than trying to imitate a 67 fastback. No thanks. Unfortunately it will never be appreciated except by the person who actually did the work.
Hi, I can’t add anything to this! the only thing I can do is rate the comments!! there all pretty good !! but, I’m going with Alfred E Newman!!
The only way this makes sense is he had the coupe with severe rear end damage and either had the fast back with severe front damage or found it dirt cheap. I highly doubt the seller has 20k in it. He didn’t figure out until halfway through what everyone else knows. It will cost more and never be worth as much as an original coupe.
Never put money down on a project, that the body shop is charging you $20 grand for. When you have consumed a 24 pack of cheap beer.
This car makes zero sense, of course. Take a perfectly nice car and cut it up so the driver can sit in a tunnel that they can’t see out of. The fastback is hopeless for driving any further than 1,320 feet at a time. Now that my disdain for the fastback is on record, I admit that I’ve always been fascinated by the possibility of a ’67 Cougar fastback. I’ve never seen one done before. Not as simple a cut job as this project, with the Coug being a bit longer, but it could be done…
You hit the nail on the head QTR mile Gasser way easier to justify the money