I think i came across wrong,i am going to be straight with marti,but they seemed to think i didnt read the vin correctly and wanted me to check the digits and change one,problem is the VIN is a little faded and hard to tell which one i might of read wrong.
Over the phone i suggested we switch it to a 02 and flush it down and see what comes up,mabye the 2 looks like a 1 .There is also a 6 that could be a eight.
Since a photo of the vin seems better than the rubbing i can produce i will no doubt be e mailing marti some pics to see what he can do for me.
Got most of the panels removed then i had to go to work,so far it doesn't look like its been changed from a coup to a fastback but im not sure yet heres some pics ,today i will have a better look.
By the looks of those interior shots it appears that it hasn't been converted. The pinkish is the typical factory primer and I see no weld lines or cuts and it all looks uniform behind there.
Send Marti the pics. He's good to deal with and may try a few combos for you. Hopefully he will find out what is wrong with the VIN and what it may actually be.
Can you tell what the original color of the car may have been and the original interior? Providing him with that may help him as he searches VINs and compares them to your car.
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1968 Mustang coupe, Acapulco Blue, 289 2v, C-4, Power Steering.
Hopefully a 1969 convertible or Sportsroof (non Mach or Boss) for next Mustang project
Trying to find my father's 1973 Mustang Grande he bought brand new. 3F04F126773 last known registration and title was in New Jersey, 1982.
Have you pulled the fenders back to see if there are VIN stamps underneath? The VIN could be on both inner fenders in up to 4 locations.
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By the looks of those interior shots it appears that it hasn't been converted. The pinkish is the typical factory primer and I see no weld lines or cuts and it all looks uniform behind there.
Send Marti the pics. He's good to deal with and may try a few combos for you. Hopefully he will find out what is wrong with the VIN and what it may actually be.
Can you tell what the original color of the car may have been and the original interior? Providing him with that may help him as he searches VINs and compares them to your car.
Thats good news thank you,heres a few more shots ,the only clue as to the type of interior is one of the best features the aluminum instrument panel and rear seat+foldsportdeck so it was the deluxe black interior,is a reguler tilt steering common?
A tilt steering colume isn't common on any of these cars. Not a popular option back then.
Here's some perspective for you,
In 1967:
There were 12,503 tilt steering cars while there were 74,627 with air conditioning, 61,391 with power brakes, 72,146 with a clock and 25,098 with the GT package.
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1968 Mustang coupe, Acapulco Blue, 289 2v, C-4, Power Steering.
Hopefully a 1969 convertible or Sportsroof (non Mach or Boss) for next Mustang project
Trying to find my father's 1973 Mustang Grande he bought brand new. 3F04F126773 last known registration and title was in New Jersey, 1982.
I thought that column was rare,over the years i have been to car shows and always look at the steering and never see it(been tempted to reach in some and try)got to the point where i was thinking mabye its from a falcon or some other old ford so that is really nice to hear,to bad the steering wheels missing$$.but i'm lucky they didnt take the column to.The clock is there also,and whats left of the deluxe center console,i believe it will be a G-note to replace it(mabye mine is restorable).
If marti searches by options then that tilt should narrow it down,actually i hardly ever see that aluminum instrument panel,i know they reproduce it now,i wonder if theres anything you cant get now that they make the whole body.
Thanks again,only been mabye a week on here and i am finally moving it along again.
The Marti report people called again,she sounds pretty.
I sent a couple of rubbings of the vin and some pictures,its hard to believe that they wont be able to locate something but i cant help worrying just a bit.
Worst part is about 6 months ago there was the yearly classic car auction at the Abbottsford airport and i heard there was a rusted out 67 fastback that went for $2500 or so...there went my vin .
I made sure to mention the tilt and what not to help pinpoint the vin.
Real Nancy Drew mystery..eh?.
Yeah looks to me that its not had the roof replaced which is good.The alum on the dash i believe was Shelby only i could be wrong tho.The dash has been repainted you can see the over spay on that heat vent tubing.The vin sounds like a headache still lol.
andrewmp6, The aluminum dash is part of the Deluxe Interior option package, that was available on all Mustangs in '67.
