This Mustang Convertible might have already been restored, but it has quite the history. The previous owner bought it back in 1975 and she took meticulous care of it. She even named it Ms. Daisy because of the Springtime Yellow paint. Sadly, she began to have health issues in the early 2000’s and decided she could no longer drive Daisy. Which is even more unfortunate considering she paid to have the engine worked on and the body fully restored. We asked the seller if they had any photos of the car when they found it and they sent the photo above over! It’s since been given a tune up and fully detailed. You can find it here on eBay in Chicago, Illinois with a BIN of $26,500 and the option to make an offer.
The previous owner clearly loved her little convertible Mustang, as she kept all of the service records from the time she purchased it all the way up to the restoration. She drove it from Salt Lake City, where she bought it, to Chicago, but with just 76k miles on the odometer she must have only driven it on weekends and special occasions. The seller has the stack of paperwork detailing all of the maintenance and work that has been done over the years, which comes with the car.
While the exterior was fully restored, the interior was left alone, but with so few of miles it should be in good shape. It cleaned up extremely well and appears to be ready to go. You don’t see many Mustang Convertibles with air conditioning, but whoever purchased it new had the dealer install the A/C system. The seller claims it still works, although they don’t say how cold the air is coming out of it. If it still blows cold, it would make this a very comfortable convertible to drive around in this summer!
The car was also optioned with the 200 horsepower 289 V8, which is said to run great. It should given that it hasn’t seen that many miles since it was last worked on. During the restoration, it had new head gaskets installed, the valve springs were replaced and a complete service.
This really does look like a fantastic car and values for early Mustang Convertibles have really climbed in the past few years. Being a 289 car with air conditioning only makes it more desirable, add in all the documentation and you really have something worth collecting. These cars are a blast to drive, which does create one conundrum for me, I’d want to baby this one. Given that it’s a convertible, I guess it would still be fun to just take out for nice weekend drives with the top down!
Great car at a great value.
“Factory air” on the 65-66’s WAS the hang on unit as pictured
It could have been installed at any time after delivery but if it was a SW car, it likely came with the “factory” ac
This is true – no built-in A/C for the Mustang until the ’67 model year. Fairlane/Falcon did get it in ’66, though. Here’s my ’66 Mustang with factory A/C.
I should add that the featured car may indeed have “dealer-added” A/C as it has a black “camera-case” finish (the part around the vents and fan/temp knobs) that ’66 cars had. In ’65 the correct finish would be silver, not black. So the A/C unit could have come along after the car was around for a couple of years.
Beautiful car. IMO a bit ambitious on the price but a great car to bring to the car shows…My 25 year old Vette (nearly showroom) gets no attention. I once owned a ‘beautiful ’65 Mustang coupe and several times people followed me home and wanted to buy it. Never happened with any of the Vettes I owned (3)
I’m sorry that your Vette doesn’t garner the appreciation that you believe it deserves. You are obviously an enthusiast and I appreciate that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and you are obviously beholding to the Vette. I personally, am a Blood Blue Ford child but I can appreciate a vehicle for what it is :) My favorites are the 57 to 62 Vette’s.
Finally, I Mustang I could love. If only I had $26k that my wife wouldn’t miss if I (ahem) “spent” it.
The 1953 Chevrolet Corvette is considered to be the first All American Sports Car and should be revered as such. But, with that reputation, it was only common sense that performance versions from competitive manufactures would soon follow. Hence the GT40, the GT350, GT500 and so on. The Vette made it’s mark on the circuit.
Probably not a bad price. Does anybody know what is that stuff being sprayed on the car before it is being hosed down? Is it ordinary car soap or something else?
Great looking car.
Flipper paid what $6500 – $9500…..and now looking for 25 large…..what a hobby we’re in….
This seller is no hobbyist. He’s a bona fide car dealer right down to the extra $150 doc fee.
Hey, that’s Carl Kolchak’s mustang!
There is a misconception with some folks that if an A/C unit is under dash, it must be a dealer/aftermarket accessory. This is clearly a factory A/C unit, with the Ford emblem on the top center of the unit. We had a ’63 Chevy 1/2 ton with factory A/C (VERY cold), that was mounted the same way. The dash design wouldn’t have space for dash mounted vents.
The assembly line A/C units were the same as the Ford dealer installed units.
Too bad someone hacked the dash to put in an aftermarket radio. Car looks solid underneath, but I’d expect some freshening up and dump the patched together exhaust to justify the asking price. Overall a nice car with nice equipment.
Looks like a ’66 A/C unit, though, so I’m thinking it was not installed at the factory.