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A rust free 1973 Mustang Mach 1 is tempting me.(I need glasses, bad!)
I've seen this car sitting since spring. Its a yellow Mach 1 302 Auto. Its complete and surprisingly rust free. I crawled all over it on the way home Monday searching for rust. The floor pans and frame rails look better than most cars I've seen. They rival my Falcon and other southern cars. The only visibe rust is the passenger side quarter panel right above the wheel opening. The sign says it runs and drives. The price is 3000 obo. I wonder if I showed up with 2500 if they would let it go. It needs new paint and interior but no expensive panel replacement. The 302 looks like it leaked oil all over the trans, but no slick covering the underside and no sign of a cleanup job. I could fix a problem like a leaky 302 with my 460 and C6 sitting in the garage.
I also stopped by that 70 Mustang vert in Vermont as I had an event to attend and the shop is right off of the highway, just to check out what was going on in the shop. I crawled all over the car again for the hell of it, RUST!
They had a 69 Coupe there for an estimate. One of the guys said it had a bad history around town with the cops. We both laughed about that.
I told the resto shop owner about the car and he said I should buy it since it's solid. He tries to talk customers into buying as nice as a project as possible. We then talked about how sick we all are and how we want every cool car we see for sale.
I've seen this car sitting since spring. Its a yellow Mach 1 302 Auto. Its complete and surprisingly rust free. I crawled all over it on the way home Monday searching for rust. The floor pans and frame rails look better than most cars I've seen. They rival my Falcon and other southern cars. The only visibe rust is the passenger side quarter panel right above the wheel opening. The sign says it runs and drives. The price is 3000 obo. I wonder if I showed up with 2500 if they would let it go. It needs new paint and interior but no expensive panel replacement. The 302 looks like it leaked oil all over the trans, but no slick covering the underside and no sign of a cleanup job. I could fix a problem like a leaky 302 with my 460 and C6 sitting in the garage.
I also stopped by that 70 Mustang vert in Vermont as I had an event to attend and the shop is right off of the highway, just to check out what was going on in the shop. I crawled all over the car again for the hell of it, RUST!
They had a 69 Coupe there for an estimate. One of the guys said it had a bad history around town with the cops. We both laughed about that.
I told the resto shop owner about the car and he said I should buy it since it's solid. He tries to talk customers into buying as nice as a project as possible. We then talked about how sick we all are and how we want every cool car we see for sale.