![]() ![]() The wrap-around interior and bullet styling has always captured my imagination, but at that time had given up on my search, not finding a suitable candidate. I thought back to a couple years previously when I had been shopping for this exact car, except at the time I was looking at hard-top coupes, not convertibles. It was a 1963 Ford Thunderbird Convertible with 87,000 original miles. Since attending one of these auctions as a bidder was on my Want-To-Do list anyway, I decided to hook up Big Red to Black Betty, and head down the road with my 14 year old son to see what we could see about this so-called auction.Īs I flipped through the final few pages, my eye fell on a car which had until now escaped my notice. Now, I have watched plenty of classic car auctions on TV (Barret Jackson and Mecum come to mind) and I am familiar with the pace and routine of these events, but never have I actually attended one - much less registered as a bidder. ![]() I clicked on the ad for the Mustang and it informed me that if I was interested in the car, it would be available at a classic car auction that weekend a couple hours away from where I live. I've never been known for my good timing. Values have been on the rise over the past few years, so now is the time - or, more accurately, a couple years ago was the time to buy one. I've owned several Fox body cars, and had a recent hankering to get behind the wheel of another. ![]() I had been shopping for a fun summer project that I could work on and enjoy using at the same time. My part of the story began with an ad on Facebook Marketplace for a 1986 Ford Mustang GT convertible. ![]()
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