Gone Too Far - This Rip-Off Red Mustang Is Classic Car Flipper Butchery Of The Highest Order! 

We miss the Butchery / flipper car inspection vids. Thanks for a new one UT!

I'm here because of your reply video to their request to take this one down. Don't, do not take this video down. They absolutely need to be held accountable for what they've done. Shame on them.

FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for someone to expose "Streetside Classics" for the fraudulent price gouging thieves they are. I peeped their game a few years ago. I'm glad this video exists now. So, if any potential customers of theirs do any research at all, they've been warned. This video has been needed for awhile now

It comes to show that Streetside Classics is NOT a reputable used car dealership. They got caught trying to flip an unsafe and overpriced Classic and trying to cover their tracks. When they ask to take a video down, it shows they are a risky business.

We have a Streetside Classics here in Charlotte/Concord NC as well. They have monthly open house/car show where you can walk through their entire showroom of hundreds of vehicles. I have always questioned some of the garbage that they have on consignment there. You can smell the fresh paint on so many of the cars there and you can clearly tell which ones are flipper cars. Trucks with rusted out beds with paint shot over the crust. The worse one was a silver mid 60's Corvette with a LS swap in it that you could see the chunks of fiberglass that had been cut out and replaced under the bubbled "new" paint job. This cobbled up monster had a $128,000 price tag on it.

I really hope the owner can take these thieves to court, what a disgrace.

A good learning moment for non car people who want to own a classic car. (Bring someone who knows cars) to look at it before plunking down 38K

You'd think for 38 large the car would be better than new. Thats just evil .

I had a mechanical business in the 90s where people would pay for us to inspect prestige cars for them prior to purchase... We ended up with such a reputation that dealers wouldn't allow us on their property any more. The best advice is in the video - Pay someone who knows what they're looking for, it's cheap insurance.

"This car you sold me won't go up hills. You said it was in great shape.' "I said on the level, this is a great car ."

“Kiwi’s House of RU-vid Gold”; I like that. 😁

I just refuse to believe anyone would drop near 40k on a car without test driving or at least inspecting the damn thing. Must be nice to have enough money not have to worry about such sums.

I almost bought a 65 barracuda from that same vendor. I had it inspected. 8 pages of problems. I passed but shared all the problems. They never changed the add one bit. Best 500 I have ever spent

i imagine the "benny hill" theme was playing in the background in this "shop" where this mess was "assembled"

I lost it when tony grazed the bumper with his finger and it flopped around for sure that thing was rattling while driving

Quote from an old car dealer I knew decades ago in response to a customer's question about the guarantee: That car is guaranteed to drive off of my property. It did. Then died.

A crime has been committed here.

Really sad that the classic car market has become so scummy. The suspension issue alone is dangerous.

Whoever set this sale up and said this thing is worth 38 grand should get 38 years of prison

Saved this for "what not to do" when restoring a classic. Lol

If you see “slick paint” in an ad, RUN!

Every single piece of this car is available aftermarket. The time and cost of doing all of this the right way was miniscule. This is truly mental.

I recently bought a beautiful 65 Corvair from someone who is 2000 miles away, and had it shipped to me, so I never looked at anything more than some photos. A few differences is that I sort of knew the seller. Another is that the top Corvair expert in the US had looked it over. Oh, and the major difference is that *every single flaw* was disclosed to me before purchase, and I got the car at a pretty good price. The car was even nicer than the seller said and he had sent me a zillion pics. So far, all but a couple of the flaws have been fixed (by me), and I absolutely just love this car!. So far, I've spent maybe $1000 on parts, so the car is still more valuable than what I paid for it!

It’s just sad for the whole car industry. This is exactly why you really need to have the car inspected by somebody that is competent to do it to protect your interests. Great job for putting this out there there needs to be awareness of this .

Hard to believe someone could be so gullible to waste $38,000 on this. YIKES!

Deathtrap. Forget the seat belts. One front end collision and the flames from the gas line severing, the engine and suspension dislodging and compressing the driver's compartment or from the battery flying toward your head or the sparking of chaffed wires you will kill you just the same. Seat belts would only hold you in longer to fry.

