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6S219_old · November 14, 2007 at 8:39 PM

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca…ang/419825.html

C6ZZKGT · November 14, 2007 at 10:44 PM Official Post

This car has been on Ebay several times and discussed here as well. At least the price is much lower than in previous selling attempts.

-Fred-

round2K_old · November 15, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Did this car have a tri-power on it the last time it was for sale?

Stikbo_old · November 15, 2007 at 7:56 AM

Here is the previous discussion on 5T09K163393

http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp…rms=5T09K163393

C6ZZKGT · November 15, 2007 at 8:52 AM Official Post

Dave,

Here are two links to the tri power cars that you probably are referring to.

http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp…Terms=tri,power

-Fred-

Edited by - c6zzkgt on 11/15/2007 08:57:22

LuvKcodes_old · November 16, 2007 at 12:35 AM

A lot of restoration has been done for a Kar that is supposed to only have 10K miles on it. I'd be verifying that statement and the "sat in the garage" for many years story too. I have some low mileage cars and no one ever felt the need to restore what was original and therefore needed no restoration.

The seller should realize that he is responsible for these statements, being a dealer, and he can be held accountable for them. He better have good documentation. Somebody did all that restoration work... and it was surely done for a reason. I would have to know who did it and why before considering a price that high.

pony65k · November 18, 2007 at 4:16 PM

I have sent the seller an email regarding this car. I asked for clarification of the 10K miles considering the instrument cluster is from a 65GT/66 and this is a non GT kar. Needless to say I haven't received an answer as yet.

RP

SixT5HiPo · November 18, 2007 at 4:34 PM

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I have sent the seller an email regarding this car. I asked for clarification of the 10K miles considering the instrument cluster is from a 65GT/66 and this is a non GT kar.

RP

...Can't wait to hear the explanation!

pony65k · November 21, 2007 at 2:51 PM

Hi all.

I got the explanation. I'm sure this can be verified by someone:

"The documents I have is the original Broadcast sheet, 1 oil change receipt stating miles at 5600 in the mid 1970's, I have one of the original titles with the miles statements at the time of transfers 7000 to 8400 in the 1980's I believe. I have one other title stating actual miles at 8400 in the 1990's, and one registration receipt with the original miles statement, as for the dial cluster I have had original 65 Mustangs before and they have had the other dash with lights, but on one I did have came in with a 5 cluster dash that the original owner had the dealer install and I had the original purchase order to confirm it. With the upgraded 5 dial cluster being available at the dealership in 1965 many people asked to have the new dash installed, I believe this is what has happened with this car nobody wanted the old style when the new ones came out and that was very common at dealerships. In the early 60' and 70's you could order cars anyway you wanted."

The car is in the registry.

Also of interest, the car was originally Metallic Ivy Green. A discount can be achieved if the colour issue bothers the potential buyer. What's the cost of a good paint job??

The explanation sounds plausible. It would be interesting to find out if there's some paperwork to back it up.

Has anyone heard of this practice happening before?

RP

C6ZZKGT · November 21, 2007 at 3:39 PM Official Post

Anything is possible with enough money involved. The changeover would have been somewhat expensive back in the day with new parts as all of the cluster parts were seperate pieces. There were no instrument cluster assemblies available form Ford. Then there is the wiring issue as all of the wiring under the dash and in the engine compartment was different between the two setups. Certainly a good mechanic could fabricate wiring modifications but that would be very uncommon to be done at a Ford dealership. In a similar line of thought though, I was parts manager at a Lincoln-Mercury dealer in the 80's when a customer bought a new car without A/C but had wanted A/C. Being as car had been delivered to the customer it would now become a used car if the dealer chose to unwind the deal. The dealer chose to have one of the mechanics take another new car with A/C and switch everything over between them. This involved dash assemblies and wiring as well as the A/C system. Again as I said, anything is possible with enough money involved.

-Fred-

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