Well Set Up Mustang Sells for $242,000!
 

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1968 FORD MUSTANG Lot 719 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company

I read the ad but it's not clear. Is this one of the "new" Elenore cars?


..... Looks ballsy! :)

More like a Mustang version of a Singer 911...

Good looking car but what is a 500KR going for? I mean an original KR not a "singer" version

Seems you could duplicate the car for under $100K.

It look like a ricer had his way with it. :rolleyes:

Initial thought was I like but the pic of the front grill and lights, not so much. Can that even be considered a '68?

I was always obsessed with the new Gone in 60 seconds as a kid, so this car had and probably always will have a certain coolness to me. I know it was all fake, but the sounds the car "made" in the movie always mesmerized me.

Ug-lee

Not my cup of tea.

exactly!

That did it for me too. I'll never forget how that car looked on screen.

You could, with money left over. body shells are $10,000, so go from there. I've noticed many cars at the BJ auction are going for much less than just a few years ago. I'm not surprised, given the economy, but somebody is taking a bath. There are some "bargins" there for sure, just depends on what bargain means to each.The Mustang above looks like all the other Elenore mustangs from a few years ago. There must be tons of those around.

it's the wrong gone in 60 seconds car.

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That new one is a commercial joke, nothing rare about it..

Like to do a show about buyers remorse after these auctions.

"Great I just spent 80 grand on a 1970 nova with rare matching numbers almost like the one I drove in HS, but after a drive I realizes it still just a Nova...dang...and I only paid 75 dollars for my first one...."

Absurd. Its a freaking clone.

Look at the seam where the hood meets the body. Nice kit car build standards.

The guy had about $85k in the car. I saw it go through and I kept saying to myself "I'm missing something.....". I don't understand how a clone (a very well equiped Stang) sold for $220k when a real GT500KR sold around $77k. I guess the old saying is true....A fool and his money shall soon depart.

More later.

Gahh. I hate Elanors almost as much as the new Shelby GT500s. So ugly.

Boss 302s and classic GT350s are so much better looking.

No, it's just a custom build some guy had done on a 1968 Mustang. But Well Set Up!:

Summary: This custom Mustang was built from the ground up and restored in 2009. It won the Spectator Class at the All Ford Show at Summit Motorsports Park. It has over 1,000 miles on it since it was built and is ready to cruise.

Details: This Mustang has been custom built for the ground-up and rotisserie restored with fiberglass from Unique Performance. The PPG custom Pepper Silver metallic Deltron top-of-the-line paint with clear coat that has been wet sanded and buffed to show quality. This car won the Spectator Class at the 2010 Fords at the Summit and the trophy will be included with the car. For cruiser comfort, it has classic heat and air conditioning. All interior plastic is custom vinyl covered with cabin and trunk in black and silver carbon fiber. This car handles very well with its Heidts independent front suspension with coilover shocks and 4-wheel Wilwood disc brakes. The entire interior of the car is covered in Dynamat for a quiet ride. Has Dakota Digital dash, glove box is signed by Carroll Shelby, a period correct modern radio with iPod hookup, Sony Xplod speakers to match the interior and floor mounted emergency brake to finish the cabin. All wiring is covered with Painless Performance PowerBraid for that finished look. The car has working brake coolers and working upper interior cabin vents. It also has LED sequential tail lights and all six lights in the front with turn signals tucked behind the grille to be road compliant. Adjustable gas shocks, rear traction bars, Auburn Gear limited slip 3.55 posi-traction and a Richmond ring and pinion mounted in a Ford 8" rear end finish off the suspension. Has a 460 bored .030 over with 10:1 compression, Ford large valve cast heads with competition valve train, aluminum intake and a Holley carburetor. The transmission is a Tremec TKO 500 5-speed with a Lakewood scattersheild, Centerforce mechanical clutch and Centerforce flywheel. The exhaust piping, headers and Magnaflow mufflers are polished satin silver ceramic coated. She also has a stainless steel gas tank and K&N air filter. This car is built to drive in comfort and has over 1,200 miles on build.

The Elanor's which I'm not convinced this is not just another version of, were finished to very disappointing standards. I saw a few up close at the 100 years of Ford celebration. I found the old coin yesterday while cleaning out a drawer.

