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Dave & Terri

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Originally posted by Dave Gibson:
John, Personally I would rather buy a nice HiPo Stang instead. At least it's not a copy.

Dave & Terri

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Looked at a K 64.5 cvt at an AACA show Sat.in Ft. Lauderdale. Asking price was 38,500. At first glance it looked very nice. But, like many cars at shows, the closer one looked the more one saw....like undated 1/4's, one fender, a month after built, etc. Some (in their mind!) garus found some other things that may OR may NOT been correct. Bottom was thinly undercoated. Would have been correct if it had gone on some other parts. Date on intake was correct. It was still a very nice car. Don't think I'd pay as much for a clone Shelby cv as I would for the real thing. I should talk!! Have one date correct piece on the whole ******* car! LOL! I like clones and considered one for my "hand me down" special. They bring more money for a true GT cv? Possibly, but not by me.

No question about it, prices are way up, and wonder how many come back to reality when a fist full of hundreds is waved in the seller's face! Saw a 66 cv for 27,500. Bottom looked great. Good pans, thinly undercoated, with tec screws showing!! Pony int. with 65 standard white door panels etc. etc.

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Originally posted by Dave Gibson:
John,
Check out classiccartraderonline and see what the clones are running there for a comparison. Most early Shelby Clones are starting in the $30K range and go on up from there. Personally I would rather buy a nice HiPo Stang instead. At least it's not a copy.

Dave & Terri

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Just another "Fake" under the disguise of a "Clone".

Mike always wanted a KR convertible. We really believed some day he'd have it. But didn't foresee the prices going ballistic as they presently are. And they will probably get worse at least for a while when Carroll goes to the great beyond.

CRISIS, our clone, fell in our lap. We bought for 7K and put another 10K, plus a LOT of labor and trading, into it. That labor was for love, but if someone paid for it, it wouldn't be cheap as in many of the clones.
Wish it were real, but Mike has his craving satisfied. Probably more than if real, because we can drive it anywhere, get all the looks, stares and nice comments without being afraid.
As I posted about a KR clone on ebay last week, it is amazing what prices clones are getting. It finished at $50K. But CRISIS will stay in our stable because it is not replaceable for what it is and what it cost us.
There might be a few dorks trying to pass off the fakes as real, but for the most part I think people are making clones because they love the looks and can't afford the true thing.
What's that saying about "imitation being the most sincere form of flattery." I like that better than this pig business.
$0.02

Dave & Terri

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Originally posted by Dave Gibson:

Had a fellow at a Pensacola show try to pass a '66 "C" code vert off as a true "GT". He only wanted $22K for it. The sad part was that several folks wanted to buy it and didn't know any better.

Dave & Terri

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What do you do in that situation? Call their BS, or let an uneducated buyer buy it? I'm not sure. I would think that if a buyer knew what they wanted, they would be able to spot a fake if they did their homework. On the other hand, there are a lot of people with more dollars than sense.

But then you have the situation where a person doesn't really care what the car USED to be(me most of the time). If I found a car that had everything I wanted and was in my budget, I probably wouldn't care what the VIN says it came with.

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Ed S.

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Originally posted by Mooney:
though the curved monte carlo bar.. is that correct?

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Whats happen in the last few year,you rarely see anything original,its a copy of this or that.What I mean by original isn't Factory,but something the Owner has done that a fresh new idea.

I have several ideas for my 68 that will step outside of the main stream,they are not radical but very interesting to enhance certian areas of the car.

BTW, I like how your "modified" name. But you can never be cloned, always original.

That was at least $0.04!

J.

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Originally posted by 66HIPO&more:

Original is boring (people are tired of MCA concours), copy something you're a rip-off (ie the discussion here), do something new and you're desecrating history

J.

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I agree 100%, if it feels good do it.

I don't mind clones,stockers. I also like to see diffenent idea's too. I like the cars with all those little personal touches. Like a big a$$ boss scoop.

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oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs

65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc.

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Originally posted by 68F100:

What do you do in that situation? Call their BS, or let an uneducated buyer buy it?

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Since I was running the Pony Corral that weekend, I let the intrested party know what was up and explained how to read the vin and data plate. I was thanked by serveral folks. I just couldn't stand by and let this shyster get away with it.

Sam & Joyce, great points that you two have brought up. Terri's Stang (Envy) will pretty much stay close to original since it already is. Ivy, since she has already been modified, will be our toy to try new and different ideas on. It's a win/win situation. Now all I need is the money to do both stangs. Oh well. One at a time.

Dave & Terri

J..I would like to see some fresh new ideas,some thought put into the project,not just stuff ordered out the Catalog and bolted on.

I am old,maybe it time to walk away from the hobby because I find it of no interest anymore.Out of 100 Mustangs I may find 3 with something of interest done,the other 97 even thought different years usually all have the same thing done to them.

Maybe I need to by a '67 Rambler

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Originally posted by mustangs68:
I am old,maybe it time to walk ... because I find it of no interest anymore.
Mas

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How long's it been since you've really ridden that gray ol' lady? If you could take her out and ride her hard you just might fall in love again...
Best advice I heard on this forum was something like "to keep the romance alive, you gotta keep pumping like on the honeymoon!" Works for all areas of life!

Now dust that pony off and go for a ride! DAMMIT!
J. (the Mustang whore! Can't love just one! Don't intend to quit ridin')

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Best advice I heard on this forum was something like "to keep the romance alive, you gotta keep pumping like on the honeymoon!" Works for all areas of life!

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Sam, maybe you're getting bored because it's a '68? I've been lusting after the '70 since September of 1969 and it hasn't let up yet...

Maybe in a few years I pull her out again,
I am driving the Convertible today.
I have to fall out,lay on the ground,grab a tire and pull myself up to the fender to get out

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Originally posted by mustangs68:
I have to fall out,lay on the ground,grab a tire and pull myself up to the fender to get out

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I can relate.

Same could be said for genuine Shelby's or anything else. Why risk a real Shelby or anything else valuable like that when you can put together a clone, get the same looks and performance, and have a heck of a lot of fun with it and not have to worry about potentially losing a very expensive limited edition car? Not to mention its more affordable for the common guy to have.

Come to think of it, I think ol' Shel should stop this nonsense of $150,000 continuation cars and put together something for under 30 grand and get back to the real roots of the mustang (Shelby too)...a performance car for the common person.

My 2 cents.

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Ed S.

Great replies and I agree with most of them Sam hit it on the head.I owe you a tall cool Southern Ice Tea at the Crusie in Sam