Here is my experience with Dean:
1. He had a 64.5 conv. No way to verify, but he believed it was a Indy festival car. Looked nice in photos.
2. He had a '68 convertible. Nice car - and he was converting it to a shelby clone. During the conversion he found that it WAS a shelby.........He sold it for high '20s - I hope that the new buyer got the Marti report.
3. He had a '65 GT Pony convertible, that was made in the fall of '64. He said that it was a pre-production GT/pony and was a ford executive's car. There were some posts here at the time about the cars "pre-production" options, and there was few believers. The car is no longer advertised - so I guess somebody bought it (and hopefully not the story).
You be the judge.........rare cars, found by accident, all by one guy. hmmmmmmm...........
My personal experience:
I bought a 66 convertible from NM through him. He did not profit off the sale, but he did inspect the car for me. I gave him an underdash unit for a '66 as payment for inspecting the car and loading it on the transport.
I will note that he was friendly, curteous and helpful throughout the ordeal, but his knowledge of mustangs is seriously lacking.
When the car arrived it had the following problems:
The title was missing one number. I could not get the title transferred without matching 2 vins on the car. I did work this out, but it took a lot of time and effort. (paperwork, DMV visits, inspections by the police, etc)
My new, rust free NM car had extensive rust and repair. The floor pans were only tacked in, and the gaps were filled with spray foam insulation, conveniently painted black.
The matching numbers car had a poor color change. It was a silver frost car that was painted "resale red" by MAACO.
It was a good project car, but was represented and inspected as a good, rust free car. I paid fair market price for a nice car and sold it at fair market price for a project. I was so disgusted with the ordeal that I vowed never to own another mustang. It didn't last - and I have a SELF INSPECTED rust free 65 2+2 project that is great.
My TIPS for a potential buyer:
Never buy a car that you cannot inspect for yourself. If you are unsure, get an MCA CERTIFIED judge to look at the car.
The terms "rust-free", "restored" and "mint" are widely abused.
Go with your gut. If it sounds to good to be true - 99.999% of the time it is.
ALL CARS Look better in photos!
Thanks for the time and good luck.
Dean - no hard feelings - just hard facts. I lost a few thousand on the ordeal - you just lost credibility and a friend.
