Confucius say “Car on a trailer in morning, buyer take warning.” Usually a picture like this suggests you’re one seller removed from a good deal, and this listing flies its Flipper Flag high. However, who can deny the appeal of a Grabber Blue four-speed 1970 Mustang powered by the fearsome “R” Code 428 Cobra Jet engine? This tired-looking specimen hails from Little Rock, Arkansas, and seeks a new owner here on ebay.com where a click on Buy It Now will make it yours for the sum of $10,500.
In addition to the potential R Code designation, this car would have had the desirable shaker hood and four-speed manual transmission. The seller claims the “VIN is stamped on the driver’s side fender apron, and on the dash,” which is more encouraging than having only one… in a freezer bag… removed to “keep it from rusting.”
By vacuuming up disintegrated carpet, sound deadener, animal nests, and other detritus, some kind soul has already saved you from fighting back your gag reflex a few times, and at least 45 minutes of labor. Plus we can see the relative state of the floor pans, which could be worse.
This empty cavern may have (barely) contained a 428 Cobra Jet V8 rated at 335 HP, though the curious motor-heads at HotRod.com put one on a dynamometer where it scored a healthy 375 HP with stock manifolds. If you have one in the corner of your garage, maybe this is your lucky day. This car does appear to have the beefier lower shock tower braces mandated for the Boss 302 and engines of 351 or more cubic inches. Do you see $10,500 worth of potential here?
good luck with those vin #’s……
My scoutmaster used to joke that Confucius says “He who stands on toilet is high on pot.”
Good luck with the listing…especially with the body work and lack of power plant.
Nice and the repunched vin ordered online is paying off
A fool and his money are easily parted…
Confucius also said, ” Man who go to bed with itchy butt, wakes up with smelly finger “. That’s what this deal smells like.
HAHAHA haven’t heard that one in a LOOOONG time. BTW that car is junk.
Confucius say: “Man who go to bed with sex on mind wake up with solution in hand”.
top value restored today not number matching translate to cost well beyond return . Such a shame
That sure is a nicely executed restoration, Scott.
This cars only selling point is the VIN number on the fender apron and dash, show it. It’s past the point where sellers should be given the benifit of the doubt, especially if they are asking a hefty price.
A quick look at the sellers completed listings shows some real junk. They make this one look like a show car.
Steve R
It’s sad to see such a beautiful car in this condition.
Lets see now … no engine, no interior, no glass, and a body that’s been thru a war. $10,500?? Seems like this seller and the seller of that drop top Firebird planter are smoking the same wacky weed. Drop one of those zeros off the price, and the seller may have a better chance at a sale. .
“This car does appear to have the beefier lower shock tower braces mandated for the Boss 302 and engines of 351 or more cubic inches.”
Not true. 351’s did not have the extra bracing.
Maybe a 351 Mustang did not get the reinforced shock towers but all 1969-1970 Cougars did, even the ones with the base 351 2V engine.
It’s not just the missing engine, trans, interior or glass….. this thing is missing EVERYTHING! You would have a $60,000 parts bill sourcing all of those rare bits. No thanks even at half the price.
That’s the nopiest nope that ever noped. Nothing under the hood, no interior, nothing. Me thinks he might be high, or Barrett Jackson was on when he put this up for sale.
Bingo! I vote for the Barrett-Jackson option. It’s be interesting to see if this coordinates with a similar car appearing in all its restored splendor to motivate this seller to list this pathetic hunk of scrap.
Yep… VIN’s or no VIN’s… Buy a Dynacorn body in white, find a boneyard 428 (I found one last fall) and drop the rest of the cash on eBay and at MAC’s and Dearborn Classics and have a totally cool, solid car.
Apparently the muscle car crowd is getting older and older (Seems like prices have leveled or even come down on some) and the days of spending stupid money for a VIN tag and fender stamping are probably over and done with.
I’m even seeing the same on post Knucklehead Harleys.
I have given up the Harley habit completely. An old but reliable and easily fixed Yamaha Virago 750 is my two wheeler du jour. The combination of a willing buyer with too much money and my dimming desire to ride that old Road King made the ultimate deal – where everyone went home happy.
As a Mustang affeciendo, I say scrap it or its nothing more than a parts car at best! It’s way to far gone to make a resto! Maybe if the original engine was there you could get your money back! I just see a money pit!
Only BB Ford 390/428 had reinforced shock towers. SB cars have no reinforced steel. Check for cracks also even on BB cars.
That is correct for Mustangs but not for Cougars. All 1969-1970 Cougars have the reinforced shock towers, even the base 351 2V models.
Parts car minus the parts. Everything usable or salable has been removed from the car.
like it or not, I remember the old “shaker hoods” back in the day… coolest feature on these and similar vehicles. that being said, this rust bucket is almost beyond restoring, it is sad to see that. I fear the only shaking on this vehicle would be as the buyer would start issuing checks to restore this vehicle. but who can say if good or bad once the job is done?