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riskyrain -> Help: Pricing my unusual Mustang II (story) (4/23/2008 6:24:42 PM)
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Hi, scroll down for sparknotes if you don't want to read :)
I'm new here but I figured this would be a good resource for finding out a reasonable price check on my 1975 mustang II.
The car is currently not working, although it worked well a few years ago. The story is that my father had purchased the car a long time ago and my brother bought it from him and overhauled the engine. Then somehow my father got the car back and was replacing parts and renovating the car so he could give it to me when I got my driver's license.
I love the car and it would've made a great and extremely generous gift, but unfortunately my father didn't drive it too often and made the mistake one day of driving it on the freeway, not having changed the oil for a while. Needless to say, the engine blew and apparently there was a ton of black smoke. Goodbye dream car.
But my father took it to a "reliable" mechanic that my brother knew, and wanted to install a brand new engine. I had already gotten my license, and I was obviously thirsting for the car. There were other mechanics that could've apparently spent a day or a few days and installed the engine. But this guy was a piece of work: his wife had some rare disease and so he really needed the money. He was going to give us a bargain? and so he would only charge us $500 for the labor, though we'd have to pay for all of the parts.
So my dad agreed, because the mechanic really needed the work. But it took the guy almost a year (!!!) to install the engine. Not at all professional, and I kept telling my father that we should've chosen a different mechanic. But we eventually got the car. A few weeks later the car doesn't run anymore, and won't even start. But it's got a brand new engine.
The mechanic is just an unreliable, hard on his luck guy and though we tried to get him to work on it and make it run after it we finally got it, it didn't work out. I'm incredibly resentful towards him (wouldn't you be?)-- though because of his wife and circumstances I can't say I don't at least understand.
So it's been sitting for 2 or 3 years. My father got a $2k paint job (jet black) on it about 8-10 years ago. We also have another beat up mustang from around the same era that he used to use for parts. My father has since passed on, and now I'm in possession of the car and have no knowledge or money to repair/renovate it. Plus I'm in college now and though I'd love to just have the mustang for myself, I can't afford to do anything with it.
But I have no idea on the pricing, especially since it won't run, but has a new engine and other relatively good condition parts (and besides it is a Mustang II).
So what do you guys think? How much should I sell both cars together as a package for (the main one and one for parts)
***SPARKNOTES***
1. 1975 Ford Mustang II, 6 cylinder, Jet Black, Spoilers, but won't start
2. Another car from same era, beat up, but has spare parts
3. Engine is brand new, but put in by questionable mechanic
4. Other parts relatively new (dad put in about 4 years ago)
5. By new, I mean unused, since car was driven extremely sparingly
6. Body of car is in good condition (i.e. no dents, etc.)
How much is it all worth?
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