Should I buy back my old car?
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I went and looked at the car today, I was extremely sad to see the condition of the car. It is trashed. The good thing is no rust, but it needs everything....and I mean everything! I almost feel compelled to buy it and save it, but I would never give up my white coupe for this car. If I can somehow find the cash, I would grab it and make it a slow project. The positive points I found were it actually has some power, and shifts half decent, has almost no rust and has all the original body panels with vin stickers. Bad was interior, paint, half a$$ed trunk mount battery, engine compartment is disgusting, bad exhaust leak, broken header bolt. Car has 160k on it.
Chris
Chris
91TwighlightGT
20+ Year Stangneter 
Just keep in mind that it will require a healthy cash infusion to save the car. You should only do this if you want a project with:
A. No hope for return on investment.
B. The likelihood of it taking at least 2 years of your life.
C. You can justify having two Mustangs.
I am not being funny, this is basically what the car will take. I think the interior is often overlooked as being a big part of the expense to make right, but I can tell you from experience that a car that needs upholstery and seat foam, carpet, a headliner, and the various broken odds and ends in the interior is going to have about 1.5-2K in parts, plus your labor.
Plan to spend around 2-3K for decent paint work and underlying body damage/rust that isn't readily apparent. Trust me, you will find it somewhere on these cars when you start digging.
So, you have the initial purchase price +3.5-5K invested so far. Now, if you are doing the project yourself, and it is what you enjoy, it might be worth it, but you can see that you are closing in on the purchase price of an already clean car, and you haven't even touched the mechanicals.
Mintsick
10 Year Member
Knowing that you like the automatic, now the blue car would be a far distant memory if it were me.
I just bought my 89 LX back after ten years, I purchased it new and was forced to sell it in 2003 to a friend when my children were born. He was now selling it and I just couldn't stand the fact it wouldn't be around anymore. I know it sounds crazy but I was forced to sell it which always bothered me, I guess if you have remorse for selling it in the first place maybe that is why you want it back. Geez I sound like dr. Phil.....
Husky44
10 Year Member
Can't tell if it's your FIRST car, or some other reason for it to be real high on the sentimental charts, but even then, I'd say pass... My personal experience: I spent almost 20 years dreaming about buying back my FIRST car (68 GT Fastback). My brother in law had it, and I had right of first refusal if he ever wanted to sell. Problem is, when he did, I wasn't in a position to buy (3 years ago).
As much as it would have been cool to have it back, I've got other cool cars now... The 13 took my old 68's garage stall. I'm not too disappointed. There are plenty of awesome cars out there. You'll never get this one back to what you remember it to be... Because we always remember them as better than they were.
Enjoy your white one, and don't look back. My $.02.
As much as it would have been cool to have it back, I've got other cool cars now... The 13 took my old 68's garage stall. I'm not too disappointed. There are plenty of awesome cars out there. You'll never get this one back to what you remember it to be... Because we always remember them as better than they were.
Enjoy your white one, and don't look back. My $.02.
