Rusty Hunk Of Junk: 1967 Mustang Fastback

If you really, really have to have a 1960s Mustang like this 1967 Fastback, then bid up past the one person who has supposedly posted an offer of $14,500. But be warned: There’s no mention of a reserve, so you’ll actually be on the hook if you better this price. Think long and hard about the wisdom of the move before you head to Amarillo, Texas to collect your prize. You’re buying less than a full car (normally, they come with engines), and less than even a partial car (because rust has made Swiss cheese out of the skeleton that is left.) Do you have what it takes, in cash or talent, to bring this car back from the dead?

Mustangs got bigger for the second go-round of the first generation, offered in the 1967-68 model years. This was so they could incorporate larger engines as the muscle wars raged on. This one might have had a 390-CID monster, and the ad hints at a Marti Report that would tell the tale. However, if it’s there somewhere, I don’t see it. What can be recommended is the near-perfect design of the Fastback body style this car represents. So if you were to dump tens of thousands of dollars into a resto, you’d at least have a lovely car to show off when you were done.

But get real. This car is so bad the roof is dented and the owner “thinks” it can be fixed. It has a clear coat—nice work, painter!—but the only thing left of that is a patchwork assembly of some places where the shine is more prominent than the dull and wasted red topcoat. The seller mentions that the floor is partly replaced, but images show the most messy welding job I’ve ever seen on an underside. The funny thing is that the rear rails and the spot over top of them in the trunk look good, but the seller says there is rust in the trunk lid. I’d worry much more about the fact that the lower firewall has perished, and that what’s there looks scary. It is like the rust is slowly creeping up from the deep and taking over.

The seller claims that the car is “mostly complete,” but how can you tell until you get on site and look at what’s there? There is one photo that shows a bunch of interior panels, but there’s a lot not present, not the least of which is all the accessories that provide going and stopping power under the hood. So even if this is a real bid on a real project, you’re going to be underwater a long, long time. Is it all a way of saying that what we have here is basically a title and VIN plate waiting for a donor new body (where this is legal)? Oh rats, there’s “no title,” and this one is, and I quote exactly here, “Sold on a bill of sell.” However, if you can’t resist, you will find the Mustang listed here on eBay.