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  • Thread starter Thread starter Dumb&Dumber90
  • Start date Start date Dec 18, 2018

'90 50K Miles, One Owner, Convert. GT - Value in 2018 Market

  • <$10K

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • $10-12.5K

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • $12.5 - 15K

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • >$15K

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    7
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Dumb&Dumber90

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  • Dec 18, 2018
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Hi Stangnet -

New to the forum and to Mustang ownership. We (my brother-in-law and I, aka Dumb and Dumber) won an auction on Bring a Trailer recently for a sight unseen '90 Conv. GT 5-Spd. Stock one owner car, no rust, sub 50K miles.

We've been looking for a while and pretty happy with the car, but feeling like we paid too much in the heat of the moment at the end of the auction. By the time we get it delivered and have a tune up done, we think we'll be into it for well above what we've seen elsewhere in the market though its hard to know given the range. What do you all think a fair price range might be?

Lots to learn from you all and need to figure what mechanical enhancements may be desired/necessary (e.g. brakes, subframe connectors etc...)

Hoping to get years of joy out of it and let her run.

Also - if anyone has good suggestions for reputable and reasonable shops/mechanics in the Tampa Bay Area please let us know.

- D&D90
 

RaggedGT

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT
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  • Dec 18, 2018
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Hard to place a value with out seeing it, but unmolested low milers in good shape fetch a pretty penny. I’m not sure how the ‘Verts are doing market wise,but I imagine they are doing almost as well as notches and hatch cars.
Oh -and to
 
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Dumb&Dumber90

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  • Dec 18, 2018
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Thanks, RaggedGT! Link to the car (with Pictures) is here for anyone interested: '90 GT 'Vert
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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  • Dec 19, 2018
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I think you did good, I'd enjoy the ride as is. Not many unmolested low mile examples.
 
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Rdub6

So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues
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  • Dec 20, 2018
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Just looked at the car through the link you provided. That’s a real nice car!! Good luck and enjoy the ride!!
 
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  • Dec 22, 2018
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Nice car. I grew up just a few miles away from Ft. Collins. That's where my 1993 GT is from.
 

Neuron

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  • Dec 22, 2018
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It only matters when you sell it. Fox's are hot right now and cars in that condition are not plentiful. My experience has been to get the best one you can afford vs a fixer upper in hopes of saving money. Great car, once I buy I don't look back only forward to the enjoyment. Enjoy it, you will get lots of interest and compliments.
 
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Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell
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  • Dec 22, 2018
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Right now LX coupes are the rage. 5-spds always fetch more than automatics, and convertibles tend to get overlooked.

Yours is the right color, and fairly low mileage, but I'd say $8-10k would have been probably been more realistic in a traditional in-person purchase. Auction prices tend to be a little higher.

Still I wouldn't sweat it too much. Do you like the car? Do you plan on enjoying it? Then who cares what you paid.
 
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