Ok, well, I'm kinda at a crossroads here. I have some dough from my totaled Jeep and a guy at work is willing to sell his Mustang. It's a Red 93 LX 5.0 w/ newish paint, cowl hood, pony wheels, 306, GT40 heads (maybe P, maybe not), BBK long tube headers, trickflow upper and lower intake, BBK o/r H pipe, Flowmasters, not sure on the sizes of the MAF, TB, or injectors, though. It's also got a Tremec tranny, aluminum bellhousing, regular ford racing clutch
, steeda short throw shifter, home-made subframe connectors, caster/camber plates, aluminum radiator, aluminum driveshaft, 3.55 gears, autometer gauges and I think a tach as well. The paint is shiney. He said there's a couple rust spots bubbling, but nothing major. I'll definately look the car over and drive it, etc, just haven't had a chance yet (I work 3rd shift, so it's dark when I get to work.) It's also got an F303 cam, which I would probably switch for a better cam for the combo.
The guy is a friend from work who I went to high school with. Another guy in high school bought the car and got tired of it, so it sat in his garage for a year or two and this guy bought it from him. He wants to sell it because he's tired of people always trying to race him and it's loud. He likes Mustangs, but said he would rather have an all stock Mustang rather than a modded one that everyone wants to race. His wife has an LX too, so he can drive it if he wants. Anyway, here's the thing...he was driving it home one night when it was snowing and the head gasket blew and he still hasn't fixed it. I told him to not worry about it that I could do it - I'd rather do it than someone else if I'm gonna end up w/ the car.
My question is...how much sounds fair for the car WITH the blown head gasket? I asked him the other night if he wanted to sell it and he said for $4000 as is (blown head gasket). He's like well, $4500 and I definately would. The car is similar to mine except it has a lot better paint, etc and I really like the way it looks and it has a lot of mods. I'd still like to keep my 90 as a "beater" and parts vehicle, but probably get rid of the 91 GT. He likes GT's better than LX's, so I asked him if he wanted to trade+some cash for his and he said he'd think about it, but I really don't want to sell/trade him my GT because of all the problems I've had w/ it.
Also, how much do you think my GT would go for (combo in sig) considering cyclinder #5 has only 90psi of compression (probably needs rings - or maybe it's a bad valve seat?). Paint looks alright, not shiney unless you wax it, but it looks good, no rust, maybe a few dings, the front bumper cover is cracked by the fog light, small dent in pass fender where I pushed against it, leather interior is good except for the drivers seat is totally trashed. It leaks oil when I drive it (haven't driven it in 6 months) which I think might be the oil pan gasket. It also has the surging idle (kinda) because of the cam.
Sorry for the long post, but I didn't wanna make 2 different threads.
Thanks for all opinions
The guy is a friend from work who I went to high school with. Another guy in high school bought the car and got tired of it, so it sat in his garage for a year or two and this guy bought it from him. He wants to sell it because he's tired of people always trying to race him and it's loud. He likes Mustangs, but said he would rather have an all stock Mustang rather than a modded one that everyone wants to race. His wife has an LX too, so he can drive it if he wants. Anyway, here's the thing...he was driving it home one night when it was snowing and the head gasket blew and he still hasn't fixed it. I told him to not worry about it that I could do it - I'd rather do it than someone else if I'm gonna end up w/ the car.
My question is...how much sounds fair for the car WITH the blown head gasket? I asked him the other night if he wanted to sell it and he said for $4000 as is (blown head gasket). He's like well, $4500 and I definately would. The car is similar to mine except it has a lot better paint, etc and I really like the way it looks and it has a lot of mods. I'd still like to keep my 90 as a "beater" and parts vehicle, but probably get rid of the 91 GT. He likes GT's better than LX's, so I asked him if he wanted to trade+some cash for his and he said he'd think about it, but I really don't want to sell/trade him my GT because of all the problems I've had w/ it.
Also, how much do you think my GT would go for (combo in sig) considering cyclinder #5 has only 90psi of compression (probably needs rings - or maybe it's a bad valve seat?). Paint looks alright, not shiney unless you wax it, but it looks good, no rust, maybe a few dings, the front bumper cover is cracked by the fog light, small dent in pass fender where I pushed against it, leather interior is good except for the drivers seat is totally trashed. It leaks oil when I drive it (haven't driven it in 6 months) which I think might be the oil pan gasket. It also has the surging idle (kinda) because of the cam.
Sorry for the long post, but I didn't wanna make 2 different threads.
Thanks for all opinions
