Shiny and ready to go might be a quick way to describe the 1967 Mustang GTA coupe shown here on ebay. If you have a need for such a car, and who doesn’t?, grab your bidder’s paddle and do better than the current $19,900 number which has attracted twenty tries thus far. But do it quick, because the auction ends on Thursday. Then find a way to thank Curvette, the person responsible for this tip. Oh, and get a one-way ticket to Las Vegas to claim your prize. That is, if, and only if, you meet the reserve, which you won’t have done yet at this sub-$20K number.

Looking at this ad, it appears that you get a lot in this deal, including a couple of stripes you don’t want if you’re a fan or original builds. I’m going to avoid a rant here, but let me say that a super-original car like this one was perfect from the factory. Now, someone has put Shelby strips up and over the hood, roof, and decklid. Yuck. All this does is steal the lines of the second-gen (1967-68) Mustang in an attempt to tap into a history which is never shared by a coupe. The fact that this is apparently a true GTA model as signaled by the condition report it comes with should have meant a restoration to that standard. This is just an opinion, mind you. The next guy who pops along might find those stripes just to his liking. In that case, the owner’s claim, “Tasteful upgrades while maintaining a classic look” might ring true.

So if we can get by the squabble over stripes, are there little things to do? Sure. The seats need re-skinning, or at least, the driver’s seat does. That’s easy enough, and the engine that was born with the car is out of it now, but you get it. In the meantime, the car shows in the 70,000-mile range, and the engine is claimed to have well under 10,000 miles of use. Chances are, then, that this is a car you could enjoy from day one, which is how I like to buy classic cars, and I’m sure that’s not just a me thing.

The driving experience in this car is enhanced with modernized, working AC and an automatic transmission. Plus there’s a Bluetooth screen—what? Is this clever engineering, or boy-toy overkill? Maybe it won’t matter to you when you hear the rumble of the hopped-up Edelbrock top end and four-barrel carb. It might not feel like it in most of the US right now, but summer’s coming, someday. Grab up this GTA and you’ll be ready from the jump.