1968 Ford Mustang that was parked over 40 years sold with previous owner's remains inside

FoxNews.com/auto ^ | June 13, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

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Usually, when you buy a used car you get the title from the owner, but a 1968 Ford Mustang GT was recently sold with a previous owner included. His earthly remains, at least.

According to an account posted to MustangFanClub, the rusty car had been sitting in a Florida barn since the 1970s when its owner, James, passed away a few years ago.

His best friend Bruce asked the family if he could buy it from them.

They agreed, and he moved it with him to North Carolina.

Unable to get around to fixing it himself, Bruce decided to put it up for sale on Craigslist where it was spotted by a Georgia car collector named Zach Taylor.

When Taylor went to check the car out, he noticed a jar full of ash inside and asked what it was.

Bruce told him it was James’ cremated remains and that he could have them with the car to keep them together. ..."

Budden is getting a new body shell for the car, which arrived with the jar in the center console.

He’s still thinking about what to do with it, may figure out a way to work the ashes into the chassis so that James will remain with the car forever after the job is done six months to a year from now.

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[MrEdd]

Florida Man; entertaining even after cremation.

[fso301]

Tomorrow I will have bruises from once again kicking myself due to this article bringing back memories of a chance I had to get the same model Mustang but in much better condition for not much more than scrap value.

[waterhill]

I bet it didn’t have human remains inside it.....

[C210N]

Should mix the ashes with Imron red paint.

Seemed to work well for the Red Violin.

[fso301]

I bet it didn’t have human remains inside it.....

You win!

[slumber1]

“getting a new body shell” WTF - That rust will buff right out

[heshtesh]

Car looks to be in pretty damn good condition to me.

[Ben Hecks]

That rust will buff right out

That isn't "rust", it's "patina".

[TokarevM57]

Something does not look right.. A “Steve Porter Transport Group” has as its offices Portsmouth... England... also why is the steering wheel on that Steve Porter lorry on the RIGHT...... and the license plate on the car transporter on which this Mustang sits is certainly not from any of the United States.... are we being conned here...? Jus’ askin’, ya know.....

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1968 Ford Mustang

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[SMGFan]

cremains

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A “Steve Porter Transport Group” has as its offices Portsmouth... England... also why is the steering wheel on that Steve Porter lorry on the RIGHT...... and the license plate on the car transporter on which this Mustang sits is certainly not from any of the United States.... are we being conned here...? Jus’ askin’, ya know.....

YEAH, you're being CONNED!

Actually, I needed to cut the excerpt in order to post the article.

Note the ...” at the end of one of the sentences.

In any case, here is one of the missing pieces...

“After going back and forth for several months, Taylor purchased the car for $7,000, but later decided it was too far gone for him and put it back on Craigslist, where it was recently sold to a car restoration shop in the U.K. for $23,000, Jalopnik reported.”

You could have simply clicked the link if you weren’t sure about something.

[liberalh8ter]

Thank you! The story says the car was in Florida, moved to North Carolina and it’s new owner is from Georgia. The picture is clearly in Europe.

[fso301]

Stop pouring salt on my wounds!

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“After going back and forth for several months, Taylor purchased the car for $7,000, but later decided it was too far gone for him and put it back on Craigslist, where it was recently sold to a car restoration shop in the U.K. for $23,000, Jalopnik reported.”

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and the license plate on the car transporter on which this Mustang sits is certainly not from any of the United States.... are we being conned here...? Jus’ askin’, ya know.....

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See my post 15