Ive been building this 87 Mustang GT for about 7 months now. It needs paint and a few other things but overall its not in to bad of shape. The major thing with the car is the title. The guy I bought the car off of in kansas said that kansas law states that any vehicle titled not in drivable condition must be titled as salvaged. He may just be blowing smoke up my ass, but anyway he said that it had to be salvaged because he bought it without and engine. But I called the local tag agency and they told me that they could inspect the car and put it back on in good standing but the best they could do is give me a rebuilt title. Now about the car. Its an 87 GT that needs paint and has some slight surface rust in various spots on the car, None of the spots are larger than a quarter. The front bumper is peeling and the paint is knicked in various spots all over the car. Like I said this car needs paint. The interior has been completly removed and gone through. The Front Seats have been professionaly recovered and embroidered with the 5.0 logo in the headrests. These are some of the nicest seats I have ever seen. The padding on them is perfect. The rear seats are in good shape but they are a little dirty. I will try to clean them up before I sell the car. The carpet has been scrubed and put back in place. I have a set of brand new door panels for it from Late Model Restoration Supply that will be installed before being sold. It has power locks (needs actuators) and power windows, rear defrost, AND A WORKING ASH TRAY DOOR. It use to be a automatic car but I have converted it to a 5 speed and converted it to mass air as well. I have spent many many hours welding and smoothing the engine bay. I think its looks very nice but it was my very first time to do it. The bay has been painted vibrant red, to match the paint that I was going to do on the outside, but never got around to it. Now to the engine. It is an 89 roller 302 that has been bored and complely gone through. The only thing in the block that was not new was the crank. Bored .040 over stretching it out to 308cid. It has flattop forged pistons and an Crane cam (which is cranes version of the E303). It has Stock heads that have been ported and polished by racing products and machining. The also gasket matched the upper and lower intake. I have ceramic coated the upper intake, valve covers and oil pan to match the BBK 1 5/8" ceramic coated longtubes that it has. It also has an x-pipe and flowmasters dumped before the rear. It has a griffin heavy duty with 2 1" rows, electric fan and fan controller. I have upgraded the alt to a 120 unit from beavco as well as the associated wiring. The AC does not work. Everything maybe fine I just never tried to charge it. It has underdrive pullys, but I dont know what brand they are. The transmission and rear is stock as well as the suspension. Although it does have new shocks in the rear, and I have a HPM driveshaft safety loop that I will throw in. It has a 3" cowl hood I dont know the brand. It doenst fit very good at all. I have the original hood I will throw in but its pretty beat up. I just need to know what I should ask for price wise when selling this car locally. My wife and I are having a baby and I need anywhere from 3-4k to get some bills paid off before it gets here. Let me know what yall think. Please remember that these pics were taken before the car was completed..and some before I even started.
Oh yea here is a link to a short vid of the car idleing. This is only 10 minutes after it started for the very first time. I still have some idle bugs to work out. I am also going to replace the windshield and try to clean up the accessories on the engine a little better. http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/...T/?action=view¤t=87Mustangidlevideo.flv
I swear to God... I seriously think that the TURBINE wheels are the SEXIEST wheels EVER put on a GT. Flame me Nice car!!!
Yea I know im not a big fan of the cheese graters either. Unfortunatly I cant sink anymore money into this car, although I am gonna do some more cleaning and try to get the bay a little more neat.
Cheese graters are the best tail lightson theese cars imo. Keep throwing them away that way the set i have keeps climbing in value..
Can we just forget about the cheese graters and concentrate on the subject at hand. More opinions please.
its worth more stock. I.E. stock steering wheel, not painting the block and intake, not stitching 5.0 into the headrests......just looks really tacky. dunno if you did that or the guy before you did.
Hide them wires in the engine bay to show off the sexy smooth job. I could see you gettin 4000 no doubt with it all nice an clean. Paint them pulleys too.
How the hell would anyone give 3K for that car? The paint is all ****ed up on the front bumper, the engine looks like ****, the steering wheel looks like ****... the head rests look like ****.... I would say maybe 2K? 1500?
$ 2,200.00 If the vehicle had a clear title and it could be started and driven away from your garage without any “idle issues” . As it sit right now I say $1,500.00 But that’s just here in Houston the market here is saturated with spray paint and duct taped mustangs, that are more trouble than they are worth. If I were you I would keep the car, put it together piece by piece and build yourself a nice car. Even if it takes a while to do it,
On a side note, I'd like to vote that the next person that posts a "What's it worth" thread be immediately If you want to know what your car is worth go to eBay and search "completed auctions" for your year and model of car. Then you will have the best possible idea of what real people in the real world will pay for what you have. You can have 50 people on here tell you 50 different numbers of what they'd pay, yet you won't see even one of them pulling out their check book. *steps off soap box and heads to the garage*
Just keep it, and make it what you want to be. The cars are worth more stock than modified in most cases.
