The Ford Mustang is one of the most successful cars ever built. From a mid-year launch in 1964, the consummate “pony car” is still going strong today. The company built 607,000 of them in 1966 alone, including the seller’s Ivy Green example which appears to have had a short list of options when it left the assembly line. Devoid of an engine now (and maybe the transmission, too), this Mustang is a rolling project in Los Angeles, California. It’s available here on craigslist for $4,000 OBO.
I had the same car as a teenager in the 1970s. Same color and the same engine, a 200 cubic inch inline-6. The seller doesn’t say what was in this car before it was pulled, but the 4-lug pattern on the wheels backs that up (the 289 V8s had five lugnuts). Mine had an automatic, whereas this one had/has a 3-speed manual shifted on the floor. The seller says this car is complete and the interior is chocked full of stuff, but you’ll still need to go shopping. The license plate says the Mustang was last on the road in 1999.
Though this Ford has been well-baked by the Sun, the body looks okay and may be a good foundation for a restoration as the seller suggests. Rust doesn’t seem to have been an issue, before or now. The odometer reads 6,000 miles (106,000), though the seller stopped counting at 90.000. The upholstery has been redone in the past, but that doesn’t matter as the pattern is worn out again. If you were to restore this Mustang, would you opt to drop in a copy of the original six-banger or go the restomod route with something more modern and more powerful?
It’s a lot of money for a 6 cylinder roller that appears engineless and needs everything. There are better starting points for someone that’s patient and persistent.
Steve R
Yes too much money to restore original, but if it really is rust free maybe not too much to build a restomod or pro touring car. Also it’s not exactly a roller. Look closer at the underhood pictures, the block is there but not in the proper place, but it is missing the intake, carb, and air cleaner. The high stance in the front is typically of the six cylinder cars.
Good catch!!!
Reminds me, when in high school I had a friend who had a ’65, same color with the six and a rare 4-speed! Nearly all 6-banger ‘Stangs were 3-speed or auto. Anyway, it was tired and smoking, but we used to terrorize the neighborhood in that thing! He traded it in for a brand new 1975 Granada.
Refer back to my comment from a few days ago on another early Mustang coupe. Like Steve R says, plenty of these to choose from for not much money. At least this one doesn’t look rusty.
Agree with both.
Would’ve just clicked the thumbs up but apparently that’s not an option available for me for some reason.
Press the thumbs up again…mine had the same delayed reaction…
It depends on the day of the week and whether it is low tide.
Seller says complete, but complete what? There is a 6 cylinder engine in there, sort of. The way it is haphazardly laying and the way rusty junk is strewn into the sloppy interior, why would anyone waste their time with this? It was obviously drug out of a field after somebody abandoned whatever it was they did to it. $4,000.00 for a car that realistically needs about 20,000 dollars worth of work as it was equipped – maybe more depending on what is missing – for it to be worth about $24,000.00 at best when it is finished? I don’t think so.
A old timer in Sun Vity AZ has a complete 65′ that just needs paint for $ 9,500