Sell complete or part out?

MattZ281LE

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Feb 6, 2000
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Purcellville, Va
I will be selling my stang. I know highly modded cars bring no money.

So here is my dilema. Take the time and effort to part the car out and sell the shell. or take a huge loss and sell it as is.
What do you guys think is reasonable for the car. Its not perfect for sure. But I dont think the car would bring 8k. Parted I could get 10+ easy enough from the parts.

Car made 660rwhp 570rwtq on Pump Gas, excellent body. Never driven in snow or bad weather. I had the car shipped from San Diego California 3 years ago

1995 GTS/Cobra clone. Black on Black Coupe 124.xxx miles on body.
Keith Craft 331 Stroker, Forged 8:1 Sportsman B50 block
Canton 7QT RR pan
Vortech T-Trim 8 rib set up for 17#
Victor Jr's
Downs Ford upper.
Tmoss Ported lower
MAC 1 3/4 Ceramic Longtubes
Mac Prochamber
Mac Catback.
60# Injectors
2x Pierburg 300lph pumps
SX regulator/filter
Street Sleeper Fuel Tank
Aeromotive rails
Braided 8/10/6 lines
MSD Billet Distributer
Blaster Coil
Kenne Bell boost a spark
Accufab 75mm TB and billet spacer.
80mm MAF
Fluidyne Rad
A/C / Smog Delete pulleys
Tremec TKO trans
Lakewood Bell
Steeda Shifter
Hurst Line Lock
Spec Stage III
Lakewood motor/trans mounts
FRRP Aluminum D/S
Auburn pro 31 spline
FRRP 3.73
FFRP 31 Spline axles
Rear Diff Girdle.
SCT Superchip 3 Tunes

Crossdrilled/Slotted F/R Rotors
MAC Lowering Springs
AFS Cobra R. 10.5's/9
Full length welded SFC
MAC U/L Control Arms


Body/Int

Ford Cobra Front/Rear Bumper Covers
Cobra R Hood
Cobra Emblems
Cobra Clear Head Lamps
Cobra Clear Fog Lamps

Extras.
1 Set of 96 Cobra rims. New Tires 0 miles
1 Set of Weld Prostars 15x8 with ET streets 3.5 Skinnies
1 Set or Weld Drag lites 15x8 Hoosier 29x9 Slicks
1 Set of AFS Cobra R 17x9 17x9
Original hood and fron bumper skin.
Original Motor/trans/intake headers etc.
Stock Cats, Radiator, smog, A/C are all included.
Lots of Misc parts: 3 Spare consoles etc, etc.

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i had the same dilemma a while back but with far fewer mods. i opted to take the loss and sell the car as is to avoid the time and hassle. that is just me though. just out of curiousity, after all that work what is your reawson for selling? i would have a tought time parting with it.
 
That would be a really tough call. If you were to sell it as is, there is always the chance of getting an indecent buyer who will just part the car out himself and make a few grand off of it. The thing looks like an absolute monster the way it is, I know if I eventually get my car to that level of performance, I'd probably never get rid of it. You mentionned you still have the stock motor for it, depending on the mileage, it might be a good idea to take out the engine you have in there now and keep it for a future project (if there are plans for one) or sell it. You'll surely get more money out of it if you sell it with the stock motor and sell the 331 on the side.

That said, you should keep it if at all possible, that thing's a BEAST!
 
i would suggest parting it out and give me a really good deal on some parts.....

honestly though, i would try to sell it outright first. How strapped for cash are you? i would post it for like a month or two and if you don't sell then part it out.
 
Im not strapped at all. Just moving on. I did what I wanted to with the car over the last few years. I am selling off most of my toys 70 Z28, 99Z28 1LE, boat etc.

I actually had alot of fun with the car.

I will work on listing it. But I know how people are. Parting it out may be the best.

Its been fun stangnet.
 
if you decide to part it out please come back and make a list of all the stuff! I know there are probably a few things i would be interested in depending if i have the money for it or not at the time.
 
I would try to convert it back to stock as you can. Put a stock or closer to stock motor in it, sell/trade your stuff for stock parts + cash and then sell the car as a running GTS. I also think you would have no problem selling that car for more then 8k. My friend bought a 95 cobra with a stock shortblock, stock tranny, and an s-trim for almost 12k.
 
if you find the right buyer, you should be able to pull top dollar for that thing just how it is. you just need to wait for the buyer that wants a gorgeous looking highly modified car and is willing to shell out the cash for it. if all you get are $8000 hits on it i would definitely part it out. the motor/tranny combo is nearly worth that by itself not to mention the t-trim and all the other stuff. if you do decdide to let it go for 8k though let me know.....ill most likely take it off your hands. ;)
 
I am not in a rush to sell it. Just want to recover as much as possible from the car. I am working on figuring how much my time is worth putting it back close to stock. I kept almost all the original parts. so its just a matter undoing what I did. I see there is alot of interest in the parts though.

The car really is a monster. I can destroy most any car at will. Blew the doors off a new viper a while back. The look on his face was worth it all.:nice: