The SVO is cool for sure. I thought the Vert in the first add looked nice as well. Any thoughts on his price?
Without walking up to the car and looking it over difficult to say. When I went to look at the Turbo 4 vert I only took $2,500 with me and I did not even offer him that. In person I could see lots of issues in the paint was all cracked and lots of touch up that pics did not show. This car looks like correct wear on the front seat for less than 100,000 miles. I can see a little wear on the left bottom of the seat back. The top conditions is also big concern. If you do not install yourself can be $1,500 to $2,000 for a new top and install. The five speeds had Holley 4-V and automatics had EFI. I would take the max you want to spend with you if that is $3,500 in cash and if the owner sees you are serious and have the cash in hand they will usually deal much better. $20.00 bills also much taller stack, lol.
My car has over 200,000 miles on it and was driven in salt but still does not have any rust. When I brought the car home from dealer I put on jack stands and went over every seam in the floor and chassis and added sealer where needed. Then I sprayed the entire underside including suspension and rear with clear DuPont Imron from back in the day. After I nearly crashed in a wide sweeping turn I took back to the dealer and had them put the 140 mph Highway Patrol speedometer in it. They came with the 85 mph. When I went back the curve I was over 110 but did not know it due to the 85 mph speedo. Since Ford put it in the warranty stayed good on the car.
The engines are great in these and also the T-5 transmission. My son did break the rear not the gear but the main casting where the bolts go on the bearing saddles. It lived a hard life with two teenagers growing up driving it and never had the heads off the engine. I did put clutch in and also replaced the plastic parts in the shifter and transmission.
I see the car in in Wisconsin. I would look it over inside the trunk and the drop off on each side. Maybe ask for more pictures before you go to look. Under hood pics also.
The SVO just will never be a collector car. Did not have a connection to any big names in racing. They did good and still do good in SCCA events. You can make one scream and with all the HD parts the forged control arms off the Lincoln, World Class T-5 that is tougher than the one in the V-8 cars. 5 lug wheels the rear used the axles out of Ranger pu the Koni shocks and struts. They are a very fun car to drive. The mid year change in 85 went to a water cooled turbo which was a big plus.
I have seen these sell for $2,000 in pretty good driver shape. There is just no demand for 4 cylinder Mustangs, SVO or 20th. ANN V-8 is still king on the demand side.
I saw the plaque on the dash of the 20 th. ann that would have the original owners name and sequence number in the build and there should be the horse shoe shape emblem with the 20 th. ann logo that was not there.
One other thing I forgot to mention. This car still has the Metric wheels and those TRX tires are very expensive from Coker I think $500 each. You can go to the regular 14" aluminum wheel that was also an option. You can see one of each on my car.
