My wife and I have a 64.5 (65) Pagoda Green coupe. Had a restoration awhile back. We're considering selling it, but are people still after these cars like they were back in the 80's/90's?
Are 64 1/2 Stangs still sought after?
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I know Barret Jackson isn't always the most accurate price guide for the market, but a Pace Car sold pretty low in my opinion this year. Of course people that live in this area have no idea what a 64.5 really is, I even had a guy argue with me that he bought the first 65 in the county and they never had 260's in em. Oh well.
people are still looking for the early stangs, but as you noted the prices have come down quite a bit since their peak in the early 90's. and for good reason. the reality is that the market for early stangs then was overheated and prices did not reflect the true value of the cars.
He probably thinks the 64.5's never had generators or entry level 13" wheels either.
Takes all kinds. GT
Finally figured out why I got mine so cheap, Its an Arizona car so no rust and in excellent shape.
The oil pump shaft was gone . So I figured it was dropped in the oil pan. I pulled the oil pan out and was marveling at what was a fresh rebuild, the bottom end was absolutely spotless. I dumped the used oil and found 4 pieces of metal in the pan. I determined they came from a gear so after looking over the distributor gear and finding out that the distributor was brand new. I took a flashlight and turning the motor by hand looked down the distributor hole and found the cam was missing gear teeth, chewed up big time. The PO either hammered in a distributor , used the wrong gear on another distributor or forgot to prime the oil pump.
So it's plan B the 260 and 3 speed goes out and a 289 and a 4 speed go in.
Will probably rebuild the 260, just in case I have to sell the car and re-install it with the 3 speed.
Man what a shame, someone stuck a lot of money in the engine and took a lot of trouble to keep the car original. Must have been disappointing.
The oil pump shaft was gone . So I figured it was dropped in the oil pan. I pulled the oil pan out and was marveling at what was a fresh rebuild, the bottom end was absolutely spotless. I dumped the used oil and found 4 pieces of metal in the pan. I determined they came from a gear so after looking over the distributor gear and finding out that the distributor was brand new. I took a flashlight and turning the motor by hand looked down the distributor hole and found the cam was missing gear teeth, chewed up big time. The PO either hammered in a distributor , used the wrong gear on another distributor or forgot to prime the oil pump.
So it's plan B the 260 and 3 speed goes out and a 289 and a 4 speed go in.
Will probably rebuild the 260, just in case I have to sell the car and re-install it with the 3 speed.
Man what a shame, someone stuck a lot of money in the engine and took a lot of trouble to keep the car original. Must have been disappointing.
I pulled the intake, water pump and a valve cover. scratch rebuilding the 260 something went off like a hand grenade in it, the block is shot!
The assembly turns freely, but the damage to the block is bad. Who ever put this motor together had mad skills at laying silicone down. I have never seen it apply so perfectly.
Funny thing , I do not think he had any idea, on what a torque wrench is used for. Every bolt on the intake manifold ,water pump and head was a little more then finger tight but everything was sealed expertly.
Judging by how clean everything is internally, it blew up on their first attempt to start it.
What I really want to say it looks like it was put together by a girl, but I know better then that. Must have been a girly man. Still no regrets in buying this car, any cheaper and I would have been arrested.
I can feel the pain of the previous owner, to have been so close.
It must have been heartbreaking.
The assembly turns freely, but the damage to the block is bad. Who ever put this motor together had mad skills at laying silicone down. I have never seen it apply so perfectly.
Funny thing , I do not think he had any idea, on what a torque wrench is used for. Every bolt on the intake manifold ,water pump and head was a little more then finger tight but everything was sealed expertly.
Judging by how clean everything is internally, it blew up on their first attempt to start it.
What I really want to say it looks like it was put together by a girl, but I know better then that. Must have been a girly man. Still no regrets in buying this car, any cheaper and I would have been arrested.
I can feel the pain of the previous owner, to have been so close.
It must have been heartbreaking.
I believe the cars still apraise high by the insurance companies but don't fetch much money these days because many don't have the original engines and equipment. I feel 64 Convertibles are still fetching good money. I gathered 2 extra 260 engines (just in case) when doing my restoration. Date codes are important for these early cars. I would suggest to you to keep anything you can salvage from the engine. Many of the parts are date coded and different (timing chain cover, intake, linkage, Carb, exhaust manifolds....) The distributor is unique and date coded too. I recently saw a pace car on ebay and thought it went cheap too. I think it is a sign of the times. The risk often can lead to discovery mishaps like you have encountered! I have extra unique 64 parts if you are going original restoration. If you are on Face book, see 64 Mustang Restoration Group.
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