So sad, no telling the kind of stress a bad purchase like this can cause on the home front. I’m constantly amazed at the nice paint finishes these cars always seem to have, but knowing their penchant for cutting corners, it’s beautiful paint on aluminum rivets and inch thick putty.

I can't get enough of these classic flipper themed catastrophes with all you guys. My condolences to the customer, that dealer and the builder did them dirty. What a beautiful nightmare

many many moons ago I got a 1998 neon from a dealer. We filled the contract (hand written), I read it it seem fine, but I noticed still a lot of empty space on the last line. After we signed it, we got distracted by another one of their guys and at some point he filled that empty space with something like "Sold As-Is. No Warranty". Drove it home, and the next day there was a puddle of oil in the garage, long story short the block had a crack. Came back to them, and he pointed out the "Sold As-Is. No Warranty". Lesson learned, never trust those guys...

this is actually criminal the way this vehicle has been put together. this car is to dangerous to be driven on public roads. someone could get killed including an innocent bystander. charges should be brought to whomever did this so called work. WHAT OTHER VEHICLES ARE LIKE THIS OUT THERE ?

Pocket full of money and fell for the shiny paint and chrome.

As much as you hate to see it, these types of videos are always so amusing and entertaining to me. There’s more of this than ever before, it seems like, and I appreciate you making potential buyers aware of things like this. Always be skeptical when dishing out this sort of money for cars like this!

That had to be heart breaking for the owner to be told he bought a basket case

I am gobsmacked. I am not any kind of mechanic, but I'm a fitter and I have a bit of a history of owning shitboxes that I had to fix/keep going myself. I've had some bad cars, but never anything as pretty yet fundamentally bad as this stang. That front end job. That would be straight to the experts and get them to do it for me. If I couldn't do that I'd at least talk to people who knew and planned it out carefully. Even I know that the engine sitting on the oil pan like that (more or less) is not the done thing. As to the rest, where do you start indeed.

$38.000 for a notchback for starters is ridiculous. Now he has to spend another $10.000 ! At Lest.

Criminal-level shenanigans going on there. "Sold As-Is. No Warranty" Head for the hills...

I'm glad all musclecars are out of my reach now. I'd hate to buy my dream car just to find out, I'll have to have it practically rotisserie-restored before I can even drive it!

Hopefully it's a court case . Safety reasons that front end is crazy !

"Dude, thats what gravity is for!" That cracked me up. Jeezus H Christ, what a polished turd.

Well I'm taking streetside classics off my shopping choices. Thanks for the heads up 🙂

I didn't want a Mustang II clip for my V-8 Ranger swap. But, I bought a complete TransDapt "Swap In A Box" kit and even that came with a Fox Body oil pain and pickup.

I was asked to check over a Datsun C110 coupe for someone before the prices went completely insane. I took over 50 photos and emailed them to the potential buyer with the advise to steer well clear of it. It had fresh paint over very bad body, and was basically a car in boxes.

I love when you visit Kiwi's Playhouse and show us total butchery. These vids are all gold. I honestly don't feel overly bad for the buyer.. I mean c'mon dude. How can you be even slighly in to cars and not see a bunch of this stuff like the fender rub n bumper etc and not red flag it in yer mind. My friend's teen daughter knows nothing about cars but when she was looking for a ride she noticed many sketchy things on a few she looked at and wisely passed on them. (zip ties, masking tape with paint etc on car lots.)

When they built it, at least they were consistent with their butchery throughout the build.

You guys are doing God's work one video at a time. Hopefully anyone who would be in the market for these butchered cars will stumble across one of your videos. I would imagine MOST of the general public would be tricked by the shiny, beautiful paint even though it's painfully obvious to us how awful this poor Mustang has been treated. This poor Mustang has been mistreated so bad that even the glue factories wouldn't buy it !

Tony, please make a mention of Steve Magnante's situation. Man needs the community to step up.

That wiring job looks like something I would have done 30 years ago.

I feel fantastic about my abilities, and this is why!

