Sorry, guys, but I'm succumbing to the need to sell the notch ... and thereby halfway breaking one of my New Year's resolutions, already. (I promised not to switch cars this year ... but I'm actually only getting rid of one and just keeping the other.) Times are hard and money's tight - you know, the same ol' story as everyone - and the 'Stang turns out to not be the more practical choice against my '90 Town Car. But at least I'll still TECHNICALLY be driving a Ford 5.0L - a lo-po version, yes, but I hope to get around to throwing on an HO conversion at some point - and I'll still be lingering around here to offer my bits of aid and such. The old '89 is just too much of a handful to rely upon as a DD in my case, because it's so friggin' beat-up and needs so much constant attention because of its use/abuse that I don't have the time/money to deal with it; the '90 Town Car is almost equally used, but in better overall shape, needs less attention, and is a heckuva lot easier to drive in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Plus, I need the leftover money from the sale of the notch to pay off school loans and fix a couple of issues on the Lincoln (power steering pump and rear window regulators).
So, here's the inevitable and often-asked question: How much d'y'all think my car's worth?
Kelly Blue book says it's worth a whopping $900, and the private party listing goes for something like $1900 at best ... but I've seen cars like mine with equal miles, fewer mods, and not being notches going for around $2500. It's one of those things where the REAL market going rate is way different than the "official" going rate, y'know?
FWIW, I bought the thing for $2000 back in May of '05, and it was a steaming pile of poo that I've brought back from the dead. I've got around $3000 worth of receipts for repairs, mods, and tires in the thing - ALL in parts, none for labor, since I've done all my own stuff (aside from tire install, of course). Just about perfect mechnically, only needs cosmetic crap - a decent paintjob and a couple of minor dents filled, that's it - and maybe a heater core/heater pipe install, if anyone's so inclined. Car's been in Arizona its whole life, so not a spot of rust anywhere, and the Carfax and title is clean.
Would calling it $3000 firm be hoping for too much? I know I'm gonna be taking a huge loss on the deal, and I HATE to sell the thing (I'll always be striving to snap up another Mustang in the future), but selling it for less than that would seem almost pointless, really. Any suggestions?
So, here's the inevitable and often-asked question: How much d'y'all think my car's worth?
Kelly Blue book says it's worth a whopping $900, and the private party listing goes for something like $1900 at best ... but I've seen cars like mine with equal miles, fewer mods, and not being notches going for around $2500. It's one of those things where the REAL market going rate is way different than the "official" going rate, y'know?
FWIW, I bought the thing for $2000 back in May of '05, and it was a steaming pile of poo that I've brought back from the dead. I've got around $3000 worth of receipts for repairs, mods, and tires in the thing - ALL in parts, none for labor, since I've done all my own stuff (aside from tire install, of course). Just about perfect mechnically, only needs cosmetic crap - a decent paintjob and a couple of minor dents filled, that's it - and maybe a heater core/heater pipe install, if anyone's so inclined. Car's been in Arizona its whole life, so not a spot of rust anywhere, and the Carfax and title is clean.
Would calling it $3000 firm be hoping for too much? I know I'm gonna be taking a huge loss on the deal, and I HATE to sell the thing (I'll always be striving to snap up another Mustang in the future), but selling it for less than that would seem almost pointless, really. Any suggestions?