It isn't original some fool added seat belts. The original options specified seat belt delete!
This guy has been trying to sell this thing for outrageous money for several years. He needs to move the decimal place one to the left at least. #fordmustang
@P161911 probably shoudn't have:
Seat belts added, wrong radio (AM/FM was not available) and a few other glaring details... (like, they couldn't bolt the Rally-Pac on straight?) For this kind of pipe-smoking price, this should be a 100-point showpiece. #fordmustang
This has so much pipe, it's the size of the Cotton Bowl.
Next thing you know, we'll see the first known Pinto, the first known diesel Chevette, and the only still-running diesel conversion Eldorado pulling in six-figure prices.
At least GM didn't downsize the 350 to 4.1L, then add V8-6-4 technology, then convert it to diesel. The "you're walkin' " trifecta. #fordmustang
That's somewhere around $5,470,000 worth of provenance?
At 1/10 the price, it would still be too pricy, but at least I could see the justification. I wouldn't even question the buyer's sanity if it sold for over a million, but at 5.5 million dollars, I think (hope) that the seller is being grossly optimistic. #fordmustang
Not to rain on anyone's 308 love, but it's not a GTS, it's not a Euro dry-sump motor, and it's not a fiberglass lightweight. If you're eager to tune carbs, great, but I think he could have picked a more collectible version to obsess over. #ferrari308
/Imagine the look on the guys face if you bought the car, picked it up in the rain, and got your muddy boots on the carpet and then lit up a smoke for the drive across country. He'd faint.
Jim Kenzie (a Canadian auto journalist) once spoke in one of my classes. One of the things he touched on was his beloved '77 AMC Hornet, and how he had bought it from a German machinist, so he knew it had been anal-retentively maintained. And yet I imagine it's a total beater compared to this.
I mean, I don't have the level of commitment to do something like this (as evidenced by my car, unwashed since August '08, except for the square to put the LeMons sticker on), but I can't help but look at this and think, "phwoar, that's gorgeous."
This guy is to my liking. He reminds me of the old guy who used to live across the street from me - the guy who would disassemble, clean, and lube his lawn mower every single time he had used it.
Should have bought his old 633CSi...
As for the 308, I'd still prefer a 328 but the labor which went into this one changes things a bit.
11/12/09
It's #1, great. Put it back on the podium. There are things that should not be sold. I firmly believe this is one of them. #fordmustang
11/12/09
Agreed... This should live in a museum, like Notchback #10 back in Germany. #fordmustang
11/12/09
This guy has been trying to sell this thing for outrageous money for several years. He needs to move the decimal place one to the left at least. #fordmustang
11/12/09
They forgot to say "First owner was Ralph Nader"
He had the seatbelts put in.....you know, to avoid that big "Unsafe at any speed" thing for Ford. #fordmustang
11/12/09
Seat belts added, wrong radio (AM/FM was not available) and a few other glaring details... (like, they couldn't bolt the Rally-Pac on straight?) For this kind of pipe-smoking price, this should be a 100-point showpiece. #fordmustang
11/12/09
Next thing you know, we'll see the first known Pinto, the first known diesel Chevette, and the only still-running diesel conversion Eldorado pulling in six-figure prices.
At least GM didn't downsize the 350 to 4.1L, then add V8-6-4 technology, then convert it to diesel. The "you're walkin' " trifecta. #fordmustang
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@Steve_in_NC: #fordmustang
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I like Mustangs a lot, but not to the tune of $5.5 million. #fordmustang
11/12/09
It belongs in a museum! #fordmustang
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At 1/10 the price, it would still be too pricy, but at least I could see the justification. I wouldn't even question the buyer's sanity if it sold for over a million, but at 5.5 million dollars, I think (hope) that the seller is being grossly optimistic. #fordmustang
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/Imagine the look on the guys face if you bought the car, picked it up in the rain, and got your muddy boots on the carpet and then lit up a smoke for the drive across country. He'd faint.
10/15/09
I mean, I don't have the level of commitment to do something like this (as evidenced by my car, unwashed since August '08, except for the square to put the LeMons sticker on), but I can't help but look at this and think, "phwoar, that's gorgeous."
10/14/09
I'd strap on my platform shoes, throw on that awesome album by that new band, Van Halen, and lay rubber all the way to the Whiskey a Go Go.
10/14/09
I always appreciate the work that goes into these types of restorations. Even if the car is a 1984 Dodge Aries.
10/14/09
Should have bought his old 633CSi...
As for the 308, I'd still prefer a 328 but the labor which went into this one changes things a bit.