1986 Ford Mustang Gt Convertible 2-door 5.0l on 2040-cars

The reserve is set well below what I have into the car, and is quite reasonable. Don't let it scare you off from bidding.

Up for auction is my 1986 Mustang GT Convertible. This is a rust free, California car that has 146,xxx accident free miles on it. I have the clear Calif title in hand. If you are a CA buyer, please be aware that the car was last registered in 2004. If you are a buyer from anywhere but CA, this isn't a problem. If you are a CA buyer, it will have back fees due, but if you'd like, I can register it in my new home state and then sign it over with a fresh WA title.

It has factory AC, automatic transmission, 5.0 liter fuel injected 302 V8 engine. This car drove and handled perfectly when parked. This car was not my daily driver and was always garaged. The AC blew cold, and the top worked as it should. All instruments, lights, horn, switches etc operated as they should. The trunk retains it's original carpet in very good condition. The trunk is completely free of rust...under the carpet, in the spare tire well, underside of the trunk lid...nothing, no rust at all in these rust prone areas. The underside of the car is also completely rust free. The original spare tire is there along with the correct original jack and lug wrench. This was always adult owned, and never raced or abused.

This last year, it was moved to the side of my house and kept under a cover. The paint could use touching up as it has some paint chipping and small scratches that always seem to occur when a vehicle sits in a garage. It is now parked and covered at a relatives house (In central Calif near Yosemite) awaiting it's new home. My dream was to turn it into a Saleen clone and show car, so I parked it intending to make that happen. A lot of work was completed on it before I ran out of money, and it then sat. I was always "going to get to it someday", but I now realize that isn't going to happen. The car is complete, and the engine turns over freely. Connect the throttle position sensor and throttle cables up, toss in a battery, and it would probably start, but the gas is 10 years old and I really don't want to run that into the engine.

I have put a LOT of time and money into this project. The wheels are the very hard to find, vintage ARE Saleen style basket weave wheels. There new shocks and struts at all four corners with H&R performance springs, along with urethane bushings. The front end needs to have an alignment done to it because of the new parts being installed. The brakes need to be bled since I hadn't done that yet after changing over to Russel steel braided brake lines. Under the hood I added polished aluminum underdrive pulleys (the stock originals will be included), an electric fan set up, a BBK cold air intake (the stock original is included with the car), and chrome radiator plumbing. The AC compressor, intake manifold, and various aluminum brackets have been polished, though they need to be hit with some aluminum polish to bring back their luster at this point. There are also polished stainless steel engine dress up pieces throughout the engine compartment. Basically if it couldn't be chromed or polished, it was to be painted, and much of that has already been completed. I installed heavy duty, adjustable strut tower plates, and a chrome strut tower brace from Maximum Motorsports. All of this stuff had been added over the years, and doesn't even have a single mile on them yet.

Inside you'll find newer carpet and mats, recovered front Slaeen seats with the correct net headrest, a MOMO leather steering wheel(the original is included) , a Sony detachable face CD player, Rockford speakers, a nice dash-pad that unfortunately has developed a single crack. The top was replaced a year or two before it was parked. It is free of any cracks or tears, and is quite pliable and in good shape. A scrubbing and some top dressing would make it look like brand new. The original convertible top boot is included along with it's original storage bag. Both are in amazing condition.

Also included is a set of heavy duty Maximum Motorsports sub-frame connectors that still need to be installed. Included are the other parts I had purchased but had not yet installed: BBK ceramic coated shorty headers and gaskets, original intake manifold, a new front end bra, Trans-Go shift kit with new transmission filter and NOS Ford shift cable, 2 NOS Ford window channel dew wipes, Urethane A arm bushings (I may have installed new A-arms with bushings already, I don't remember. These may be extras).

I have several boxes of parts, including the door pockets and the original 1986 plug wires (almost impossible to find if you are interested in restoration). I have probably forgotten some info that may be important to you, so please feel free to message me with your questions, and I'll be happy to answer them here.

The car is located in Coarsegold, CA 93614. The buyer is responsible for vehicle pickup or shipping. Local pick-up preferred, but if shipping is needed, YOU are responsible for all arrangements. Vehicle will not ship or leave until it is paid for in full.