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I contend, that for a nation to try to tax itself, into prosperity, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
—Winston Churchill
wreckmaster, that '68 looked restorable - too bad that wasn't saved!
What did you find out from Marti regarding your '67's VIN?
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I contend, that for a nation to try to tax itself, into prosperity, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
—Winston Churchill
wreckmaster, that '68 looked restorable - too bad that wasn't saved!
What did you find out from Marti regarding your '67's VIN?
Hey guys,started snowing last week so i'm real busy at work.
That 68 was written off so i think the motor vehicle wont regie those ,but your right ,i heard someone did something with it,possibly cut out the vin from a rust bucket to re-vin it or just fixed it .I paid 1500.oo to take anything but the shell,it was a long time ago but i grabbed the
windsheild
motor
newrad
front disc units
dual rez master cylinder
dual exaust
wheels and rims
front and rear bumpers
containers of trim and nuts and bolts and to much to list.
I talked to the marti people today,bad news they cant help me.
They say i have two different cars made into one
I guess i will go to the motor vehicle at some point and start the process,i could very well be up the creek with out a paddle on this one.
I talked to the marti people today,bad news they cant help me.
They say i have two different cars made into one
I guess i will go to the motor vehicle at some point and start the process,i could very well be up the creek with out a paddle on this one.
Well, that sucks, but they were honest and now you know about the car.
From the sound of it now it seems more like the car is in fact a fastback, always has been. It had suffered frontal damage and had the front aprons replaced from a coupe donor, in the process losing the fastbacks original VIN. Then when the car was "abondoned" all those years the paperwork was lost so the last thing with the fastbacks true VIN was lost also. Now the only VIN you have left is the one from the coupe donor.
It would be a shame to scrap a good fastback shell. See what the DMV says about getting paperwork to the car.
You're in Canada so I'm not quite sure how the registration process works there for older cars, here in the states you'd have 2 options,
1. Don't say anything about the VIN being wrong. Apply for and try to get paperwork for the "wrong" VIN to get the car registerable.
2. See what they can do to get a new VIN assigned to the vehicle.
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1968 Mustang coupe, Acapulco Blue, 289 2v, C-4, Power Steering.
Hopefully a 1969 convertible or Sportsroof (non Mach or Boss) for next Mustang project
Trying to find my father's 1973 Mustang Grande he bought brand new. 3F04F126773 last known registration and title was in New Jersey, 1982.
Hello
close call this winter,almost lost the project in a roof collapse,biggest snowfall in 50 years,i was actually ready to pull it out with the flatdeck towtruck tilted, but was afraid to go in and hook up and boom it came down right in front of me
somehow it came out almost untouched.
I have ran the vin thru all the police and dmv datebases and the vin in question has never been registered in Canada
I am going to work on putting it together as is with a friends help,restoring it or doing anything at a shop for that matter is just to expensive nowadays.
I got a few other opinions and i am confident that if i can get it to pass inspection i will be issued a new regie.
if i have to park it in my living room next to the stargate arcade game, so be it lol.
How much snow did you get? How far north are you from Vancouver? We don't get snow this early down here in southern New England. I was out riding in my Convertible today - with the top down. It was about 68 degrees (20 C).
If Marti says you have two cars combined into one, do you have both VIN's?
Is there an old license plate on the car to trace prior registrations in the US?
Sometimes the build sheet is taped to the wiring harness behind the dash. It would have the VIN on it.
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I contend, that for a nation to try to tax itself, into prosperity, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
—Winston Churchill
but im not sure yet heres some pics ,today i will have a better look.
)got to the point where i was thinking mabye its from a falcon or some other old ford
so that is really nice to hear,to bad the steering wheels missing$$.but i'm lucky they didnt take the column to
.The clock is there also,and whats left of the deluxe center console,i believe it will be a G-note to replace it(mabye mine is restorable).
,i know they reproduce it now,i wonder if theres anything you cant get now that they make the whole body.
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