Well I've been looking around for the past three months after selling my 200 GT vert for a suitable project for my next car. I've come across what appear to be two good prospects, but since I really have a limited knowledge of classics I'd like to see if any of you experts could lend your opinions. Car 1 - $2500 This car is currently in Austin, TX (about 3 hours from my home in Arlington) and is certainly the definition of project. The following is information I gathered from corresponding with the owner (he appears to be very up front and honest): Another message as a followup with a few questions I had and here is his response: Here are a few pics of the car: Car 2 - $3000 I don't have nearly as much information on this stang as the one above but here is what I do know, and this car is only about 30 minutes from my home (Irving, TX): Original ad: Upon emailing the owner he was his response: And the only image of the car: My personal thoughts are the Irving stang is too good to be true, especially a matching numbers car, and I'm leaning a bit toward the project car in Austin based on the engine and that I'd rather have a project that isn't a restore. Sorry for the long post, but you can never have too much information
The second car has a clean title and all? I'd go with that simply because it runs. You can find a 351W block or whatever and take your time to build it while you have the 289 in there working for you to enjoy the car. Good luck!
All good points... am I just being a bit too cautious considering the asking price of the second car? Most of the 67 coupes I've seen on the net or in AutoTrader are over 5,000 for a good running car with matching numbers.
I bought my 67 for $2500. Its an I6, but all the numbers matched and had very little rust. I would certainly look into the second one.
And that about sums up my decision... thanks a lot guys. I think I'll set up a time to go see the second car.
I see how you are..... lol It is the better buy of the two. Hope it works out for you!! I love my 67... Now if I can just get it finished.....
Well the Irving car has been sold... and not to me Oh well... Good news is I got a new email from the owner in Austin and this is looking like a better deal with each correspondence. I'm going down to take a look at the car in the next week or so and if the car is as solid as he says I'll end up buying it. I don't need the car to be running right now, and the drivetrain in this car seems to be well worth the initial investment.
Scotty, you have to give this some time if I'm going to find a car that'll look good at meets sitting next to Sundance BTW I just got back in town and on my way through Austin I got a chance to see the car... I'm not thrilled with what I saw, I took about 10 minutes of video on my Canon ZR, I'll do a better write up on my opinion and cut some video for y'all to see later tonight... in the mean time I need to hammer out a DVD for a client in the next 10 hours
The owner of the first car seemed very honest and knows what he has, so I have a feeling if you give him a good offer you won't overpay for it.
If I were you, I'd make double sure (on your own) regarding the titling of car #1. We had a car that had no title (tranferable registration due to the year), and it was a HUGE issue with the NYS DMV. Thank goodness the guy we bought it off of was still in contact with the guy HE bought it from, because we needed a bunch of ppwk signed by him to reregister the car. It mentiond "aside from the cowl" in the 1st quote you posted-are you ready to repair a cowl? I hear its a real PITA. Also, about rebuilt motors. Ours was (by the po) on the 73, BUT it wasn't done correctly, and now we have a junk 302 and are looking for a new motor. Basically, the cylinder walls were ovaled (no longer round), and it was only honed (already bored .30 over). Major piston slap insued, along with a nice big gouge in a cylinder wall. I may be a bit overcautious, but I'd keep looking, unless your set on that car and ready for a surprise or two along the way!
I agree about the title. Reread the question list you had, and you covered alot of what I was asking, so I did edit on this post. Are those aluminum heads on there? If so they are worth about 1/2 of his asking price new. Engine looks like it could be made to run fairly easily to check out. Ask him to do it. VIN sounds a little fishy, he already had it run but now does not have it available? He wants to sell the car, but does not want to bother his mom? All she has to do is look through the windshield, not open the hood. I would not buy anything without checking more into VIN. May not be his car to sell.
I thought it was a 67? VIN is on the left inner fender apron... have him give you the dataplate info off the driver's door too. Personally, I would take my time and buy something that I could drive in between working on it. Dicking with screwed up or questionable VIN's is a PITA.
