Ford Mustang 390 parked for 40 years is now fit for museum
- This one-owner 1967 Ford Mustang looks brand-new
- The car was parked for more than 40 years
- It has been given a new lease of life
Published on Sep 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Sep 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This absolutely stunning 1967 Ford Mustang 390 was left to rust for 40 years before being given a new lease of life.
The beautiful deep-green motor was bought by owner Clark when he was just 16 years old.
As a teen, Clark adored the muscle car – who wouldn’t? – but as he got older, got hitched, and had a family, the Mustang took a backseat.
Even then, Clark says the car needed a spruce-up, but as he had a young family, that never happened, and the Mustang spent decades parked up.
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The Ford Mustang was parked for decades
Unfortunately, when we hear of Mustangs being parked up for extended periods, there usually isn’t a happy ending – like this 1967 model that was abandoned for four decades or this one-of-one Cobra II that was in desperate need of some TLC.
However, Clark refused to let his Mustang face a similar fate and although he did leave it parked for 40 years, he went on to raise some cash to have it properly restored.
Clark showed off the near-mint condition car on the Dude with an Autotude YouTube channel.
It’s fair to say it looks as fresh and slick as the day it rolled off the production line almost 60 years back.
It still has its original V8 engine
As well as looking as good as it did originally, the one-owner Mustang still has its original S-code 6.4 liter V8 engine that can produce 320 horsepower.
The car is back in fine working order, meaning Clark can take it back on the road where it’s almost guaranteed to turn heads.
And, while it’s not a particularly rare model with around 1,000 built to the same specs, it is rare to see a vintage Mustang presented to such a high standard and looking so slick.
The restoration job makes it look like the sort of vehicle you’d see on display at an automotive museum and the fact that Clark has managed to hold onto it all these years adds an extra bit of interest to the car.
It’s also a great example of what can be achieved with a bit of attention and care.
With a background in both local and national press in the UK, Claire moved to New Zealand before joining the editorial team at Supercar Blondie in May 2024. As a Senior Content Writer working on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), Claire was the first writer on the team to make the site’s output a slick 24/7 operation covering the latest in automotive news.
