A friend of mine sold his 2002 GT (original owner) a few years back for what was probably a steal of a price. It had a solid built and tuned engine with a supercharger and some suspension mods. Tune was pretty mild so it was making around 450 whp but man it was fun to drive and sounded awesome. I wish I could have picked that up.I sold my '03 GT for $9500 with 67K miles back in 2009. I struggled to get that number so realistically it probably should have been an $8-8.5k car. Now for me to get the exact same car back in the same condition, same miles, etc would cost me well into the teens.
I still kick myself for selling that car.
A friend of mine sold his 2002 GT (original owner) a few years back for what was probably a steal of a price. It had a solid built and tuned engine with a supercharger and some suspension mods. Tune was pretty mild so it was making around 450 whp but man it was fun to drive and sounded awesome. I wish I could have picked that up.
I know at least five or six people here in Sarasota that have foxbodys in their garages that just sit there. Like they don't even know why they own them.
My nephew took my brothers 2011 Tacoma out to pick up dinner. Two cars crashed and one careened off into my brothers truck as my nephew was sitting at a light. Driver front fender damage, both airbags went off, and I’m sure several other things. He got over 23k from the insurance company!!!!There is a 93 Cobra in my area that has sat on the side of this guys house during the 13 years Ive lived there. I went to his house and asked him if he'd sell it 5-6 years ago and he told me no way. This car has never moved, and I dont see this guy ever getting around to it.
I daily drive a 2000 Tacoma V6 4x4 and that thing has a clean retail value of $16,500, crazy. The only reason I am aware of this is we had one come through the body shop in the fall. Just like my truck similar mileage, 230k. We wrote the estimate, $8k, figured it was a total loss. We had to run a value on it (for total loss purposes) though our estimating system and it came back just over $16,000. Insane for a 20 year old vehicle.
I think we are in an odd time for foxbodies. Lots of young guys got a fox 2-5 years ago for 3 grand are seeing the prices of low miles well done cars go for top dollar and think their high miles pos with a maaco paint job is worth 18K. I have been watching the market like a hawk the last year, and I can tell you that asking prices are way way up but sales prices are only up some.
I would say what I always say- buy the best, cleanest, car you can afford as it will end up costing you less in the long run, unless you are planning on gutting it or doing a complete drivetrain, swap. These cars are 30+ years old and many parts are getting hard to find, which brings us back to why some of us have storage units/garages full of parts.