Which Mustang To Choose

[melonpotato]

i would take the one that had been sitting the longest.... cars have feelings too!

[bad65stang]

i would love to take the fast back...do minimal work to it just to make it drivable, leave the exterior just the way it is...then drop a built 427s.o. in it along with a 9 inch with 4.10 gears and a built c6 (though you cant beat banging gears in a good ol' 4 speed) and beat the living piss outta them ricers with my "pos beatup american car" and laugh at them when i tell them that this so called pos is worth more than their little 4 banger will ever be haha

[rdsurfer73]

@bad65stang this made my day. AMERICAN MUSCLE!!!

[bad65stang]

fastbacks are always worth more...thats one of the first things you learn about cars it seems lol, especially if your a ford guy in a ford family hahaha

[mistersmith6000]

Will it blend? I think the fast back will blend more easily.

[Heartofthacity]

fastback all day. ill never buy a coupe unless it's to fix a fastback!!!

[Illivatur]

Fastback > Coupe. The end. - I own a 1972 Mustang Fastback and a 1976 Cobra II, wouldn't give em up for anything.

[cobra5405]

id take the tan stang and id drive it like that just to show people that my rusted beat up mustang will out last thair shit new car ill run open headers and rattle the plastic off them new cars

[hickster699]

This is a hard decision, considering how well maintained both of them were.

[michaelx3arts]

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[MidnightinSavannah]

Why would you choose the car that probably is a rust bucket. True, it's fastback but is it really a 390 car. And what is so great about a 390 car afterall,they were slugs. Give me the running coupe for a $1000 less with alot less work to do.

[collectorcarcentral]

@MidnightinSavannah There are many ways to verify the car is an original 390 car. You can even see how original it is by checking the range of date codes on various parts.

Bottom line is, an original 4spd 390 car, built as a Shelby clone can bring 50-75k. You will never see that from a coupe unless you have it dipped in gold.

[MidnightinSavannah]

@collectorcarcentral Without physically looking at both cars i would say the coupe is a better deal.The fastback seems that it would be a nightmare to fix,The coupe runs and drive. The block could be busted in the 390 car and with no air cleaner or valve cover the motor is probably toast anyway. For less money you could build the coupe as a 390 GTA clone for far less than just building the fastback back stock!

[collectorcarcentral]

@MidnightinSavannah In the case of R and S code cars condition really isn't so much the case. Even if you have to basically build a new car, you are still ahead of the game.

A few years ago the A-pillar, 12 inches of the cowl and the floor board from a 1971 Plum Crazy Purple Barracuda 440 Six Pack with a title sold for $3700.00. The reality is that some collectibles are worth a complete rebuild.

[collectorcarcentral]

@MidnightinSavannah Along the same lines we had a '72 GTO 455 HO car that didn't have a straight panel on it, no interior, no motor, no trans, no glass. It brought $3750 with a PHS report. Very low production volume and massive resale price holds up.

If you want to Drive it, and are not looking at an investment, I agree completely, but for an investment the '67 S code Fastback will always win regardless of the condition.

[icicicles]

I've owned 2 fastbacks and 4 coupes. On a personal level the fastback looks nicer but the coupe has better visibility, less weight that's better distributed. Inch 4 inch/horse 4 horse the coupe will out run the fastback.

My favorite, the still owned S code dark moss green coupe with swing away steering. this engine body design with the top loader is a killer ass car for the corners.

Only thing I'd change is the clutch posi 4 lockers. This car is geared for the quarter not the hwy.

[coreyfaulkjewels]

Sadly coupes do not hold value as well as fastbacks. It's cheaper to buy a restored fastback than it is to build one unless you are a professional. Good labor costs a fortune! By a restored Car the previous owner has enjoyed a few miles in.

[Fallenheroes742]

the Fastback

[crashproductions95]

The Fastback God Damn it!

[mengle2004]

Poor coupy no one love you.

