Auction: 2016 Ford Mustang

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MuscleCar22

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1 month

dave_white1977

20 posts

5 months

CONSIGNER

Thursday 12th September
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In the words of Monty Python "Now for something completely different"

This is a car that makes you go WOW ... and that is why we are happy to consign this fantastic looking car built by our good friend, YouTube star, Mat Armstrong.

Please see the videos of the build process:






Someone is going to end up a winning a show stopping car ... happy bidding everyone

David6666

2 posts

28 months

Friday 13th September
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What an abomination of a car! Liberty Walk really is special - I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than bid for that...

KingGary

654 posts

6 months

Friday 13th September
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Is Mat Armstrong a YouTube star?

Paul_77

1,325 posts

99 months

Wednesday 18th September
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David6666 said:
What an abomination of a car! Liberty Walk really is special - I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than bid for that...
Yeah, it's not very pretty is it! I'd much rather have an unbastardised model. I wonder how much the kit devalues it by!

SweptVolume

1,101 posts

99 months

Thursday 19th September
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Paul_77 said:
Yeah, it's not very pretty is it! I'd much rather have an unbastardised model. I wonder how much the kit devalues it by!
If this was unmolested, it'd probably fetch low £20's, maybe high teens. It doesn't help that the early 6 speed auto wasn't a sports car gearbox whatsoever.

With those modifications, my money would be on £15k at the absolute maximum, and I wouldn't be surprised if it went for closer to £10k. Maybe a road construction company will snap it up as a heavy road roller...

BiggaJ

872 posts

45 months

Thursday 26th September
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KingGary said:
Is Mat Armstrong a YouTube star?
Depends on your definition of 'star' I guess. For me calling him a star is stretching it however, I do enjoy his videos mainly for his enthusiasm for what he does and to see how far he can take it, so far he is doing very well and appears to be going some way to securing his and his girlfriends future financially. He has houses he rents out, has two currently that he resides at, with a lot of work being undertaken on the newer one he has recently bought.

Good luck to him, he is young, enthusiastic and has some talent for making entertaining video's, not everyone's cup of tea but thats true for everyone in the public eye.

As to the Mustang being offered here, it's not a looker, his cars usually come with some prior damage that has been repaired but the insurance have categorised as a write off so insurance may be an issue for some.

dave_white1977

20 posts

5 months

CONSIGNER

Thursday 26th September
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BiggaJ said:
Depends on your definition of 'star' I guess. For me calling him a star is stretching it however, I do enjoy his videos mainly for his enthusiasm for what he does and to see how far he can take it, so far he is doing very well and appears to be going some way to securing his and his girlfriends future financially. He has houses he rents out, has two currently that he resides at, with a lot of work being undertaken on the newer one he has recently bought.

Good luck to him, he is young, enthusiastic and has some talent for making entertaining video's, not everyone's cup of tea but thats true for everyone in the public eye.

As to the Mustang being offered here, it's not a looker, his cars usually come with some prior damage that has been repaired but the insurance have categorised as a write off so insurance may be an issue for some.
Thank you for your comments .. I think you are right 3.3m subscribers means he's doing pretty well in the world of you tube and cars !

As for the Mustang, it does not have any prior damage repair nor has it been previously written off. This is mentioned by in one of the videos. We wouldn't have considered consignment if we felt it had a past history of serious damage. We know it is not everyones cup of tea but it can't be denied there is a huge following for modifications like this, and plenty of interest.

Good luck everyone and happy bidding

NicholasHall1970

1 posts

1 month

Thursday 26th September
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Does anyone have the faintest idea what the reserve is set at ?

dave_white1977

20 posts

5 months

CONSIGNER

Thursday 26th September
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NicholasHall1970 said:
Does anyone have the faintest idea what the reserve is set at ?
Hi Nicholas

Thank you so much for your interest and current bids on the car. We do not show the reserve and ask buyers to bid up to a value they deem suitable for a fantastic car like this to be worth. The reserve indicator will inform you when you are close to meeting the reserve and thus owning the car.

The reserve has been set at a value that reflects a Mustang 5.0 GT of this age and mileage, before the £000's of pounds that this car has had in modifications to make it unique.

good luck with the rest of the auction

TrevorS

23 posts

75 months

Friday 27th September
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Are the original wheels included in the sale ?

CarbonV12V

1,163 posts

189 months

Friday 27th September
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dave_white1977 said:
Hi Nicholas

Thank you so much for your interest and current bids on the car. We do not show the reserve and ask buyers to bid up to a value they deem suitable for a fantastic car like this to be worth. The reserve indicator will inform you when you are close to meeting the reserve and thus owning the car.

The reserve has been set at a value that reflects a Mustang 5.0 GT of this age and mileage, before the £000's of pounds that this car has had in modifications to make it unique.

good luck with the rest of the auction
Having modified and sold many cars over the last 30 years I know that approach does not work. Most modifications will devalue a stock car unless they are standard performance enhancements and reversible. These clearly aren't so your starting point is clearly flawed.

fatbutt

3,017 posts

270 months

Friday 27th September
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Wow. That is hilariously bad. My guess is the bids will top out at £12.5k

newbie101

45 posts

116 months

Friday 27th September
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CarbonV12V said:
Having modified and sold many cars over the last 30 years I know that approach does not work. Most modifications will devalue a stock car unless they are standard performance enhancements and reversible. These clearly aren't so your starting point is clearly flawed.
And they definitely know this, because they wrote an article fetishing an unmolested R34 GTR only yesterday. Having watched a family member struggle to sell a bone stock Mustang in this colour with a manual box, there's no chance this is going to sell without a very generous reserve price.

To me the whole notion of a reserve is a waste of time. Just start the bidding at the minimum price. Nobody is getting carried away by a butchered slushbox Mustang. Save the hidden reserves for a 911 GT3 RS or something...
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