I have a 71 boss bought it when I was 16 back in 1983.. still have the car and believe I have one of the nicest one in the country.. actually showed the car in the late 80s.. still absolutely perfect condition.. only has 7 thousand miles
i drove one up and down a gravel road when i was 10 years old in 1971 my friends dad owned a ford dealership and well dont leave 10 year old kids home alone in the country...
I’m gonna start doing flipping because if you Craig. I’m in Sydney, Australia. There’s two auction yard’s 10 minutes from home. I’m into detailing and making cars better. Thanks for the advice, the lessons, and all the videos. German is a cool guy. Say hi to him for me. From Benjamin. See ya.
The 71-2-3's are coming up nicely in value. When I drive my '72 Mach around these days it seems to attract more interest than it ever has. My son drag races and for fun I entered the Street Trophy Class one weekend and had an absolute blast. While I was staging the announcer gave a really nice introduction and description of the car. It's almost like maybe it's time has come. It ran 8.8's in the eighth.
We all did stuff like that. My Brother In Law a Marine, specail ordered a 1970 Grand Prix, Black 455 HO 4spd MANUAL with a S.O. 2.08 Posi rear. Topped out at 140 from the factory. Had 81k on it. He wanted an automatic so stupid as I was passed it up and convinced my 16 yr old brother to buy it for $350. Ran excellent as he was a Millwright. Today that car commands over $100k, as there were less than 500 made as a manual &455 HO. Fastest car I've ever driven. My Brother sold it to another kid who blew up the engine a few mo later. WE can't even talk about it we're so pissed at ourselves. Sold my 68 Black Chevelle SS 396 4spd same way. TOO Cheap!
I read the comments below and it shows people are not watching the values of old cars. Any fastback mustang, even the pregnant one are way up there. have any of you seen what kind of Mustang you can get for $16,000. You don't get much.
One just sold on Barrett Jackson last weekend for $253,000! I am I 72 cobra jet Mach 1 for 18,00 6 years ago. Best money I ever spent. It was my only car for a couple of years now it’s my weekend driver.
I really do love those cars. I have a fond childhood memory of those cars. So glad I wasn’t there with a pocket full of cash. I would buy to keep! Please, finish yours and keep it for you enjoyment!
i have had mine from high school for about 25yrs now. It has always been my dream car. Its like driving a tank and it constantly needs repair but i wouldn't want anything else.
The best of this style from 71 through 73 would be the 71 Boss 351, which prices have gone through the roof. So if it's an R code 71-72 or Q code 73, these are the next best options, and if you can get the 429 and a 4 speed the better. The price will fluctuate up and down in the short term but in the long run the trajectory points up.
I just watched on Hagerty and considering the condition it's not a bad deal, I'll consider this one a condition #3 GOOD the evaluation in this condition was around 29K in the previous two years and now are around 34K so I think it was a good deal
I have a baseline 302 R code Mach 1. It's really nice, kinda hard keeping the plastic junk in good shape. I don't know the values right now in 2021, but i think they should be around 20K. I'm 75 years old and thought of selling the car, but the kids want it in the family. I have shelves of 71 parts in storage as I started collection in the early 80's. Nice video !
I think it’s all in the eyes of the beholder. If that body style is your thing it’s what you’re willing to pay. Thing is these cars and nice ones are getting fewer and fewer so five years down the road it could be going for $5k more. If you want it for your own pleasure or resale will determine what you should pay. Finding the right buyer could be tough or easy. A guy who had one and is looking for one will pay more. The market is so uncertain. I myself like this body style but I like older more but older is becoming out of my price range so this wouldn’t be a bad substitute. It needs TLC so high teens is a good stopping point.
I think it's sold for way too much money especially at a dealer's auction I like that you stayed firm on your price so that gives you an ideal of what your car could be worth or maybe even more because it's the real deal
In 1985 I purchased a nice,clean,red 1967 Mustang GT automatic,coupe for $1500.00 didn't need anything,my brother drove it with hood latch ajar and hood flew open and tore hinges,drove it without a hood for many months until it got impounded for expired tags and never went to pick it up,wish I had it now probably a $20-25k car today.
It was a little high for that car. Hood stripes were wrong as was the console. 18k was a good offer. I just sold a 72 jade black with silver stripes and a 351cj. It went to Germany. It needed work but I let it go for 13k. You can find them for anywhere between 18k for a nice car up to 100k for SCJs. Happy hunting. They are out there and they are popular
71 Mach 1s did not come with chrome front bumpers. Personally I like chrome much better. However, if we could have seen the 05 on the vin tag, that will tell you it's a real Mach1. Starting 1970 Mach's got there own id in the vin #
Mine too! I grew up in Texarkana Texas and in 1972 a man would pass by our house everyday a little past 5 pm. He drove a Boss 351 red with black accents. You better believe I was always outside when he passed by. Great memories
Guys, don't waste your time. Get a 2023 Mustang GT and considering what it costs to rehab an old Mustang from the 70's, you'll come out ahead. Plus the performance of the current iron will simply bury that old stuff. This frees up time to work on your game with the ladies.
I prefer the original Nothing like the 1st ones made It's like copycatters And if the world was to go on The new ones today Will never appreciate like the old ones
Right. The automatic kills the interest and price for most classic and muscle car enthusiasts. But, I love the color and would have the hood and wheel wells repainted. However, once you get into that much paint it might require an entire re-paint and a good paint job isn't a cheap date.
Some people don't like the 71-73's but I do. That was a good price if you were going to keep the car and have fun. Hopefully the person that brought it will make money on it. Something is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it so we'll see.
