Quandry (For Sale?) '66 Coupe

You could sell it to me -- I think I might have a couple thousand I could free up.

Gotta love a guy who buys a Mustang when he's 64. My dad bought his '66 when he was about 40, and people thought that was a little edgy...

I'll give ya 500 bucks right now ;) Figured I'd get that out there before someone else did.

-Scott

value all depends on overall condition. I would guess somewhere near 5,000 maybe more maybe a bit less. Most likely it will need major work to get it road worthy.

My friend sold a 66 six automatic for one of his tenants. Very complete, right down to the jack and hub caps. Was white with decent original paint. Belonged to a 74 year old woman who drove it every day. Interior was completely shot but all there, original radio and all. Brought $3,000 and he didn't get many calls on it. BTW: It had non-working AC. Rebuilt trans and complete new front end.

Al

Well, I meant to include a link to some pics I took. The first group is before I washed off the 10 years of dust. It's been in the garage the entire time. The second group is when I backed it out of the garage into the sunlight. As can be seen, there are some nicks in the driver seat upholstery but that's about it. Everything works.

New fluids, boil out the carb, a brake job, tune-up, and maybe a seal here or there and the thing should be road worthy. I'd put new tires on it though the one's on it were new 10 years ago but have been flat for a long time. They hold air now but who in their right mind would trust them?

I'm torn as to how much I should do. I know folks like to get older cars in original condition, etc. The paint is still shiny under all the dust. The glass is good too.

I just might have a nice Mustang here, and no, sorry, but 500 is too low. ;-)

Here's the link to the pics:

I really haven't done much research on the car. I'm thinking anywhere from 5 to 10k. I just do not know. I bought my first Mustang, also a '66, back in '75. Paid 500 bucks for it. Sold it a year later to a friend for 500 and a '66 BSA 650 Rocket. The BSA still lives. The Mustang ended up in a ditch, upside down, somewhere in Oregon. ;-)

My Grandfather was a pistol. He had a '71 Torino that my Grandmother drove. Had a 351 in it and would chirp 2nd gear. ;-)

Thanks. I feel much better now. ;-)

"Jeff Mayner" wrote in news:evjdmb$rf7$1 @news.datemas.de:

These cars are not that rare. I see them daily. Just yesterday, I saw an elderly lady driving a nice white '65 or '66. It's worth what somebody will pay you for it. If you are in a rust belt, and the car is relatively rust free, it will bring more.

well to be honest the less you do the more likely someone will buy it for what you want. I know that if I were to buy a car like that I would plan on new gasket set, new tires, new rubber seals for the doors and hood and trunk. I complete tune up, pull the wheels and repack the bearings, probably needs rear end drained and filled, transmission drained and refilled, check all the ball joints, drain and clean the fuel tank, fuel filter, new shocks, brake hoses, back flush the heater core, replace vacuum and coolant hoses. Then start checking all the other stuff for worn or rotted parts.

Any car sitting for 10 years is probably not going to last long before something breaks so I would do all the maintenance it will most likely need. Around here in Arizona cars like you have are plentiful.

just look at auto trader, or ebay auto for a fully fixed up 66 and see what they are going for I would rather buy one already working good, then to go through all the stuff to get it to that state.

cool car, and the color jogged my memory

I had a great-uncle, who bought a 1964 Ford Falcon, 289 V-8, same color... he drove it till he died in 1974, age 96

car is still in the family. on its 4th driver.

If you are really serious about selling this vehicle contact me @ snipped-for-privacy@cox.net or post an e-mail address I can use to get a hold of you!