Just for the fun of it...anyone want to appraise my car?

I'll never sell what is now a family heirloom, but I'd be curious to see what the car is worth:

The car was originally:

64 1/2 convertible, Wimbleton White, 260 V8, Automatic.

Now:

Poppy Red, black top, 289, 4 Speed manual transmission.

The car is pretty much flawless, excellent interior (small easily fixed maintenance needed), perfect paint (pretty high end - 3 coats paint, 4 coats clear), top like new, chrome like new, etc. All powertrain items excellent. Slight performance mods: 4 barrel, Cobra intake manifold, headers, Thrush mufflers, 4:11 gears. No rust anywhere on car. Everything else like new (tires, etc.). Original spinner hubcaps with pseudo knock-offs.

Caveats: Obviously non-original engine, tranny. Also: the car has a '66 front grill as well as a '66 dash assembly. My father restored the car, and I presume he changed the dash due to changing the original generator to an alternator. I could change out the front grill for next to nothing, except I like the '66 grill a lot better.

Thoughts? TIA.

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pawn
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$7,500-$10,000................Now, if it was restored back to original, $15,000-$17,000.........................

Bill S.

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Bill S.

Seems a little low to me (a lot actually). It's been appraised a few times, and it hasn't been that low since about 1986 ;^)

You're the expert though.

Out of curiosity: what do you mean back to "original"? I've always wondered if it would matter at all if I put back in a 260 and an auto trans, but obviously not the original units. Would this really make a difference? Any knowledgable enthusiast would know the difference (because I wouldn't lie about it). And anyone that wouldn't care, would probably rather see the 289 and manual.

As far as the grill and dash, we're talking about maybe $300 worth of parts, and anyone with a good eye would know that as well, so I guess you can only mean the actual original parts, which I'm guessing you know already isn't possible.

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pawn

You must be joking with that smiley. In 1987-88 one could pick up a

428CJ '69 mach 1 for 6 grand...
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Brent P

Ahhh I see, you don't like emoticons. Good for you.

Really: a fully restored 428CJ '69 Mach I? I'm thinking you're smiling right now from whatever you're smoking.

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pawn

Huh? It's not a question of like or dislike, just guessing meaning.

Yes really. I was in highschool at the time and saving up for a '69 mach

  1. The big blocks advertised between -7K. (some poor condition ones for less) That's *ASKING PRICE* BTW. The smallblocks anywhere from 00 to 00 depending on condition and restoration. These were chicagoland prices between '86 and earlyish '88. I could dig some of the publications out to prove it if I have to. Frick, I even remember an engineless BOSS 429 for sale for just a few grand. Prices shot up real steep climb after that. Then they came back down to a bit below their present levels and increased slowly since.

BTW, by the time I saved up the money the cars were already several times what they were going for when I started working/saving. It's not like my parents would have let me buy one anyway....

Seriously, until the muscle car as investment boom of 1989-90ish mustangs weren't all that expensive. Then after the crash a couple years later knocked prices back down some. When I was in grad school and got the mav I have now, I sat in a BOSS 302 that was in the showroom of mustang restorations in east dundee IL and they wanted a wopping

22 grand for it. And that was 1994.

If I had the money to buy mustangs and other cars at those times I would have made alot of money on them.

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Brent P

Are we talking about fully restored? I.e., mint? 'Cause my car's exactly that, the only flaws being the mentioned non-original parts.

Sounds about right to me.

I still defy you or Bill S. to show me a car of similar quality as the car I have described, that has sold for $7, 500.00. The last appraisal I have is for $19, 500.00 CDN (or about $14, 800.00 USD). I'm guessing I could sell it for 12k to 13k USD.

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pawn

Some were some were good orginals.

I defy you to get that for it in 1986. Now I have no idea, I haven't watched prices since 1990.

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Brent P

It sounds to me like this "apprasial" is no longer just for fun anymore and that you're mad that alot of people are not falling all over themselves posting all of these high price guesstimations as to the value of an unseen car. You seem to already have an idea of what your car is worth, so why bother coming to the group with that question if you weren't willing to accept what was said? After all, it is just for fun and does not reflect the actual value of what you could possibly sell your car for.

Brian

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Brian Adkins

???? Sounds like you've really figured me out inspector.

You're all over it man. Actually I was hoping to print out this thread and friggin' engrave it in the bumper of my car.

Twit.

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pawn

| I defy you to get that for it in 1986. Now I have no idea, I haven't | watched prices since 1990.

Just curious, how in the world do you deny someone the ability to perform an action... 17 years ago??

Kate

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SVTKate

If you ask for an opinion, then you do not like what you hear, do you always throw a hissy fit? Evidently your parents failed to teach you that you do NOT always get your way by stamping your feet and throwing yourself on the floor screaming "I want my way!".

Some of the guys in here know the cars, you evidently were unsure or you would not have ask. A REAL appraisal of the vehicle for resale value will differ considerably from an insurance appraisal for the projected replacement value of the car.

There's no sense getting your panties in a bunch over it.

Though I gotta tell ya, that "engrave it on the bumper" line was funny as hell! I love sarcastic humor.

Kate

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SVTKate

Tell you want, I give you one dolla 1$

Gimme keys

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No doubt about it. However, the $7, 500 comment was bizarre at the least and more likely a cheap shot at worst. I was pretty clear in the description of the car. My only dealing ever with Bill S. in this group is when I took issue with him labeling Canadians as more likely to be trolls, I'm guessing he remembers it.

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Sorry I can't come up with one in response to this post.

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pawn

Defy, not deny. His claim was that he could get Bill S's estimated value for his mustang in 1986. Having followed prices in 1986 and knowing that more/equally desirable mustangs were going for much less I doubt that claim.

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Brent P

As do I............

Bill S.

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Bill S.

sorry, I typoed. I did understand the thread, I still don't see how you can defy someone to do something that ahs already happened.

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| > Just curious, how in the world do you deny someone the ability to perform an | > action... 17 years ago?? | | Defy, not deny. His claim was that he could get Bill S's estimated value | for his mustang in 1986. Having followed prices in 1986 and knowing that | more/equally desirable mustangs were going for much less I doubt that | claim. | |

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SVTKate

I was re-using his own phrasing for effect.... *shrug*

Reply to
Brent P

I defy you, period. Defiance can be an entity unto itself.

In short, I defy.

Reply to
pawn

When I was in high school you could buy Hemi cars for $5000 to $7000 trouble is I could only afford the $700 car.

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Matthew B. Tepper

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