[whitepeople1000]

Fuck id take both of them.. HAHA

[BigFordCustom]

Fastback :Dx

[240sxGuy3]

Fastback is so much better looking than coupe!! 

[Jvsmoothlikegravy]

i have a 65 coupe, personally i think coupes look better

[stevedonohoe205113]

ya no fuckin shit! i would take the gt. already have a coupe lol

[flashganargerbarben]

The white one without the rust

[67mustangpony]

i would go with the coupe its way cooler

[mengle2004]

Poor coupe...no respect for little coupe

[DirtylittleAJ]

FASTBACK FASTBACK FASTBACK!!!!!!!

[democratsrshit]

LOL.. let's buy a book because we never paid attention to the classic muscle cars ..Who ever buys this does not deserve these cars..Un frkn believable.

[rubioo93]

i love my 66 coupe but not enough power. fastback!!

[Negative7bass]

Well the fastback is by far the more valuable car, they were even fetching more than convertibles. Sure it may need more work, but in the end a 390 4spd FB would double the value of a coupe.

I have a roached out 67 390 4spd fastback sitting like that too. Even in this economy had crazy offers, and a few years ago the offers were even crazier.

[benpie12]

i like coupes better

[titanicfan298]

i would choose the white one it needs less work the i'd restore it and floor it arounds town hot girls here i come!!

[ethanstephenson]

id still keep my 68 coupe with the 302! lol.. i got mine for only 2000.. and have had offers for over 5000... ill keep my baby!

[eviltrucks101]

hmmmmm tough choice i would like the other one that looks rusted. y? well so u can start over with new stuff

[beatingu868]

fastback

[yokomcqueen]

Fastback!!!

[harelis119]

I choose fastback bikous its original

[DarkFade99]

Fastback by 3 things because 1 It has to have had work in it and its worth it. Also 2 its an original Fastback. When the fastback comes along its no challenge thats if your into Muscle Cars and also Mustangs

[lawnmaster111]

no brainer fast back baby its realy what you can afford to spend though if you want a car that has less rust the ferst one is for you verses a envestment car wich is beat to hell and back probley needs all floor and trunk pans the moter has ben tuck a part and is probley garbage by now but this car if restored coretley could be worth way more then the hard top again its wat you can afford

[markko17]

The most important thing to remember when asking, "What is this worth?"

It's worth whatever somebody else is willing to pay for it.

[MrSANDLOCK]

fast back big time whit the asap

[derekroy99]

get the fastback

[DEF90JAM]

a fastback as it is a better investment, you can get a cali almost rust free good condition fastback for under $15000, or a pretty rusty not very good running (but worth the investment) fastback project for under 10000dollars, this 1000dollar worth fastback is from what i can see to bad to be restored, some people still go for it but after 20000dollars of labor and material, they realise what they bought and then put in on ebay as an eleanor project, save up money before restoring ANY car :)

[monkeyluv42]

The big issue on this fastback is that it was an "S" code original 390 / 4speed car. It sold for over $4000.00

Like everything else, the values have dropped off with the economic drop.

[DEF90JAM]

oh ok, painted in highland green it could be like steve mcqueen's gt390 in "bullitt" then

[monkeyluv42]

I loved the chase scene in Bullitt. The VW beetle and the Galaxie that get passed about 10 times are priceless.

You have to know there was a stunt coordinator saying "Don't worry, no one will be looking at the background cars! "

[dustmagejr]

I didn't notice lol

[Seventaiji]

@monkeyluv42 Oh my fucking damnit god, 4.000$ for a Mustang Fastback 390 V8? Has it already been sold? Have you bought it?

[Shaguar66]

fastback

[Alpha90x]

the fastback

[wow000999]

i say the burgundy one

it it SWEET!!!!!!!!

[csisterh]

Definitely get the fastback. even though its in worse shape, it will be worth more and look much better than the coupe

[ordep72]

Either one is a good choice at least it aint no camaro, not that I care for mustangs i like the less popular route as long as it's American Muscle

[m1xup]

the white one!!!

