1973 Stang Questions

That price sounds very reasonable to me IF all it needs is paint and top. If there isn't much bodywork the repaint should only cost a couple thousand or so and the top maybe $500 if the glass is OK. Parts are not too much of a worry with all the suppliers/vendors out there of repop stuff now. Make sure you look carefuly for rust in the lower doors, quarters, floors, cowl, trunk, etc. Rust repair gets expensive fast ! Nice '71-73 verts that are driver quality or better are on the rise and seem to bring $8000-$15000 depending on drivetrain and colors. Search ebay for some old auctions for an idea on prices. Good luck, and read up !!

did you lift up the carpet and check the floor pans???

if they are not rusted out, and you can't find any other damage/rust

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if you like the car, i'd say 4k is a good deal..........if you don't someone else will........imho

in maryland you only need a clear title and proof of liability insurance,

you can be on the road today with classic tags

Check the cowl...and get under the car and look up to see what kind of underbody rust you might have to deal with...a 73 should have a C not a W, unless it's been replaced.

Build up the C imo. We were going to swap out to a 351 (Back & forth between C & W depending on which the original Eleanor actually had), but we've decided to keep the 302 and work with it. It's not a stock motor, and it's a 69 block & heads (I think..or is it a 71 block with 69 heads? It's the third motor in 3 years, they're getting jumbled up in my head!!), so it's workable. Pretty nasty when it wants to be (valve lash settings have been quite the frustration-its 20 year old rebuild, and we don't really know what kind of cam it has). Back out of the car now, might end up pulling it apart to find out what we're working with, who knows. We'd also considered a turbo system (I had bookmarked a page for someone building a twin turbo set up on a big body, but I lost in in a hard drive crash and havent found it again yet. They were pretty close to done last time I checked it out)....When we were hunting a C someone we know that's into classic Stangs (ok, so he has 6-7 of them) said not to bother with 4v heads, the 2v's were more streetable. Dont know how true it is though. ...