New listing by seller choprguy
Starting bid $25000 no reserve
No Bids this time around.
K-Code Mustang convertibles seldom come up for sale but few realize how rare these cars really are. In 1965 Ford made 606,000 Mustangs. Of these only 7,273 were equipped with the 289 High-Performance package. The Ford records identifying how each car was optioned have been lost but the High-Performance Mustang Guide estimates that only 20% or 1454 of the High-Performance packages were convertibles. As convertibles have much shorter lives than coupes or fastbacks and it would be reasonable to assume that fewer than 1000 of these cars survive today. This is one such survivor.
The car was purchased new in Richmond, VA and driven for some time there. In the 1970’s it was parked in a barn and stayed there until a son-in-law of the original owner resurrected the car in the late 1990’s. The car was restored to very good daily driver condition by him in the early 2000’s
The son-in-law installed a rebuilt 1969 302 engine but kept the original Hi-Po exhaust manifolds. The remainder of the drive train has the original bell housing, HEH top loader 4-speed transmission, drive shaft and 9 inch rear end assembly.
The lower quarters were replaced and it was repainted, not the original Caspian Blue, but a Ford Mustang production blue from a late 1990’s model. He left the original black standard interior alone but added a leather cover and padding to the dash. The floors and torque boxes appear to be in good shape. The car retains the Hi-Po unique bumper plate for the differential nose as well as the hanger bracket for the left side exhaust and the factory relocated bracket for the rear brake line. Since purchasing the car in 2005 I have added new springs and shocks, upper A arms and a new top along with a new power top motor and lines and other items that needed attention. All the work I had done was performed by a reputable shop in the Northern Virginia area and I have all documents of that work.
The car runs, shifts, steers great and is a nice driver that you can take to work or on trips. Bottom line is that this is a nice reliable driver that will get attention wherever you go. It would also be a great investment for an enthusiast, since k-code convertibles are very rare and with period correct engines sell for $35,000 and up.
Please contact me if you have any questions about the vehicle. All payments must be verified before the title will be signed over.
No matter what, you will have the satisfaction of owning one very rare and desirable car.
Additional pictures can be seen at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hd_cagefree…m/ph//my_photos
