Jason's Mustang Restoration Project - Auction Pictures
This is a group of photos that the seller sent me before I bid on the car.
This is a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, VIN # 5F08F145434.
It was originally Wimbledon White with a black standard interior.
It was built on May 25, 1964 and was originally shipped to the
Door Tag Codes: Body 76A, Color M, Trim 86, Date 25E, DSO 26, Axle 1, Trans 6.
It appears to have spent much of its life in North Carolina, where it
It has been neglected, and does not appear to have been used regularly
Here is an excerpt from the seller's description of the car:
Click on any picture below to see a larger version.
First a little history.
The original 260 V8 is still in the car, connected to the original C4
automatic transmission and the original 3.00:1 Rear Axle.
Washington DC area.
eventually became part of a collection in Raleigh. The car was going to be
restored for the collection, but never was. Once the owner of
the collection died around 1997, the car was purchased by another North
Carolina resident at an auction, and then sold to me in late 2000.
for more than 15 years.
Note the gas cap is in the pictures, and later turned out to be missing...
(which you will
later see was grossly inaccurate)
September 15, 2000
Dear Buyer:
The mustang will not roll with the tires that are on it now, but I can put tires
on it that will enable it to be towed short distances. I don't think the car
should be towed long distances due to the grease in the rear end is old.
It does run but I don't think the car should be driven until the motor is
rebuilt and all fluids are changed.
As for rust, there is a small amount of rust on both front fenders, a little in
each floor pan but not rusted through, very little in the trunk and no rust in
the shock towers. The worst rust on the vehicle is the small strip behind the
convertible top storage, which is a small strip of metal about 3" wide that
runs across the car between the convertible top storage and the trunk.
It has never been in an accident; there is no bondo on the vehicle.
Everything on the vehicle is original except the trunk lid.
It has a generator not an alternator.
The interior has not been exposed to rainfall. It has never been stored
outside.
I have had the car for a year and a half. When I bought it, the engine ran but
it smoked a little. I was not going to run the vehicle until I rebuilt the
engine and transmission because of age. Since it has sat for a year and a
half, I would not recommend running it or towing it on its' rear wheels because
the fluids have set-up for a year and a half.
It has an automatic green dot transmission.