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I mean c'mon, it has LED brake lights AND a K&N filter. $242K was a bargain.

holy chit, i hadn't even seen the link under the pic
I thought 240K was crazy if it was one of those shop built Elenors like they showed on Discovery, and those were built from the ground up by a specialized shop. As new.

But now i see the pics, this POS was self built and looks like crap compared to those as new-builds.

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There are to much stupid rich people, i really should have less morals and get some of the loot myself...

Just watched the opening on today's coverage and they talked about this Mustang...they said the seller was expecting $100,000 for the car.

I watched it live yesterday and the sellers were going crazy when bidding was at $125,000, they looked like they won the lottery when it hit $200,000. It was a seller's dream, they got 2 guys with money who both wanted the car. The new owner lost money on the car when the hammer fell if you ask me.

Here is the 68 GT500KR that sold for $70k earlier. I would have paid more for this car than this clone all day long.

Lot Details

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"....glove box is signed by Carroll Shelby." :rolleyes:

Surely this is the difference.

S

Isn't every Shelby Mustang clone's and kit Cobra's? It sure seems that way. He really knows how to sell out.

I love this car!!!
 

I love this car!!! I agree 100%

Shelby would sign your **** if you paid the price but contrary to popular believe, he's not selling his name for personal gain. Instead, the money raised goes to a charity for children. In the past the proceeds had gone to the Heart Association for obvious reason. Shelby gets a tremendous amount of grief over being sue happy because they think it's all about the money, I personally think they're missing the mark by a country mile.

Back on topic, I read through the write-up on this car and the builder utilized top shelf parts from front to rear, but they kept the original 8" rear-end. Anyone who has built an American car with any horsepower north of 500hp would almost always go with a 9" rear-end unless the car already has a robust factory rear-end (i.e. GM 12 bolt).

That's a beautiful car.

Last nite somebody bought "tina" the 996 driven the the movie Gone in 60 seconds. It wasnt a real 996 but a poorly rebodied 78sc. It sold for 30k, sucker born every 60 seconds it would seem.

...coming to ebay soon...

Saw a guy nicely restore a Cougar GTE, sell it for ~$180K at BJ. Not long after that the same car stopped showing up on eBay at about $100K asking. I think that car is seen here:

1969 Mercury Cougar: Barrett-Jackson Lot: 1247 - 1968 MERCURY COUGAR GT-E 427 2 DOOR COUPE Sold $181,500.00

Barret Jackson seem like a great place to see or sell cars and a horrible place to buy one.

Heck, I thought you were talking about another Cougar. This one might have a few more miles than the one sold at BJ.

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that looks like a '67 GDD...not as rare but possibly more desirable...especially if equipped with a detroit locker rear-end!

I much prefer this one to the mercury....

I've always thought Mustangs look better in real life than in photos. We have a cruise locally called the Wipple Crusie and there's always a lot of American muscle present.... And the Mustrangs are some of the finest you'll see. We've even had Americans buying these rot free and very orriginal cars and shipping them back to the states. The problem is some have been converted to RHD but even these are looked at with consideration on how the conversion was done and how easy it would be to return the car to LHD.

Oh no. She's got a mole on her booby!

Apparently, the eBay car and the BJ car are different cars. My bad.

Mercury : Cougar Mercury : Cougar - eBay (item 110823523713 end time Feb-17-12 08:59:00 PST)

Just watched an episode of Rides on the Velocity channel about the Stang. See the program and you might understand it.... the Shelby connection, Hollywood, this particular build, who's who behind it and the following series. It's wicked period

I know we can't compare it to a legite historic racer but I know of and have seen recently a 1965 Shelby Mustang- street version, no comp duty or races logged. The car was complete, 100% original including paint but very rough condition with rot thru the trunk and other spots. I realize the 65's have the most appeal and this was probably the last known un-touched but this hell bent Shelby was a very TALL price and makes this Mustang Elly look like a bargain. Furthermore, the legite virgin 65 Shelby is having a full blown restoration so I would expect the owner to pay additional $50-60K before its ready. Insane prices these days.