Back in the day there were truckloads of "junk" cars going into Mexico from junk yards. They would hit the yard and sit for a period of time once the yard owner figured he'd made what he could off it they would get crushed an shipped off to Japan for recycling. They had very efficient communication system set up to locate cars and parts. Maybe the yard owner turned around and sold the whole car as "repairable". The Mustang being a current 1 year old car would have attracted a buyer who could fix it on the cheap (you know steal the parts or weld 2 wrecks together). There is no paperwork on a car once it hit's the junkyard. That gets surrendered to DMV and even then you had a lot of hoops to jump through to get one back on the road - unless you did it in Mexico. Junkyards sold on bill of sale that listed the VIN.
A friend of mine worked in a junkyard while in high school. He bought 3 wrecked E Types and built 2 cars from the pieces. He did have to buy one new nose from the dealer ($400). He ended up with a 3.8 roadster and a 4.2 coupe for less than 2 grand.
I have always been leery of the "found" stunt car. Too much sheet metal had been changed before it was authenticated.
A friend of mine worked in a junkyard while in high school. He bought 3 wrecked E Types and built 2 cars from the pieces. He did have to buy one new nose from the dealer ($400). He ended up with a 3.8 roadster and a 4.2 coupe for less than 2 grand.
I have always been leery of the "found" stunt car. Too much sheet metal had been changed before it was authenticated.