I just found your channel, and wanted to thank you. Your advice is spot on. When I bought my 1964 T-bird convertible (4 years ago) I looked at a few 64 and 65s along the way. I spent about $800 having three of them inspected before I bought the one I ended up with, which I also had inspected. I am SO glad I did. The one I purchased had a few tiny cosmetic issues (Chrome pitting on interior trim and a couple small Paint imperfections), and two worn-out rear window motors, that did not come across in the ad. But the rest of it was in great shape and properly restored with the proper, year-correct parts. I snatched it up. The three others I looked at were much more questionable. One was original, except for the gorgeous-looking re-paint. It was literally worn out and needed so much to make it right--the convertible mechanism was shot (thousands and thousands of dollars), the gauges didn't work and the wiring was dangerous. I passed. The other two were cheaper, but COMPLETE abominations, both had three different years of parts, butchered wiring; they were high-priced money-pits. The inspectors told me to run. I spent a little more on the one I bought, and while not concourse, it is a stunning car that does very well at car shows and cruises beautifully. A lot of these internet sellers have no problem screwing buyers over and hide behind attorneys when they get caught. I got push-back when I said i wanted an inspection from those dealers, they said, "well you can, but if it sells before then, you're out of luck." Classic cars are often emotional purchases, and these guys prey on that. Don't get suckered. Always have your car inspected. A $200 inspection may seem like a lot, especially if you have to do it 3 or 4 times to find the right car, but it saved me tens of thousands of dollars. Funny enough, one of the cars I looked at, and the worst of the batch, was offered by the same consignment seller as your Mustang. It apparently sold (the ad disappeared a month after i bought mine. I feel sorry for the folks who bought it.

... "Cuteness" is the perfect word for that "specialness".

Ah. I found a beautiful looking 67 Chevelle on the internet at Streetside in Nashville, since I`m 4 hrs away I called trying to get more info on the car before I drove to Nashville with cash in hand. They were very vague about a lot of things which told me they didn`t know squat about the car. It was 136 SS clone, which brought the price down, but still, they couldn`t answer the most basic questions about the history. So I passed on it. I spent my money on a free motorhome 440 and tranny that I rebuilt and installed into my 86 Dodge Ramcharger 4x4. Now I have 4 wheel tire burner, I`m good to go.

If any car can be mucked up to flip it's an early Mustang. With the availability of aftermarket parts the shiny stuff hides the nightmare!

This is the first type of video I ever caught by you UTG, several years ago.

Imagine paying 38k for a coupe. Imagine paying 38k for this butchery.

I knew Streetside sold overpriced cars, but it’s even more interesting to learn they’re peddling stuff like this.

All of those auction/consignment places are rip off joints. If it has the slick epoxy flooring and stylized photos beware

The ad Did say “Lemon Red Mustang….fully restored”

I've helped with several mechanical restorations. Street rods that were death traps, and a couple Chevy pickups that were pretty extreme. I've always found that you can put a perfectly, mechanically sound truck with some patina next to a shiny turd that runs terrible, the control arm bushings can be completely blown out, shocks not even on the rear. Chicken wire and bondo everywhere. But it will sell for 10k more because it's got a shiny paint job. People walk by a perfect, sorted, mechanically sound truck that will actually drive anywhere and end up with a turd.

Someone clearly spent some serious time and money to build... ummm assemble... ummm slap it together, why, just why??? I see more time spent on butchery than on correct assembly

Proves the old axiom: All that glitters... Thanks for the video Tony!

Damn, beautiful car. Body men and mechanics are 2 different animals but both needed to be at the same level to put together a complete package. Only one showed up on this one

Love it when you name names

Job security for Kiwi 😁

The weatherstrip kills me 😂

"streetside" is urban slang for a broke-down car. Or a parallel park in a crowded college housing area. It suggests a car left to rot in the weather for years. How fitting for these guys to choose this name to sell under. "streetside rustbucket" or "abandoned streetside" would be common usage of the term.

"Schlock Shop" comes to mind.

I'm speechless! I mean, did the buyer not LOOK at the car before he bought it? You don't need to know anything about cars to recognize that the front end is not right.

If I was a judge and this guy brought this to court I would let him keep the car I would make the company pay him for the car to be repaired to make it Road ready like it was supposed to be and I would make the company pay every dime that kiwi wanted to put the car back to how it should be so it's safe to drive on the road

What’s that you say? There’s a sucker born every moment? Feel sorry for whoever brought this wreck.

