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01-18-2008, 11:53 PM

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pimp2303

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RE: anyone know someone who is selling a fastback thats needs restoring... rust is no problemo...

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ORIGINAL: waldo786

I got mine off craigslist - it's a coupe though, but that and the other sites mentioned will be your best bet. BTW, I'd love to afford a dynacorn shell. Nice thing about that is you can seal it up and undercoat, etc, and build how you want it and not have to worry about it rusting away. It's a one of a kind build, not slapped together on an assembly line.

i actually bought a coupe on christmas day for pretty cheap... $1200 with a 351w engine that needed 2assembled because it came in a big boxwhich has been done and been rebuilt... and a c4... only had a little rust on it...

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01-19-2008, 12:36 AM

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gothand

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RE: anyone know someone who is selling a fastback thats needs restoring... rust is no problemo...

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What's not to get, it's not a mustang fastback, it's a wannabe![IMO] You have to "steal" a vin # off of a real mustang!

So to build a Cobra kit car you have to "steal" a VIN off of a real Cobra?

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Don't get me wrong, it's a nice body, but for $15,000, thats all you get! I will cost that much or more to build it. For that much, why not get a REAL one.

My guess is that there are buyers who value a solid (brand new) body to an authentic original, even if it costs more. That is pretty much the thought process I had when a bought a new Ford tooling fender instead of a used original for my '65 fastback. Once itwas painted, only I know which one is original and which one isn't.

I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything, rather keeping an open mind on a product which can only help increase the availability of aftermarket and reproduction parts. After all, where do you think these reproduction cowl stampings are coming from ... Dynacorn.

Jeff

01-19-2008, 01:46 AM

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jlp66stang

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RE: anyone know someone who is selling a fastback thats needs restoring... rust is no problemo...

Jeff, that is not exactlythe same. I hear what you are saying, but the difference between buying a fender vs buying a whole car is not really the same. Body panel, we really don't have a choice. With a FB, you can still buy one. The car is a kit, which is fine, but I don't think it is right to take a vin# off a mustang and call it a mustang. If you did that with any other car, they would throw you in jail! What about all the people who actually paid the price to own a fastback or a coupe. Half the beauty of having one of these cars is the fact it is a 40 year old car that you restored to mint condition. I may be the only one that feels like this and if this offend some people, I don't know what to say. TMO
John

01-19-2008, 03:14 AM

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RE: anyone know someone who is selling a fastback thats needs restoring... rust is no problemo...

Kit cars the dmv give a vin for you can licenses a dynacorn body like that if you cant buy a vin.Always check the vin i seen many fastbacks for sell that where really a coupe made in to a fastback and the seller tried to pass it off as a fastback.