Is This The Strangest 1968 Ford Mustang
Story Ever?
Of all the early Mustangs, the one that everyone seems to want is the
fastback. Which is the most desirable year is a subject of debate amongst
Mustang fans, but we have always been partial to the larger 1967 and 1968
Mustang fastbacks around here. Sometimes the story of buying a car gets
strange, particularly when buying a car from eccentric people who were
close to the person who owned the car before.
This might be one of the strangest stories of the purchase of a vintage
1968 Ford Mustang ever told. As the story goes, a guy from Georgia called
Zach Taylor went to check out a 1968 Ford Mustang GT that had set in a
barn for decades. When Taylor turned up one of the questions he asked of
the man, who had inherited the car from a deceased friend, was what the
mason jar on the front seat filled with white powder was. The answer was,
“That’s James!”
The ashes of the original owner were inside a mason jar, inside his
downtrodden 1968 Ford Mustang GT, inside a barn. Apparently, the car was
rough, and Taylor initially walked away from the deal. The seller
apparently felt some connection to Taylor as he is said to have called him
and repeatedly texted over the next year just talking about James.
Eventually, the pair settled on a price of $7,000 for the very rough
condition Mustang and Taylor took it home. It was discovered that while
the car was a rare 1968 Mustang GT complete with S-Code 390 cubic inch
engine and special paint, it was so rusted out from years of neglect that
the body was unusable. Taylor decided to sell the car rather than fix it
and came out very good on his $7,000 investment. He sold the car to a man
from England who paid over $23,300 for the derelict Mustang and plans to
cut the body off and do a full restoration with a new body shell.
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