Good to hear this was resolved for the guy who bought it.

A consultant business in that area for old car purchases could make a lot of money.

Thanks Guys, I’ll hang on to my dreams before “doing” anything like that!

I can understand wanting to ditch shock tower sheet metal original design and make headers and access easier. But as designed, thay are a structural member - something must be added elsewhere so the front end doesn't fold in on itself like an accordion down the road. This car was teed up for a cracked frame.

I can't get over this! JEEEEEEEZ don't know about Tennesse laws but in California we have a LEMON LAW this applies to vehicle sales.

As soon as he popped the hood, i knew something aint right. As high as the engine sat, and the angle it sat were immediately obvious.

Starting to thing I never wanna buy one of these things

Probably a good thing it can only get 20% throttle or those spot welds would come apart & look like you dropped legos from a pail!

If that thing is worth $38k then my survivor 67 390 fastback must be worth $100k.

Owner got his money back. He owes you a steak dinner, UT.

I recently dealt with Derrick from Streetside in Charlotte on a 67 Firebird. He went over the car front to back with me and put it on the lift for my inspection. I am very happy with this car and can't say enough about Derrick and my "Streetside Experience"...

Bought mine in 1988 . 91k miles A code 289 2+2 for $1100 ! Bracket raced it 92-11 sat for 10years Made it street legal 2021 won RMRW True Street in 23 You’re better off fixing up your own car! 65 Shelby Style Resto Mod ❤ your videos

bet they would like to meet the guy who built this car , its a death trap on wheels . what a shame , the owner must be devastated .

This would be called a lemon

This gives a whole new meaning to taking shortcuts & being lazy! 🤨

I glad i kept my 65 Mustang Fastback from high school. Graduted in 1988. Original California rust free car, black and yellow plates, built in San Jose. I know every square inch of it.

I helped a friend redo a 55 ford that was sold by the same dealer. SHIT SHOW! The car needed everything!

It's almost like a movie prop.

welcome to America, where the flippers thrive and roam free.

39 racks for a notchback? Oh, the “slick red paint” 🤣

That could be a decent 15k car : « great paint job, new interior, needs some finishing work, fixes and tlc » But at 39k ? What the heck.

Thanks very much for these videos. The selling, at the retail level, of cars like the mustang, has little to no regulation. Many of these so-called 'classic car dealers', are little more than the 'classic' greasy used car salesmen. It's very much a buyer beware industry. Then there's the markup these dealers put on cars. Streetside Classics probably bought that Mustang (wholesale of course) for $15,000. I've seen some of these dealers buying cars at auctions, then putting the car on their website, for double the number they paid. Again, buyer beware.

I live for these

After driving my brothers 2012 Camero SS there is no way that paying lots of money for a old rusty rebuilt car makes no sense at all. You can buy a car that gets 30mpg and is so stupid fast and gives you such a thrill everytime you drive it only makes sense 🤠🤠😎

Where is the link to the part 2 video on kiwi's channel? I don't even see it on his channel.

People like this don't care about you, or really the cars they're selling. They only care about getting the most out of anybody desperate enough to pay any price, and spending the least money on the cars. This shit is sad. To spend 40k on that car, ya might as well bought an ICON or Dynacorn car.

I have sold on Streetside and they were great to work with. They don’t do an inspection of the car but encourage you to if you’re a buyer.

You would think put the regular oil pan that belongs on the car for that brand of car and not cut a hole in the hood just to make the air cleaner clear the hood that's botchery by any automotive standard lack of integrity and ability this is definitely lipstick on a pig fact

Caveat Emptor. I dare say that even someone like Helen Keller a blind deaf dead woman could have spotted some of this cars problems. At what point do buyers take responsibility? If you're not a car guy take a friend who is or hire someone. Sight unseen??? GMAFB. Is dropping 40K worth an inspection fee or a plane ticket?? In this day and age there is no excuse for falling into this trap but dummies do it over and over. The very definition of insanity....A fool and his money are soon parted.

That thing is a billiard room showpiece to be marveled at until Uncle Tony sees it.

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