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- '71 Mustang Mach 1 M-code "Soylent Green"
'68 Plymouth Satellite
1. 1971 1F05J Mach 1, silver. Marti with early September 1970 build date. (To be sold Saturday)
http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=FL14&ID=r0306&Order=runorder&feature=&collection=&grouping=&category=#
Well restored, but overdone. Original quarters, 15" rims, no filler on the taillight panel seams, but shot in a hideous gloss black under the hood. Only the hood latch was painted slop grey. Non-original stripes, and windshield/driprail trim had been "restored" by sanding off the bright dip and polishing them to a shine that was more or less as offensive as the gloss black engine bay.
Door gaps had been tightened up with filler rods, but not perfectly. Hood had rot, which had been filled. Was done well, but not imperceptible.
Driver's seat covering was a bit loose in fit. Shortie console. Someone sprayed the trunk floor since, but it was done right.
All the buck tags and VIN plate had been documented and photographed during restoration. Unfortunately, they also took every single one of them (including the under-hood tag on the radiator support and dash VIN) and polished them silly.
Consignor was an ass, despite making no attempts to speak with them. After overhearing me discussing the windshield and driprail trim with another '71-73 owner, she came over from a few cars away just to loudly argue that '71-73 trim was never bright-dipped from the factory, and that the car was "totally original."
I kindly asked her to show me where the stripes were in the Marti report. That pissed her off. Fine by me. If you're going to pass a $40k+ car off as all-original - and it isn't - its open season.
2. 1971 1F02F Sportsroof, Competition Orange. Sold, $16,500.
http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=FL14&ID=r0261&Order=runorder&feature=&collection=&grouping=&category=
Early car with no Marti, sold to either a sucker or someone who didn't give a damn. Most obvious problem: Entire nose sheetmetal is '73.
This one was a hoot to go over, as there was less right with the car than unacceptably wrong:
The car was interesting in one respect - though it didn't have a Marti, it had double window channel clips in front, associated with early cars. VIN was in the 120000 range. 302 had a 1971 part number.
-Kurt
http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=FL14&ID=r0306&Order=runorder&feature=&collection=&grouping=&category=#
Well restored, but overdone. Original quarters, 15" rims, no filler on the taillight panel seams, but shot in a hideous gloss black under the hood. Only the hood latch was painted slop grey. Non-original stripes, and windshield/driprail trim had been "restored" by sanding off the bright dip and polishing them to a shine that was more or less as offensive as the gloss black engine bay.
Door gaps had been tightened up with filler rods, but not perfectly. Hood had rot, which had been filled. Was done well, but not imperceptible.
Driver's seat covering was a bit loose in fit. Shortie console. Someone sprayed the trunk floor since, but it was done right.
All the buck tags and VIN plate had been documented and photographed during restoration. Unfortunately, they also took every single one of them (including the under-hood tag on the radiator support and dash VIN) and polished them silly.
Consignor was an ass, despite making no attempts to speak with them. After overhearing me discussing the windshield and driprail trim with another '71-73 owner, she came over from a few cars away just to loudly argue that '71-73 trim was never bright-dipped from the factory, and that the car was "totally original."
I kindly asked her to show me where the stripes were in the Marti report. That pissed her off. Fine by me. If you're going to pass a $40k+ car off as all-original - and it isn't - its open season.
2. 1971 1F02F Sportsroof, Competition Orange. Sold, $16,500.
http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=FL14&ID=r0261&Order=runorder&feature=&collection=&grouping=&category=
Early car with no Marti, sold to either a sucker or someone who didn't give a damn. Most obvious problem: Entire nose sheetmetal is '73.
This one was a hoot to go over, as there was less right with the car than unacceptably wrong:
- Cowl hat rotted through!
- 4-wheel drums! Way to go to create a "ideal entry-level collectible or cruise night car." NOT.
- Replacement headliner installed like crap; wrinkles everywhere
- Fake Clarion Knit (Deluxe) seat covers
- Console being held down by half the screws necessary to hold it down
- LH quarter had a small hole in it at the dropoff edge
- Non-original Competition Orange should have been called "Competition Orange Peel"
- Rear window was tinted jet black ages ago and was scratched beyond belief.
- Left inner C-pillar headliner extension was falling in
- Front window was a new replacement
- Charcoal canister line missing, along with the air cleaner fitting (they left the hole, and that was it)
- Passenger inner quarter armrests were from another car and had been sprayed with flaking gloss black paint - strangely enough, the upper door panels remained the proper satin/flat black.
- Front upper window molding had not been installed right, and had pulled out from under the RH A-pillar molding
- Bodyside tu-tone stripe/pinstripe divider continued across the side of the valance, despite the presence of the vinyl stripe under the marker light - creating a dual-pinstripe look.
- Rough metal visible around obvious Bondo spot on taillight panel.
- Like the silver car, the hood had been patched. You could see the Bondo easily on this one.
- Neither fenders nor trunk were wearing "Mustang" badging, suggesting repop '73 fenders and trunk lid.
The car was interesting in one respect - though it didn't have a Marti, it had double window channel clips in front, associated with early cars. VIN was in the 120000 range. 302 had a 1971 part number.
-Kurt
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