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Need a little help..Found a 88 5.0 coupe

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Roland69

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I seen a guy with a blue coupe tonight and I asked him if he wanted to sell it. He said how much will you give me. I went over and checked it out. I found the following

88 Notch with a 5.0
181,000 Km's
been painted blue and the quarter window trim was painted the same
rear bumper has been hit slightly on the driver side corner chipping the paint off
Trunk is missing the lock
5 speed
needs to be painted (my Dad runs a body shop )
I think it had hood pins (never really looked at the front end)
sounds stock and the exhaust sounded quiet.. didn't hear any knocks or ticks
looked like it has a aftermarket shifter
grey interior
no sunroof or T-tops (witch I dont want anyway's)


I didn't know what to offer and he never gave me a price to work with. I would like to get this and fix it up and maby sell the GT (probly not though lol)
He gave me his name and number and said to call him with an offer.
 

Aaron

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$1500?

What are you becoming - an avid collector of Fox bodies? You just bought 1, almost bought another, now you're looking at yet another...isn't your wife gonna kill ya?
 

Roland69

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I would buy every one I could if I had room to put them....and she likes them almost as much as me. She wants a GT with an AOD with a cam that makes it go blup blub blub (that's what she says lol)
 

Roland69

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but I really want a coupe
 

Aaron

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Roland69 said:
She wants a GT with an AOD with a cam that makes it go blup blub blub (that's what she says lol)
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Now THAT is CT worthy
That's the funniest thing I have heard in a while
 

Roland69

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I would give him $1500 or more for sure but I didn't want to offer like 3K if he was only thinking like 1K or something...I hope I get this thing.
 

mattmcdan

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Make him name a price, don't play the old make me an offer deal, you always get farked in the booty .
 

RYC CUKR

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mattmcdan said:
Make him name a price, don't play the old make me an offer deal, you always get farked in the booty .
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Agreed. I have had people give me the "Tell me what you think it is worth" speech and I just tell them that what I think it is worth is irrelevant, the important thing is what they think it is worth.

If he won't name a price go low as hell and see what he says. At worst all he can say is no.
 

Roland69

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should I try something like 1200 first
 

Roland69

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need some opinion's here guys
 

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start at 1000 if u think its worth that. then go from there
 

mattmcdan

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Dont make offers at all, just ask him what he wants, and If he does not answer or he starts giving you the run around, say "well call me when you figure out what you gotta have" and give him your number.
 

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Offer him $1200 and if he says he can't take that little just tell him that's what you thought it was worth. Then ask him how much he'll take. He'll probably come back with "Well I need $XXXX" or "I need at least $XXXX" then just go from there.

Put a price in your mind that you are willing to give for it and don't go beyond that.
 

Roland69

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I am willing to pay for this car. I just don't want to pay what I could get a mint one for. I will try to get it for under 2300 I think
 
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Make it a fair offer though, its great to get things for a deal, especially if they're volunteering it. But when you can get a pretty good runner with a decent body for under 2k (And I know Canadian Prices are pretty extreme) it only drives the fox market down in price. So Think about it like if it were your car and you wanting to sell it, and what you'd want to get for it. Offer him a bit less than that (although ideally he SHOULD be giving you a price, work for that) and negotiate from there.
 

Roland69

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I haven't called and talked to him yet. Should I wait a while and make him think I am not to intrested....than when I call just ask if he thought of a price yet
 
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