The hugely successful Ford Mustang got competition from General Motors in 1967 and still outsold both those cars combined (Chevy Camaro and Pontiac Firebird) by nearly 2 to 1. It also received its first restyle since being launched in the middle of calendar 1964. This Lime Gold ’67 coupe has been in storage for several years, having first been converted from factory six-cylinder power to a 289 V8. It will need coaxing to be roadworthy again and some bodywork and paint to boot. Located in Franksville, Wisconsin, this pioneer of pony cars is available here on eBay where the no reserve auction has reached $3,000.
For the third full model year, the Mustang was still outselling most anything else on the market. Ford built 472,000 units of which 356,000 were coupes like the seller’s car. When this one left the factory, it had a 200 cubic inch I-6 under the hood. Somewhere along the way, it gained a 289 4-barrel motor which would have been period correct. What is also correct is the 5-lug pattern for the wheels, an 8-inch rear end, and a C4 automatic transmission. It has been sitting for several years with some bodywork having been started before that exile began.
The driver’s side front fender and door look to have been replaced and one of the headlight bezels surrounds is a different color. The rear quarter panel on the same side also looks to have been damaged and left unrepaired. A ding or two here and there can be found and it looks to have some rust working along the lower extremities of at least the passenger side. Both bumpers have pitted from rust and will need to be re-chromed. So, the car is going to have to spend some time in the body shop.
On the other hand, the matching interior looks quite nice and may not need anything more than a good cleaning. It comes complete with a console for the automatic shifter. The car will start if some gas is poured down the carburetor, so it sounds like the Ford may be made to run consistently with some effort. The mileage is indicated as 99,000, so the next owner will have the pleasure of seeing the odometer roll over once this project is back on the road. That’s how the seller views the car or maybe as a good parts car, but it looks better than that unless there is hidden damage that will be costly to repair.
The seller is warning potential buyers there is more rust than us visible. When the seller says “ the car is rusty, and is an ambitious restoration or great parts car”, believe them. There is no benefit to them by stating that so clearly, doing so is only going to cost them money. Even though this car doesn’t look particularly bad in the pictures, especially for the price, valuing it as a parts car rather than a project when bidding would be wise.
Steve R
This reminds me of the 67 coupe that was restored on FantomWorks that the owner was sentimentaly attached to. They invested over 75K to end up with a 25K car.
I hope that the BF staff doesn’t delete this comment, like they did on the GMC motor home article. I still haven’t received an answer as to why that comment was deleted.
BF might not have deleted your comment. I think there is a glitch in their software. Sometimes it takes several hours for comments I’ve made to show up on a thread, others disappear completely. This seems to be pretty common, look how often you see comments double posted, that’s likely because their first try didn’t show up and they entered it again.
Steve R
Steve,
I certainly hope that you are right, and it is just a technical glitch. If so, I’m all good with that and I fully understand.
The post was visible for about 2 hours, then it just went away. So far, no one from the staff has responded to my question as to why it went missing. My concern would be that our voices are being censored because “someone, somewhere” didn’t agree with the comment. If that is the case, I wouldn’t be good with it. With all of the censoring going on in the world today, this is the last place that I would expect to see that. I certainly hope that is not the case.
I won’t go into all the technical stuff that makes the site work, but there are reasons it sometimes takes a while for your comments to show up and it has to do with keeping the site load times down. As for Bluetec’s comment, it wasn’t deleted, at least not intentionally. It looks like the image didn’t load correctly and was flagged as malicious and removed by the server. Reuploading it would likely resolve the issue.
@Joshua Mortensen – Again, thank you for responding.
This delayed response happens often…Eventually comment is posted…on the other hand, I have seen comments removed from time to time…
The perfect candidate to be a donor car for a Dynacorn fastback body.
I see someone at one time got rid of the awful 1967 horn button Ford used and replaced it with an older model one .
I just noticed a tow hitch on this car…I can just see this mustang towing a trailer with horse manure. LOL