What's up with this? (selling car)

[RBatson]

I have to agree that they are not an investment. I have a load of money in my 89 but it isn't worth half what I have in it. I have no idea what your car is worth but I have used onlinetrader a few times, twice with success. I sold a jet boat and a 97 Cobra vert using them, it took about a month for both. I got calls from all over, even on email from Iraq. Someone local bought the boat, I asked him if he saw the ad in the local trader(I tried them first) and he said he went online and didn't even look at the local trader. I almost sold the Avalanche, a guy offered me within a thousand of my price.. usually when I decide a price, I won't budge. Maybe you should try that. If you will take $15k then advertise it for "$15k firm", no need in playing games. If they try to talk you down then just be polite and say.. "that's the price, non-negotiable" or "that's what I gotta have". One good thing about onlinetrader.com is that you can run the ad until it sells, atleast that's how it was the last time I used them.. I decided to keep the Avalanche and let the ad expire.

One other thought, take the car to car shows and swap meets. I went to a car show in Charlotte some years ago and they had some nice cars. I wasn't there to buy a car but there were alot of people there that were. There were some very nice rides there commanding nice prices, they even had a car auction. Going to one may give you an idea of what other cars, like yours, are going for and maybe you can sell it.

Good luck.

[DeltaMustang65]

Wow, I thought this thread had vanished already...

Yeah, it sure would be nice if CCTOL let you "run it till it sells", this is not the case these days. I have my Mustang running June-August. I dropped the asking price to $15,000 OBO about a week ago, and still have only heard from scammers. I looked around the online AND print sections, and contrary to what the guy from earlier said, my car is priced at about average compared to the other coupes I've seen.

I used to take my Mustang to car shows, mostly charity type events. Everyone seems to like the car, but I don't think people are looking to buy, at least at the shows I've been to. I was a bit shocked, since I live in Stockton, Ca. You'd think people in California's central valley would be heavily into cars.

I'm starting to get more used to the idea of keeping it. Like I said before, I didn't really want to sell it in the first place. I just thought that the extra money would be useful for college. Oh well, that's what scholarships and grants are for, I guess.


Just a little side note. Does anyone else think it's a bad thing that the more common Mustangs don't command a price that would justify a restoration? The situation is already pretty bad, about 95% of the early coupes and even 'verts that I see are in horrible shape. I guess this is why.

[RBatson]

The show I went to was a Ford show, it was at the Charlotte speedway. It was huge. They had alot of beautiful cars. There was this 65(I think) triple black mustang vert in particular I would have loved to have. It still had the tags hanging on interior knobs. Anyhow, you may be right about comparing it to other local mustangs but if it were seen at a show by someone looking for that car.. you would probably have a better chance of selling it.

Have you got a link to pics?

[DeltaMustang65]

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonl...9/84357609.htm

[Rev]

Originally Posted by mattgoveiagt

Just a little side note. Does anyone else think it's a bad thing that the more common Mustangs don't command a price that would justify a restoration? The situation is already pretty bad, about 95% of the early coupes and even 'verts that I see are in horrible shape. I guess this is why.

It's like they say in the stock market. The market doesn't care what you or anyone else thinks. It's all supply and demand. As these old Mustangs age and deteriorate, it will be harder and harder to find a good one. Right now, there are still lots of early Stang coupes that have more or less solid bodies and not too much rust. These can be restored with out too much extensive structural repair. $20,000 or so might fix one up fairly well if the owner does some of the labor. Just as in your case a person can buy one for less than it cost to build it. I woulndn't plan on making a profit unless I was in the business of buying and selling classic Mustangs. The dealer always buys at wholesale and sells at retail. Just my thoughts on the matter.

Rev

[DeltaMustang65]

^All I was saying here is that maybe the reason I see basketcases everywhere around here is because they don't command a price high enough to make it worth restoring for most people.

Also, I've never bought aftermarket heads before, but they don't come pre-port & polished or anything, do they? Wouldn't I still have to have at least SOME machine work done to get the full benefits?

P.S. You seem to have quoted the wrong post, Rev. You want the one above the one you first picked, about how I've already considered alum. heads.

[Vamp89]

I looked at your ad and it says your asking 15,000 no o.b.o, anyways I'd keep it I can't see putting 20,000 in a stang and just getting rid of it. I'd get rid of my wife and kids first.

[DeltaMustang65]

http://www.powerheads.com/sb289.html

This is something I want done to my original 289 heads. I've considered buying aluminum heads, but decided against it. I don't really want to spend $1,000+ for the heads, and then ship them out again for another $1,000 in machine work. If I was building a dedicated racer, things would be different, but I'm just trying to build a healthy engine for cruising and such.

Back on topic...if I can find somewhere reputable to do this work within a couple hours of here, that would be great.

[DeltaMustang65]

It looks like Sacramento Mustang has their own shop, but I'm not sure if it's just for installing the parts they sell or if they do machine work as well. I'm still waiting for a response from them. It'd be pretty sweet if all I had to do was drive up to Sac for my machine work.

It truly does suck living in a town where every shop around seems to only do fart-can and CAI installations.

[Rev]

Originally Posted by mattgoveiagt

It looks like Sacramento Mustang has their own shop, but I'm not sure if it's just for installing the parts they sell or if they do machine work as well. I'm still waiting for a response from them. It'd be pretty sweet if all I had to do was drive up to Sac for my machine work.

It truly does suck living in a town where every shop around seems to only do fart-can and CAI installations.

Wondering why you don't want aftermarket Al. heads? It won't cost any more to install those than reworked stock heads and it should be a + rather than a - as to the value of the car. You won't get as much performance improvement with reworked OEM heads as you will with unaltered TFTW, AFR, Edelbrock RPM, or other quality aftermarket Al heads. You can always paint them blue if you want factory appearance.

Rev