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Big Mustang fan here, as I've owned several 3rd and 4th gens myself (currently have a 3rd gen). It's crazy to see how much the Fox body market has taken off. I frequently see clean examples sell for $10K+ these days, but never thought I'd see auction prices go this high.
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Read the descriptions.. . Not only were these all original little or no mileage cars, but were owned by Dennis Collins, well known collector with frequent appearances on one of the most popular Velocity Channel shows. That's going to drive up the price, in addition to the rarity of clean fox bodies due to so many being rusted out or crushed since they were never very popular to collectors.
Read the descriptions.. . Not only were these all original little or no mileage cars, but were owned by Dennis Collins, well known collector with frequent appearances on one of the most popular Velocity Channel shows. That's going to drive up the price, in addition to the rarity of clean fox bodies due to so many being rusted out or crushed since they were never very popular to collectors.
I've watched his show, but when I first hear the name, I still had to google who he was exactly.
His car were all incredibly low mileage examples, but it's still be interesting to see the rising trend of prices for the 3rd Gens since most are gutted out, rusted, or modified for track use. Not many clean examples left.
And I agree, nobody gave a rats ass about them before because they made hundreds of thousands of them, and they look nothing like a Mustang. I remember the first time I saw one and said "That's a Mustang?"
I've watched his show, but when I first hear the name, I still had to google who he was exactly.
His car were all incredibly low mileage examples, but it's still be interesting to see the rising trend of prices for the 3rd Gens since most are gutted out, rusted, or modified for track use. Not many clean examples left.
And I agree, nobody gave a rats ass about them before because they made hundreds of thousands of them, and they look nothing like a Mustang. I remember the first time I saw one and said "That's a Mustang?"
I realize beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but I have never understood the love for the Fox body. Maybe it's more of nostalgia than anything else, but that is one generation of Mustang I don't care about at all.
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The one that never got any respect was the Mustang II, downsized/downpowered in the oil crisis of the 70s. Actually, the platform was shared with the Pinto. In 1974 there was no V8 available, though the 302 came back in 1975, but at only 140 hp. The appearance was far more like generation one than the fox body. The front suspension from the Mustang II has become a standard for hotrodders and resto-mod builders, with rack and pinion steering and disc brakes, no strut towers, and independent front suspension.
The one that never got any respect was the Mustang II, downsized/downpowered in the oil crisis of the 70s. Actually, the platform was shared with the Pinto. In 1974 there was no V8 available, though the 302 came back in 1975, but at only 140 hp. The appearance was far more like generation one than the fox body. The front suspension from the Mustang II has become a standard for hotrodders and resto-mod builders, with rack and pinion steering and disc brakes, no strut towers, and independent front suspension.
Yeah, my dad had a Mustang II. Same color. I remember he used pile the whole family in that car (me and my two older brothers) whenever we went anywhere. Back then, that was the only car we had. I had to sit on the arm rest in the backseat. There were no child safety laws back then, lol! Never really cared for that one either, but I agree, it looked more like a Mustang than the 80's Fox body. Then again, the 80's seemed to love the boxy style on cars.
He still lost money on those cars......TVM- time value of money. Tie up 200K for 25 years and see how it did vs. the stock market.
Depends on what he paid for them. I remember 5-10 years ago, if you had a non-Cobra Fox body with under 5K miles or so, you *might* get $15K for them. Anything over that was reserved for the Cobra, Cobra R, or some of the rarer Saleen models. I remember tons of people getting jumped on for listing low mileage "normal" models for $20K. $10K seemed to be the ballpark for anything low-mileage.
Of course, most of his cars were super low mileage under 1K miles
I realize beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but I have never understood the love for the Fox body. Maybe it's more of nostalgia than anything else, but that is one generation of Mustang I don't care about at all.
When I first saw one, I hated it. I thought it looked like an escort with a ford Taurus interior. I came into the driving age when the SN95 came out, so in my mind a Mustang looked like the classic 60's models or the 95+ with pony in the grill and side scoops.
But, everyone in HS had one and so did I. And they were dirt cheap to modify and easy to work on, and pretty damn reliable. Parts were cheap as well, so for short cash you could get into the 13's and 12's easy...which was fast for the 90's/early 2000's. I grew to love it by way of what I did with it. For a Mustang it's damn ugly, but if you want to wrench on something, it's probably one of the easiest cars to dig under the hood on.
In retrospect, they are actually getting more expensive to upkeep now as they hit 30 years or so and Chinese parts are flooding the market. Finding good NOS parts for restoration is going to cost you. I've actually been offloading a lot of my Fox parts on ebay for some pretty damn good money. 10-15 years ago I prob would have tossed most in the trash.
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