Another Rag Top Rip Off !!!

The moral of the story. If the seller makes it hard to inspect. Run!

They took a $2,500 car, put a $500 paint job, some Bilstein shocks and a few other things they could point out, then sold it for $45,000. That's theft by deception as far as I'm concerned. And the price makes it a felony. I'd be filing a lawsuit and pressing charges against these crooks

What makes it even worse is the price they paid for the car. I looked up the company and under their sold cars, They had this very car. It sold for $44900. For that money I would expect the car to be in much better condition.

I noticed the Marines plate on the front. I’m thinking a retired vet bought this as a present to himself. A word of caution - classic muscle cars are best avoided unless you are very mechanically inclined. I made the same mistake but at 21, and for a lot less $. That’s at least a teachable moment. Spending part of your retirement on a gift to yourself and then realizing you’ve been taken is not a teachable moment, it’s just a gut wrenching and heartbreaking loss.

Appreciate you dropping the name so others can be wary.

Well done Kiwi in naming these crooks, they should be held accountable & jailed for putting peoples lives at risk. I wouldn't be buying anything from AP VINTAGE MOTORS & neither should anyone else. Cheers & stay safe🙂

I'm 70 years old. My Sister bought a 68 from Rockville Ford in the DC area. We use to call them " Rustangs ". Those Crooks took a rusted up junker and did a Crapjob cover-up. Like you said, looks nice from a distance. Wait till the Rust starts to show thru where it was hidden. So sad to see this. A friend of a friend was looking at a Car from those Crooks, but when they made it near impossible to do a PPI, he said his gut feeling told him NO . They love their Pop Rivets. Can see a gaggle of them in the Drivers side lower Fender. Good job sir.

I would be afraid to even lift the car up on the hoist with how they scabbed things together

The owner needs to contact a lawyer it's definitely not safe and the dealership should be made accountable.

It is the same thing with houses. People look at the cosmetics, but not at the structure. People are more concerned about the color of the countertop and the smell of new paint than with structural integrity and design. There are always people who take advantage of that knowledge, and sell what people are looking at, and then those who purchased find they got screwed.

I've worked on only a few classic cars in my life but every single one I saw someone buy has been like this, just miles deep of covered up problems.

Great video Kiwi. I’ve learned a lot from your videos about what to look out for on these older cars and how they go together. Sad that this person got saddled with a car that’s not even safe to drive. Thanks again for the info. Glad there’s guys like you out that are willing to call out these dealerships and sellers for the poor work they try to hide! 👍🏻

Strange how many of these Mustangs seem to be like this. My neighbor has a sixties Mustang he's selling for $7,000, and there's another one in a junkyard not too far from me that he's not going to crush (not sure what he'd want for it though,) but both of them, at the very least, are fairly solid, all original cars. It's very strange to me how a lot of people will jump to spend far more money on what, in my opinion, are much worse vehicles. I mean I've done some crappy repairs in my time, booger welds on a $450 pickup truck to get the bedside to stop flopping around, spot welding and mudding old roofing tin to a body panel on a $500 car, but these are all vehicles that I consider myself to be the final owner of, not stuff that I expect to last long enough to sell, and especially not stuff I intend to deceive people into thinking has been restored. If I was to sell one of my cars that I've done that kind of work to, I'd probably want somewhere between $200 and $1,200, depending on the vehicle and how badly I've worn it out. I would take one of those over some of these weld practice sheets being sold as cars.

Way to go AP Vintage Motors LLC. There are some nice Baptist churches around your dealership, why dont you visit one.

Hey Kiwi. Definitely with you here, very bodgey job. Their claim "Oh its a 50+ year old car" holds no water, unlike all those body gaps. If it was sold as a 50yo project at a project price, fair enough. Did I spy a big bow and gap in that left hand floor pan to rocker seam under the door at 6:19 ? Repairs, either do them right, or not at all. Would certainly not pass an Aussie RWC or NZ WOF like that.

These cars up in the northern rust belt were piles of rust when they were 10 years old. I guess with the increases in prices, they're being "repaired" enough so they can get by. This one isn't as bad as the ones around me. A good welder and someone grinding off all the bondo and undercoating could make this safe in my opinion. The undercoating is the red flag I never ignore. I've seen vehicles from old Jeeps to classics with that crap on the bottom and that's a deal breaker.

Great video! Sad to see this kind of butchery. Personally, I would never buy a car online, especially a classic one, without getting up close to see the bones. It's like someone put frosting on a turd cake.

Pathetic. It would NEVER pass a safety inspection here in Canada.Patches are ok I guess IF the welding is done completely and properly and this car is a scab job. Time to get 20 angry customers together and call out this stealership.

Man this makes me feel like SOMEONE should do a video on what to look for, for people that would buy something like this. Looking at you Kiwi about making that video. This one is a peach. I couldn't even ever understand coming to the conclusion this person did making these repairs.

Just another lesson in getting someone qualified to check out your prospective purchase. A few hundred up front can save thousands down the line. Great vid. A mate had a saying for cars like this - he used to call them "mudguards" - shiny on top but sh*t underneath".