Met a gentleman in beautiful downtown Ovilla.  We were talking at the local BBQ place and he mentioned he had a 68 convertible that he bought at a garage sale last week.  He bought it to flip it.  So I went to take a look at it.  He said he wanted $10.5K.

At first glance, it was a beautiful springtime yellow with new black top, V8 automatic with black interior.  Paint was new, top was new, interior was new.  New styled steel wheels and tires.

Upon closer evaluation, none of the fenders aligned with the doors and none of the doors aligned with the quarter panels.  Trunk lid had a huge gap all around.  Right front headlight bucket had a 4" gap in the bottom right above the bumper.  Both shock towers had patches welded on top where they meet the inner fender panels.  Rear frame rails were rusted through in front of the shackles.  Passenger side rear rail was rusted through right behind the torque box.  Both rear floors were rusted out but they had laid replacement floors on top and just installed new carpet over it.  The assembly of all the detail items looked like mastercraft had reassembled the car.  Bolts missing here and there, small parts missing, stuff did not work, accelertor linkage used a zip tie instead of installing the cotter pin  in the linkage, throttle springs were so strong you could not push the pedal.  Engine had a krylon overhaul.

Since he had bought it to flip it, and he didn't really know anything about Mustangs, he was a bit disappointed to hear the evaluation of the car.  He said to make him an offer, so I had to think a long time before saying anything.  I decided to keep my mouth shut, because if I had offered him $6k, he probably would have taken it.  So, I left WITHOUT bringing any headaches home with me.  Whew !

He said, well... I guess I just need to find a buyer like himself to buy it. 

And that is the sad part.  Someone else who sees Mustang V8 convertibles for $17k advertised all over will jump on that car and get stuck with a turd.  It is a shiny, bright yellow turd, but still a turd.

Last edited by MustangSteve (6/08/2013 5:08 PM)