Another Rag Top Rip Off !!! 

They took a $2,500 car, put a $500 paint job, some Bilstein shocks and a few other things they could point out, then sold it for $45,000. That's theft by deception as far as I'm concerned. And the price makes it a felony. I'd be filing a lawsuit and pressing charges against these crooks

The moral of the story. If the seller makes it hard to inspect. Run!

I noticed the Marines plate on the front. I’m thinking a retired vet bought this as a present to himself. A word of caution - classic muscle cars are best avoided unless you are very mechanically inclined. I made the same mistake but at 21, and for a lot less $. That’s at least a teachable moment. Spending part of your retirement on a gift to yourself and then realizing you’ve been taken is not a teachable moment, it’s just a gut wrenching and heartbreaking loss.

Appreciate you dropping the name so others can be wary.

I'm 70 years old. My Sister bought a 68 from Rockville Ford in the DC area. We use to call them " Rustangs ". Those Crooks took a rusted up junker and did a Crapjob cover-up. Like you said, looks nice from a distance. Wait till the Rust starts to show thru where it was hidden. So sad to see this. A friend of a friend was looking at a Car from those Crooks, but when they made it near impossible to do a PPI, he said his gut feeling told him NO . They love their Pop Rivets. Can see a gaggle of them in the Drivers side lower Fender. Good job sir.

The owner needs to contact a lawyer it's definitely not safe and the dealership should be made accountable.

Strange how many of these Mustangs seem to be like this. My neighbor has a sixties Mustang he's selling for $7,000, and there's another one in a junkyard not too far from me that he's not going to crush (not sure what he'd want for it though,) but both of them, at the very least, are fairly solid, all original cars. It's very strange to me how a lot of people will jump to spend far more money on what, in my opinion, are much worse vehicles. I mean I've done some crappy repairs in my time, booger welds on a $450 pickup truck to get the bedside to stop flopping around, spot welding and mudding old roofing tin to a body panel on a $500 car, but these are all vehicles that I consider myself to be the final owner of, not stuff that I expect to last long enough to sell, and especially not stuff I intend to deceive people into thinking has been restored. If I was to sell one of my cars that I've done that kind of work to, I'd probably want somewhere between $200 and $1,200, depending on the vehicle and how badly I've worn it out. I would take one of those over some of these weld practice sheets being sold as cars.

Great video! Sad to see this kind of butchery. Personally, I would never buy a car online, especially a classic one, without getting up close to see the bones. It's like someone put frosting on a turd cake.

Kiwi, thank you for doing your own, classic car flipper videos! I, just sent an email, to the seller. Everyone, should do the same.

These are the types of shoddy repairs I would have expected to be done in someone's home garage or at a buddy's shop when cars like this were 15 to 20 year old rusted-out junkers worth 100 or 200 bucks and they just needed to be kept on the road one more year until they could save up to buy a new car. The fact that now people are throwing on nice paint jobs and refinishing the interiors, all while letting the underneath and mechanics of these vehicles remain in an absolute shamble, is frankly really disturbing. These aren't $200 cars anymore, more like 20 to 40,000 $ before you even start thinking about buying one today. Once you know a little bit about these cars, it's pretty easy to start spotting the issues... But most people who buy stuff like this will only ever get it inspected if there's a problem. I'm sure there's plenty of people who drive their car to go get ice cream and then down to the car show and that's the only time they ever drive there classic... meanwhile the whole thing's a structural disaster probably waiting to fall apart if it's ever driven in the rain or hit a pothole. It's really sad that these things have gone up so much in cost, and it seems like the actual real value of so many examples is just decreasing with such shoddy work everywhere. I really appreciate the fact that you continue to showcase these vehicles, and I desperately hope that they're making it to the non-car people who are thinking about buying these either as a fun weekend toy or as an investment and make them reconsider or at least get pre purchase inspections.

What makes it even worse is the price they paid for the car. I looked up the company and under their sold cars, They had this very car. It sold for $44900. For that money I would expect the car to be in much better condition.

Well done Kiwi in naming these crooks, they should be held accountable & jailed for putting peoples lives at risk. I wouldn't be buying anything from AP VINTAGE MOTORS & neither should anyone else.

I would be afraid to even lift the car up on the hoist with how they scabbed things together

It is the same thing with houses. People look at the cosmetics, but not at the structure. People are more concerned about the color of the countertop and the smell of new paint than with structural integrity and design.

I've worked on only a few classic cars in my life but every single one I saw someone buy has been like this, just miles deep of covered up problems.

Way to go AP Vintage Motors LLC. There are some nice Baptist churches around your dealership, why dont you visit one.

Pathetic. It would NEVER pass a safety inspection here in Canada.Patches are ok I guess IF the welding is done completely and properly and this car is a scab job. Time to get 20 angry customers together and call out this stealership.

Am I the only one who bothers to crawl under a car with my flashlight to look for stuff like this before I buy it?

Great video Kiwi. I’ve learned a lot from your videos about what to look out for on these older cars and how they go together. Sad that this person got saddled with a car that’s not even safe to drive. Thanks again for the info. Glad there’s guys like you out that are willing to call out these dealerships and sellers for the poor work they try to hide! 👍🏻

Selling something that defective should be a crime.