Maybe an original 66 for someone.

[talisman]

8k is way too rich. I'd say 5 tops, but 4k is probably reasonable.

[kingjason]

8k is way too rich. I'd say 5 tops, but 4k is probably reasonable.

Yeah thats what I thought. 3 would be a steal, 4 to 5 a decent deal, but 7-8 on up there. No dent and I would say ti was show material at one point although who knows under my working conditions and lighting. LOL

[talisman]

They aren't getting any newer, that is for sure. Looks like a great start for someone.

[kingjason]

Well I tried. We will see over the next few weeks if she softens on the price. I would drive daily drive it in a minute. I could probably pop most of the dent out but I got to much shit as it is though. I had an offer on my Vette and it may be gone also.

[Racewerx]

I would say 4k is a very fair offer. Remember that car has sat for over a decade and even though it has been kept inside it will still cost $$$ to get it back to cruiser status. That would be a fun project! Good luck.

[BLAKE]

I wouldn't pay a penny over $3,500 for that car.

10 years is a long time to be down and quite a bit will need replacing, and that's assuming it doesn't have major hidden mechanical problems. (why was it parked in the first place?) Couple that with a bent-up quarter panel and no title... there are just too many better options out there. They made a million 65-66 Mustangs (literally), and like foxbodies, just because you don't see them on the road much, doesn't mean there aren't a ton of them out there.

Even after nursing that car back to health, you'd still be left with a 200ci 6 cyl. I loved my 65 6 cyl as much as a plain Jane sixer could be loved. It doesn't mean I didn't have to trade it for a v8 as fast as humanly possible. I know not everything has to be fast, especially if it's classic iron, but it's still a Mustang and you're going to want it to at least get out of it's own way. A 6 cyl is going to feel like 75% of a car. Don't even think about a 6-8 conversion either.

[Nash B.]

Don't even think about a 6-8 conversion either.

Why's that?

[BLAKE]

Why's that?

Because to do it right requires replacing damn near everything. Rear end, suspension, brakes, wheels... by the time you're done, you may as well have restored the whole damn car, and you'd still be left with a car with a "T" in the VIN, meaning anyone that even half-way cares about originality is out on resale.

Personally, I'd talk this guy down a bit from this price:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/2162478224.html

and install a transmission and play with it and have a better starting point. Looks like it has a touch of rust, but they all do. I'd bet if you poured a bucket down the cowl vents of that 6 cyl at the top of the thread, the carpet would get soaked like mine would.

[Mike]

Because to do it right requires replacing damn near everything. Rear end, suspension, brakes, wheels... by the time you're done, you may as well have restored the whole damn car, and you'd still be left with a car with a "T" in the VIN, meaning anyone that even half-way cares about originality is out on resale.

Personally, I'd talk this guy down a bit from this price:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/2162478224.html

and install a transmission and play with it and have a better starting point. Looks like it has a touch of rust, but they all do. I'd bet if you poured a bucket down the cowl vents of that 6 cyl at the top of the thread, the carpet would get soaked like mine would.

Great post, very informative.







More pics of the old lady?

[BLAKE]

More pics of the old lady?

In the interest of not bogging down the thread or making it about mine, I'll just link ya:

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2996&postcount=3

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2999&postcount=4

[Mike]

In the interest of not bogging down the thread or making it about mine, I'll just link ya:

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2996&postcount=3

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/sh...99&postcount=4

I love that car.

[BLAKE]

I love that car.

Me too!

[IHaveAMustang]

Im in with Blake. I had the option of a yellow and black 200 C.I., or the rust bucket I turned into a driver.

I started looking at the prices JUST FOR the front end, spindles...etc...and it didn't make sense.

$1200 is all my 66' cost when I trailered it home.

Unless you had a 6 cyl growing up and you plowed 100 chicks in the backseat, I don't see why anyone would get the old 200

[Vertnut]

The 6 cyl. comes with 4-lug crap and drums all the way, and a smaller rearend. Every bit of that would need to go (to me, anyway). $4k for a shell would be too much for me.

[hotrod66stang]

I think she is wanting around 8k.

Not to sound like the typical DFWM lowballer, undercutting the other guys who know classics, but realistically I'd only give $2500-MAYBE $3000 for that car. Maybe even less.

Title issues, body issues, unknown mechanical condition, needs to be gone through to get road-ready, and it's a 6 cyl coupe. Like Blake said, there were literally a million of those cars made. Now if it were desirable ('vert, fastback), or something you could make money on...sure, I'd gamble on the title, etc. Not on a 200 c.i. straight 6 coupe, though.