[wheeler8801]

I believe I would get both

[lbr1990]

Fast back would clean up nicer

[jonyrock]

fastback=awesomeness

nonfastback=ugly,

rusty one ftw!! :P

[sidescrollin]

If you dont even know the term notchback I would say your opinion doesnt really matter between the two personally

[iceman3737]

Actually the term is COUPE not notchback that would be a 5.0

[sidescrollin]

thats referring to a totally different thing. A notchback and fastback are both referring to the body styling of the back of the car. Coupe is specifying an entire body style, coupe being a 2 door car.

[iceman3737]

AND so is a Fastback so you make no sense here. The coupe is in fact what FORD calls it and the term notchback is the basic label that the 5.0L cars have recieved

[sidescrollin]

Lol I am aware a fastback is a coupe that was partially my point. A coupe is a two door car, which means it wouldnt be the way to note the difference between the two cars. Notchback has nothing to do with a 5.0 mustang it is a body style that applies to thousands of cars and just means the back drops of vertically fairly sharply unlike the smooth angle of the fastback. Either way it really doesnt matter. Why do u wanna argue over something as stupid as that anyway.

[iceman3737]

You're right that its stupid i just get sensitive when it comes to my beloved mustang haha

[sidescrollin]

i actually like the way notchbacks look more..but it should be obvious to anyone why the fastback was more...

[lopez20111]

im the same way

[sidescrollin]

Its great to hear that, I dont know why they jsut look really cool for some reason. When I think "mustang" I do not think of a fastback

[dramadaus]

give me the rusty one!!

[jyoungrules]

FAST BACK 100%!!!! I wouldn't even think twice about it!

[Dayberry]

I would have chosen the coupe because I want a drivable project.....

[DarkFade99]

Choose the Fastback the other car is just a mustang but the messed up 1 is nice if u fix it up

[airborneman5]

BUY A CHEVY!! your wasting your time with anyhitng else..

[DerrickForLife]

fag

[mikesg692]

I would have choosen the fast back. Thats the difference.

[jaymac572002]

How true!!!!

[Driverstang]

Ford Mustang

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Driverstang]

The new model was introduced two months before the first "Energy Crisis" in October 1973, and its reduced size allowed it to compete more effectively against smaller imported sports coupés such as the Japanese Toyota Celica and the European Ford Capri (then Ford-built in Germany and Britain, sold in U.S. by Mercury as a captive import car). First-year sales were 385,993 cars, compared with the original Mustang's twelve-month sales record of 418,812.

[Driverstang]

The 1970s brought about more stringent pollution laws and the OPEC oil embargo. As a result, large, fuel-inefficient cars fell into disfavor, and the Pony Cars were no exception. Lee Iacocca, who became president of the Ford Motor Company in 1964 and was the driving force behind the original Mustang, ordered a smaller, more fuel-efficient Mustang for 1974. Initially it was to be based on the Ford Maverick, but ultimately was based on the Ford Pinto subcompact.

[Driverstang]

Original sales forecasts projected less than 100,000 units for the first year, but in its first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were built.

[Driverstang]

Much of the chassis, suspension, and drivetrain components were derived from the Ford Falcon and Ford Fairlane (North American). Favorable publicity articles appeared in 2,600 newspapers the next morning, the day the car was "officially" revealed. A Mustang also appeared in the James Bond film Goldfinger in September 1964, the first time the car was used in a movie.

[Driverstang]

This would later be remodeled as a four-seat car penned by David Ash and John Oros in Ford's LincolnMercury Division design studios, which produced the winning design in an intramural design contest instigated by Iacocca. To cut down the development cost and achieve a suggested retail price of US$2,368, the Mustang was based heavily on familiar yet simple components.

[Driverstang]

Conceived by Ford product manager Donald N. Frey and championed by Ford Division general manager Lee Iacocca, the Mustang prototype was a two-seat, front-mounted engine roadster.