I got my 73 for $13.900 two years ago . It’s an original car no rust paint is really nice. She has a couple of scratches not bad. As far as looks she turns heads and receives a lot of compliments every time I take her out. The only reason I got it is because I had one in my early 20s . I’ve always kicked myself for getting rid of it, it turned out to be my favorite car. Forty years later I couldn’t stand it no more so I broke down and bought this one. My first one was white with black stripes and it was a Q code. This one is ivy glow with argent stripes and it’s an H code. I’m keeping it stock that’s the way I like it. As far as wheels the magnum 500s are nice but I like the beauty rings with the center hub cap better. Plus that’s the way this one was born with.
Love these little special clips you do. You were right with the price even though it went for more. Those Mach 1 aren’t that desirable. You should be looking out for the fox bodies right now especially the knotchbacks.
Fox bodies are ugly and will never have the appeal of these older mustangs. Yeah they're lighter but not by much. The 71- 73 models are still way lighter than the new Mustangs.
Hey man, love your videos. If I may make a suggestion, you should have somebody edit your videos for you. You don't do a bad job at all, but paying someone to do a really good professional and seamless edit could take your chanel to the moon because you have really good content, I just think your editing holds you back a bit. Also, I don't edit videos....I'm just saying. I wanna see you get to 1 mil+ subscribers. Keep up the great work and thanks for the good info and regular content
There was no 73 R code, 72 was the last year. So, if it is a real R code it was not original to your 73 car. The 71 on the auction site could have had an R code but not with an automatic and not with the Mach 1, the R code only came with the Boss 351 in 71.
Considering the time and money it would take you to build one of those I'd say you got a good deal. After everything was said and done it cost me $14,300 to build my 73 and that's including the price of my car. It would have been about 17,000 but I got deals on a lot of the parts. I did all the work myself too.
Your explanation confirms what I believe. In my small town, my two daughters ride their bikes and look around. They found two 71's sitting in a front yard. We went over and I talked to the owner of the cars. One is a Cleveland 4 speed car the other is a 429 scj. Even though I can do all the work to restore them, my daughter's and I just finished a 67, it isn't worth it when I can just buy a car for $20 to $30 thousand already done.
I was thinking $25K but I think in CDN dollars so I was a bit low. Even still, I know people who would pay more than that for that car......Even with the rough spots that would appeal to them because they are the type to want to work on it themselves but not from scratch.
Investing in different streams of income that don't depend on the government to bring in money especially now the pandemic is hitting the economy pretty hard will be the wisest decision anyone can make.
Investing in the right things matter, I have actually invested into the stock market and also the crypto market trust me crypto trading is more profitable than stock investments.
This "71 will go for way more than a "73... 73 is an undesirable year (Ford pulled the compression back on all the engines to get everything running on 87 octane)
I've been shopping for a 65-68 Mustang for a few months now. Prices are crazy, especially for fastbacks, which is my ultimate goal. But even clean coupes are being priced at nearly $28k by the main classic car dealers. There's a dealer in CO that actually prices things appropriately, but I haven't seen them get a car I want to buy yet. But I'm keeping my eyes open.
I had a 73 convertable with 45k actual miles, pulled the 351c 2bbl, put in a 400 with boss 351 heads. car ran 10:80's on a 200hp shot. first time I ran 10:80 the track banned me since I had no roll bar.
That was a good price at 17k. But at 23k not bad either. I would retail at 35k. The right buyer would pay it. If not I would hold on to it for a couple of years.
It was over priced considering that it was a clone of a mach 1. A true 71 mach had a rubber front bumper and the hood definitely wasn't painted correctly either.
Huh, and theres a yellow mach one down the road from me under a cover. Just needs a good cleaning then to what it needs to get running. No rust i might add and they are just sitting on the thing...
In the UK a decent 71/72 Mach 1 would go for about £28k and a cobra jet about £32k. Classic mustang prices are going up and up,even for a rusty one that needs work.
I guessed it was worth around $25,000 retail just from watching Mecum and Barrett Jackson auctions on TV. I think the guy over paid at $23,000 if he was planning on re selling it. Beautiful car though. It has the look especially with those wheels. You probably should have gone up to $19,000, but that would not have bought it anyway. Good video.
Thats what I was thinking. Manual or not, a car like this wouldn't last a week in my area, if listed for sale at $18k. Even a '73 would fetch that here. These cars are becoming more sought after as time goes on.
These 71-73 Mustangs are so misunderstood by most people... They are rarely painted or detailed correctly. Using this car as a benchmark as to what yours is worth is useless.. a lot depends on how you plan on detailing your car. Will it be concours correct, or a cobbled together facsimile like this one? Who knows? A car is worth what someone is willing to pay...
hey man question. i cant find any good cars for sale on fb marketplace to flip i look at both no issues and some with issues. and there none that i can make a decent profit on after fixing even if i was to negotiate. im looking at 2k and under. any suggestions?
Yea stick to your day job there is to damn many idiots already selling cars. Even this guy has to sell himself to you tube because he can’t do all that well selling cars. Let’s just be honest about it.
My buddy does older car flips he paints them color the people want. Start with paint then engine then upholstery. We can do classic car 4000 dollars from scratch nothing inside. Paints like 2500 and rolling chassis and engine cheap. Just get any classic park it at shop any shop like moths to light you will sell it before it's done. Anything El Camino's, impala, Camaros, Chevelle, just make sure repop parts. Any odd ball car get it as complete as possible. Get then with no title
I got a 1971 Mach 1... It looked almost like that one.. mine is the automatic I wish it was stick shift... Do you know what's up brand are those tires? I always like those with the white lettering