Contemplating moving on to a notch

[RYC CUKR]

Well,

I am considering selling my 93 GT vert and moving onto an 89-93 coupe 5 speed or possibly even an auto. I am coming to the realization that I am trying to go in a direction with it that it that is gonna cost me more time and money than I really want to put into it. I am at the point where I need a roll bar and am thinking about through the floor subframe connectors to avoid tweaking the chassis and tearing the car up. Not really what I want to do.

I originally bought the car after I blew out my knee just intending it to be a nice cruiser. However I finally am at a point in my life where I have some money that I can spend on my Mustangs, unlike when I had my 91, and I started to mod the car some and then some more and I am at the point now where I can't really race it at the track cause it needs a rollbar, not that they are really strict about it but I really should have one.

I know that there are those that say once you start thinking about selling it you should just do it. And there are those that don't want to look back and wish they hadn't sold a certain car. Its kind of a catch 22.

BTW what do you guys think that I would get for a 93 GT about 150k-160k miles, new top, new headlights, LX tails, repainted titanium around the bottom, needs to have the hood repainted (the paint has cracked on the hood, not coming off but it needs a repaint), decent interior (good dash, good console, decent carpet, drivers seat is worn rest of the seats are good, sagging door pockets), mods in the sig (the nitrous will stay with me )

All comments are welcome, even if ya flame me.:SNSign:

 

[grey5.0beast]

booo auto. They should have made more 5 spds in my opinion, or ppl whit 5 spds should take care of them better. In my area if you find a nice stang it is an auto! Rarely is there a nice 5 spd.

End rant

Any pics? I think you can get 4-5k.

 

[RYC CUKR]

Here are some of when I bought it

And as it is right now

 

[Roland69]

IMO if you can find a nice notch go for it.

 

[88 Fox GT]

booo auto. They should have made more 5 spds in my opinion, or ppl whit 5 spds should take care of them better. In my area if you find a nice stang it is an auto! Rarely is there a nice 5 spd.

This is usually true. I think it's because people feel that they need to beat the living **** out of 5 speed cars more. Being able to slam the gears makes it more fun to beat on em I guess. Luckily, mine is in good condition though.

 

[Roland69]

mine works like new .....but it does whine in reverse a little

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

I seriously wouldn't own a vert....no offense to vert owners but they just don't do anything for me....if i want topless motoring i'll get a bike

That said, i'm also not in a hurry to own a hatch again either after i've owned my coupe for so long.

 

[grey5.0beast]

This is usually true. I think it's because people feel that they need to beat the living **** out of 5 speed cars more. Being able to slam the gears makes it more fun to beat on em I guess. Luckily, mine is in good condition though.

Mine too
I love my vert, I don't think I would go any other way when buying a cruising car.

 

[RsStanG1987]

Sell it and get a notch.. Im gonna say somewhere in the 3500-4k range is what you will get for it because of the mileage..

 

[RaceDvr50]

I have a vert and a bike and I have a 90 hatch in the last stall of the garage. You can run the vert to 13.50 at the track without a rollbar and then to 11.50 with only a four point. I am at the point with the vert that I need the four point but nothing more. Sometime before I hit 11's I will stop playing with it and start modding the hatch, although I understand the notch thing cause of weight would be faster. This is the direction I went and I never want to be without the vert as a cruiser with some balls.

 

[RYC CUKR]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I like the car but I hardly ever put the top down and I only drive it on the weekends. That and I have a 65 Mustang convertible that will be coming back from the body shop this summer so I will still have a vert.

So I have decided to sell it and find a nice notch. I have somethings that need to be taken care of before it goes up for sale but it should be on the market in about a month.

 

[SteedaGT9150]

good choice

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

You won't regret it, especially since you have the classic vert to make up for it. That's a vert i might want to own I think driving a latemodel coupe is the closest thing to driving a classic '65 (non fast back) Mustang that Ford has come up with yet.

 

[RYC CUKR]

I just gotta do a couple of things to it before I put it on the market.

Gonna get some trim paint and clean up and paint all the trim, replace some of the torn up weatherstripping around the windows, give it a good cleaning and make sure that it looks good under hood and inside.

I am gonna keep the nitrous kit so I am gonna have to pull all of the stuff out for it. Plus I have a few home projects that I have to complete before I can put it on the market and buy a notch. My wife is afraid that if I get a new car the projects won't get done. She knows me so well.

 

[Quikstang]

congrats on the decision man. i am in orlando to. Will keep an out out and pm ya if I see any clean notches around town. ;-)

 

[RYC CUKR]

Cool I appreciate the extra set of eyes

 

[mattmcdan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FL-5...36QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6236QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There ya go mang, I live about 2 hours south of you, I had that in my watch list...Just curious what it would bring.

 

[mattmcdan]

The notch in my post above is selling within next 12 hours as of this post, goodluck with your search.