1971 Mustang Boss 351 Auction

[indyta1989]

I was tracking a recent 1971 Boss 351 Auction in central Illinois.   It looks like the final sale price was quite low and probably a steal for the winning bidder.  What do you think?  I suspect I should have bid higher. 

 

[SVO2SCJ]

Or you will be happy you didn't buy!! Just looking at the missing parts, and the wrong parts on a Dec built car - leave me to think what else is wrong with the build. When you look at buying such a car, you have to go over FOR HOURS to know what you are getting into.

Mark

P.S. Or you could look at it as - money to be made selling correct parts to person that did buy!

 

[Teach]

$30K for a clean Boss 351 seems a little low. Based on the pics I did see (in this post) it looks like a solid deal.

 

[kevken1959]

What in the world is that tag riveted to the core support? Is the factory? Wonder what the dash vin tag looks like

 

[secluff]

That tag caught my attention also. That is a metal warranty data tag used in 1969-70 only on the driver door. Was used on the 69-70 Shelby Mustangs and 69-70 Boss 429 Mustangs. Incorrect date format gives it away as "Homemade". Since model year would have been determined from the VIN, instead of 12-70, Ford would have formatted it with the day of production and a letter for the month.  

As SVO2SCJ posted, as long as you don't need to replace any missing parts such as $8,500.00 carburetors or steering wheels, looks to be a power buy!     :whistling:

 

[kevken1959]

Thanks Steve!

 

[mach71351c]

That tag is a big red flag to me!

 

[kevken1959]

That tag is a big red flag to me!

I agree, but have to say "special performance vehicle" looks really cool, lol

 

[mjlan]

I'm guessing that all of the shady stuff with the fake VIN tag probably scared most bidders off...

 

[kevken1959]

I'm guessing that all of the shady stuff with the fake VIN tag probably scared most bidders off...

Agreed

 

[donkost]

I think I see a rev limiter over on the passenger side shock tower. It could be real or one of those dummy units just stamped with the appropriate codes to look the part. I haven't seen any real or dummy ones for sale online in a while. Something like that might show up at Carlisle. My car still just has the mounting holes on the shock tower.