https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1971-FORD-MACH-1-FASTBACK-210146
Big money for a not so correct car. Here we go, hope you got yours because everything is about to go up!
Agreed. While it looks like a very nice car, it's very much misrepresented... which only hurts everybody in the long run.
It's not a 4V just by adding a sticker and an aftermarket intake manifold and carb. It's probably an original 'no stripe' car, which is missing the front moldings, and the stripes aren't as straight as they could be. I'll bet it didn't come with Magnums or spoilers, either, and they forgot to add the buttons on the TMI Product seat covers when they had the seats redone. It's also not a factory Ram Air car, based on the missing hood locks and unpainted air cleaner, but we're going for big bucks, so slap on those Ram Air stickers and throw down a TuTone-like black-out strip on the hood (nah, let's not use reference pictures or a stencil, just make it border the NACA duct area with a thin stripe outside and it'll be fine). I know why they did it, but they didn't even install the chrome bumper correctly, fer Pete's sake. :shootself:
I don't enjoy picking apart cars just because I can... but I can't help it when they make it so easy. It really does look like a nice car, everything 'wrong with it' aside - and I hope the new owner enjoys every minute of it. But it's like nobody's even trying to get things right anymore these days (except a select few who aren't into it just to flip 'em for a few bucks).
If this is any indicator of the market trending, maybe I could indeed get my money back from mine someday... (which again, I would still never sell).
