eBay Find of the Day: One-off 1966 Sonny and Cher Ford Mustangs have got you, babe
Sonny & Cher Custom Ford Mustangs -- Click above for image gallery
It appears that the Sonny & Cher custom Ford Mustangs are once again for sale (the kitschy twosome have been making the auction rounds the last couple years). This pair of 1966 Mustang Convertibles originally built by George Barris were sold in February at RM's Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale event for $198,000.
Prior to the RM sale, the two Ford-commissioned Mustangs hadn't been on the market for 25 years, and spent a least some of that time in the collection of Mustang Country founder Don Chambers. Originally used in the Sonny & Cher film Good Times, the gold and pink pearl droptops, with animal print, shag carpet, and ermine fur interior fitments went out on a subsequent publicity tour and saw some use by the entertainers. Cher only racked up 19,000 miles, while Sonny's car was the beater of the two, having accumulated 24,000 miles. A restoration has since put the cars back into original Kustom Kar Kondition.
The seller apparently wants to peddle these cars into the UK, lists their location as St. Louis, and provides a Florida phone number for contact purposes, so who knows what's up with all that – especially as the cars don't appear to be listed on eBay Motors U.S. Oh, and the asking price is more than £270,000 (around $450,000), a price that will surely have you singing "Baby Don't Go" to your cash. A tip of the cap to Michael D.
Gallery: Sonny & Cher custom Mustangs
[Source: eBay]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Carlos 9:24AM (9/06/2009)
Gross
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Randy 11:08PM (9/07/2009)
I love Mustangs but WTF is this? Looks like Danny Terrio vomited in dayglo! (line stolen from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) great movie... lol
VW GTi 9:28AM (9/06/2009)
Abomination of a Mustang if ever I saw one. Looks as if a Pontiac Firebird front end was welded on.
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summazooma 10:10AM (9/06/2009)
Looks kind of alike a Pontiac Tempest front end with Cibie headlamps...
http://www.fantasticflyers.com/images/50138b.jpg
Jim R 9:32AM (9/06/2009)
The only thing I'd change would be the animal print seats in Sonny's car, to a tan/white leather combo similar to the black/white leather seats in Cher's car. Other than that, (and the loud pink color of Cher's car) I like the custom work. I have yet to see a Barris design that wasn't cool on at least some measure. I especially like the rear treatment.
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PercyPricksworth 9:34AM (9/06/2009)
Who would have thought...a 1960s Mustang with Edsel genes...
So much for the superstition all automotive designs in the 1960s were good.
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FThorn 9:48AM (9/06/2009)
That reminds me of Adam's CarCast podcast from yesterday.
Somebody has a car like the one used in Billy Jack (a movie, kids) and he said something along the lines of "Take it to an auction, put a cardboard cut-out of Billy Jack in front of it. No one will know it wasn't in the movie, all those guys are DEAD NOW...."
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FThorn 9:52AM (9/06/2009)
This car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_JY-_OIT5w
Egon 10:03AM (9/06/2009)
What a shame. And to think the current seller could have gotten $9K out of the Cash for Clunkers program just a few short weeks ago...
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Kellman 1:13PM (9/06/2009)
these cars are too old, they would have had to be newer than 1984.
farmer0904 10:45AM (9/06/2009)
Wow I hope ford does not see these and decided to market a new sonny and cher mustang duel , lol good job ford on the oringals
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fixitfixitstop 11:16AM (9/06/2009)
Body-matching drum brake paint.....hot.
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Kellman 1:15PM (9/06/2009)
Did anyone else notice they are listed in the UK, but the auction says the cars are located in the US. what is this all about?
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JTB 1:15PM (9/06/2009)
Well, they had no taste. She still doesn't.
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KillTuruKill 1:20PM (9/06/2009)
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1757
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kellman 1:27PM (9/06/2009)
Nice they were bought for $198000 in February and now they are listed for the GBP equivalent of $442773 US Dollars
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riverhead 2:26PM (9/06/2009)
The horror!
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Rev Junkie 3:32PM (9/06/2009)
Do not look at these after eating. It looks like a 1980s Olds Cutlass got freaky with a Mustang convertible, and this is what they spawned.
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toronado455 4:20PM (9/06/2009)
HOLY SHAG AND LEOPARD PRINT, BATMAN!
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CARSRCOOL 6:13PM (9/06/2009)
Here's the company that is selling these cars:
http://www.hymanltd.com/search/Details.asp?stockno=3925&recordCount=32
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