Any Words Of Wisdom From Mustangs You've Sold?

Bought the car 100% stock back in high school (been over a decade!). Wife and I moved to San Francisco three years ago, with only one parking space. Mustang has been in storage since then. So as hard as it is, figure it is finally time to let her go. Not in any particular hurry to sell her. Would like to see her go to somebody who at least somewhat knows what they are doing.

Before I post her for sale, just wondering if anybody has any recommendations or cautions from your experience. Would you post to Auto Trader, StangNet, both, somewhere else? How did you come to your list price? Any general advice?

Thanks ya'll,
Scott
 
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I think there is a market out there for your car. There are people that want a fixer upper and there are the ones that would like to purchase an already tastefully modded Stang (assuming yours is clean inside and out). You should be able to get a fair price if you take quality pictures and advertise everywhere you can. Be firm on price and weed out the idiots. The people that don't appreciate your Fox will be the lowballers and will likely be the type of people that will destroy it or hack it up. I believe the person should be 35+ years old that fell in love with these cars just out of high school back in the day. That age group should cherish the car a bit more and preserve it better than the younger crowd.
 
That blows, you are going to get pennies in return for the dollars spent.

Sounds like a nice car but be prepared to be lowballed and lots of tire kickers.

Define "low ball".

I'm tired of browsing sale adds where people think their car is special. OMFG a 35th Anniversary with only 97k miles!!! So rare!

Asking $9,800 even has "new tires".


NADA $2,000 to $5,400


You'd think it'd be easy to find cars priced like that :cautious:
 
Define "low ball".

I'm tired of browsing sale adds where people think their car is special. OMFG a 35th Anniversary with only 97k miles!!! So rare!

Asking $9,800 even has "new tires".


NADA $2,000 to $5,400


You'd think it'd be easy to find cars priced like that :cautious:
That reminds me of something I came across about a month ago: 1997 Ford F350 Crew Cab Powerstroke Diesel 48,348 miles!

Not a Mustang, but this is almost the same thing. In this case, you have some idiot who probably bought it from the original owner for peanuts and is now trying to flip it for a ridiculous amount of money.

Anyway, back to your Mustang. Don't sell it.
 
That reminds me of something I came across about a month ago: 1997 Ford F350 Crew Cab Powerstroke Diesel 48,348 miles!

Not a Mustang, but this is almost the same thing. In this case, you have some idiot who probably bought it from the original owner for peanuts and is now trying to flip it for a ridiculous amount of money.

Anyway, back to your Mustang. Don't sell it.
Someone will pay close to that for that truck . Anything with 7.3 and power stroke and the money starts flying


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Thanks ya'll, very helpful. Definitely tempting to keep her, I'll keep thinking on it as I'm getting ready to sell.

You mentioned pennies on the dollar, yikes! I've kept all receipts over the years. If I remove all receipts for maintenance, labor, and appearance, I am left with $20,400 spent on performance - parts only. What is the best way to arrive at a sale price? Any rules of thumb for % of cost?

Thanks,
Scott
 
To a certain point, performance parts have very little bearing on price. The car listed in your signature, however, is a different story. It comes down to how well it was put together, quality of the parts, and overall condition of the car. All that considered, you will RARELY see a fox go for more than $15,000. There are cases to be made to sell for more, but it has to be something that a buyer with really deep pockets decides that he can't live without.
 
I have about 10k more into mine then you do at this point (silly mistakes along the way ) and I'd be lucky to get 15 even with the dart stuff like you . Only foxes that are bringing big numbers are the coyote cars or the bone stock low mile survivors .


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I have about 10k more into mine then you do at this point (silly mistakes along the way ) and I'd be lucky to get 15 even with the dart stuff like you . Only foxes that are bringing big numbers are the coyote cars or the bone stock low mile cobra survivors .


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