[Driverstang]

Mustangs grew larger and heavier with each model year until, in response to the 1971-1973 models, fans of the original 1964 design wrote to Ford urging a return to its size and concept.

Although some other pony cars have seen a revival, the Mustang is the only original pony car that has remained in production without interruption after four decades of development and revision.

[Driverstang]

The Mustang created the "pony car" class of American automobile — sports car-like sedans with long hoods and short rear decks and gave rise to competitors such as GM's Camaro, AMC's Javelin, and Chrysler's revamped Barracuda. It also inspired coupés such as the Toyota Celica and Ford Capri, which were exported to America.

[Driverstang]

It was Ford's most successful launch since the Model A.

Executive stylist John Najjar, who was a fan of the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane, suggested the name.

[Driverstang]

The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the Ford Falcon, a compact car. Production began in Dearborn, Michigan on 9 March 1964 and the car was introduced to the public on 17 April 1964 at the New York World's Fair.

[vinnyt123n]

go for the fastback

if u fix that up right that car has a lot of potential to be

beautiful

[naft1992joshi]

the fastback because it's the coolest mustang

[bigboss2015cm]

You must be joking!

Those are classic American muscle cars. Any respectable, rationable human, and most of all "True American" would buy one just to restore it.

[MemphisDrift]

i'd choose the rusty one ;)

it may be $1000 more but look it better..

it's a fastback ;)

[svo65]

fastback would be my choice. i have a 65 coupe and as of last sunday i am now an owner of a 68 fastback. the project will commence as soon as i find some mo money :)

[santajimi]

I would choose fastback as well. Please make a video and some pictures and show us the progress of the project.

[Dawnofwicca]

not to offend but i take it the coupes are for the women and the fast back is for the men =D

[svo65]

hope not, i sure like my coupe. in fact, i like the 65,66 coupes better and the 67,68 fastbacks the best. actually i like em all!!!

[Dawnofwicca]

ford for life =D

as long it is made 1973 and below your golden =)

[bigboss2015]

Thank God I have both now! LOL!!!

[santajimi]

Gimme one? :O

[leadfoot210]

id buy both of them just use the parts from one to restore the other

[bigboss2015]

I wish that were true my friend because then I can finally get my hands on one and start the god damm project alright!

[DEF90JAM]

'66 fastback and my bro has a '65 fastback, both are 4-speed manuals, mine has a 200ci 6cyl. his has a 170ci 6cyl., last year we restored a '67 HT that was a 3-speed manual 200ci. it went for alot more than we thought it would, but luckely we each found a fastback which is a better investment if you ask me, besides i like the roofline alot more of a fastback than a HT, especially the '65-'66 models, but the '67-'68 model have more of a badass look, check out my vids

[DEF90JAM]

i'dd say the fastback, for some reason fastbacks aren't climbing in value anymore, which i hate cause i have a

[2002yzf426rider]

it just depends really if you intend on keeping the car it may be worth it to get the notchback but if you wanna resell quick get the fastback...it just seemed too rusted out for me...

[monkeyluv42]

If you don't know the value curve of some vehicles have flat spots for years, then you don't know much about collectible vehicles.

[sahans]

well he got two things wrong, one wasnt even gt500, two hesitating spelt wrong. Regardless, the HT value is nevertheless increasing, the 'gone in 60 secs' movie appeal has led to the sudden increase, so can't really make that current claim. I have a notchback GT and a fastback, both in great condition both over the years had value increase....

[monkeyluv42]

Over the last few years the value of a C code notch has been pretty flat. I have bought and sold about 30 of them. Fastbacks are WAY over valued and still going up. Esp. big blocks. Many are going to larger conversion companies to build Shelby Clones.

[santajimi]

The Gone in 60 seconds craze huh?

[monkeyluv42]

It is insane the price people were paying for GT500E clones.

[geekmaster64]

It wasnt a Gt50... it was just a 67ish fastback, calm down ;)

[KennethBorge]

gt500 without hasetaiting