Just talked with the seller and have made arrangements to see it tomorrow morning. He's puzzled as to why the bids are not higher. Although I am not particularly looking for another project, I would regret not checking this out since its in my backyard and has some interesting option features. I'll post my pics and observations after I check it out.
if there are any items anyone wants looked at, let me know.
I was just back looking at the ad again and he has added some more verbage. He says the reserve is $6,300 and he still says has not been restored. So it will sell. I think it has been painted looks like paint on the bolt heads under the hood. Look for paint on trim, hood hinges, door rubber etc. In the trunk look at the drop off on each side and the wheel house. Look around the tail lights for repair for rust at the gaskets.
The front bumper has also been painted should have black out in the recess under the grill. The Mach 1 grill is correct for a Decor Group car and the black on the headlight trim rings is also correct.
The air cleaner is not a 73 should have the cold air hook up flex hose stapled to the snorkel and going to the plastic air box that connects to the radiator support. Look for rust under hood on the shock towers where they go under the fenders. Maybe pop out the grills in the cowl and take picture inside of the vent going into the car. Since Air car only vent on passenger side.
As a point of reference I paid $7,200 for a 73 with Decor group, tilt, air, PDB, gauges, woven interior, Convenience Group and had the fancy wheel covers like mags. and also came with non factory wheels and new tires and new top in box. Mine is automatic H code. My car did have about 80% original Ford paint and 100% original interior except for carpet.
If this car is not rusty and floors are solid and the current paint is pretty good I would say $8,000 would be a great buy. You could spray the black out back on the bottom of the car and it will look much better. Take a rubber refrigerator magnet with you to search for body filler.
I do not know of a Delete option for the black out for the Decor Group but if there was it would show up on the build sheet that he says is under the back seat. It would also have a 6 digit DSO code if it had any non factory adds or deletes. They show up under the main part of the build sheet and special instructions are typed in by the computer to show any ads or deletes that are not standard options.
I have too many now so I will take another pill and keep my finger off the enter button on ebay, lol. If you bid just decide what you are willing to go for at max and I usually bid with 3 seconds left on their clock and have got a couple cars that way. Someone else may have entered a higher bid just like you can get it anyway.
I did look at the current bidders and a couple of them are serious. Some are just joke bidders with retractions in last 6 months. Still almost 4 days left on the auction. He keeps saying something about going to help hurricane victims. Might be a carpenter or builder don't know. He did not answer my inquiry through eBay from a couple days ago.
This car is much more desirable as far a how it is optioned.
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