Would you buy $9k convertable...

[YellowHorse]

So there's 73 convertible with rebuilt engine and trans near me for $9k. Would you buy it even if you dont need one just because price is good?

 

[giantpune]

I'd say it looks like there's $9k worth of value there, assuming there's no big surprises.
If the body is solid, no huge rust issues, and the drivetrain is working and rebuilt by a reputable place, I could see that as a fair price.

I dont put much stock in home-job rebuilds. You dont have any idea of the skill level or attention to detail of the guy that put those together. Even if its a list of $20k worth of engine parts, a bad builder could put them together poorly and turn them into scrap metal in the first 100 miles.

For the price, I feel like there's some issues there the seller knows about but hasn't disclosed. Or its somebody selling that doesnt keep up with current values and is looking at kelly bluebook or somethnig.

 

[Hemikiller]

If it's not rotted out on the bottom, that'd be an easy $9K for me to spend. The triple white isn't my style, but it's a good looking car regardless.

Driver's seat has an issue, either broken frame or the owner liked to gangsta drive

 

[YellowHorse]

I'd say it looks like there's $9k worth of value there, assuming there's no big surprises.
If the body is solid, no huge rust issues, and the drivetrain is working and rebuilt by a reputable place, I could see that as a fair price.

I dont put much stock in home-job rebuilds. You dont have any idea of the skill level or attention to detail of the guy that put those together. Even if its a list of $20k worth of engine parts, a bad builder could put them together poorly and turn them into scrap metal in the first 100 miles.

For the price, I feel like there's some issues there the seller knows about but hasn't disclosed. Or its somebody selling that doesnt keep up with current values and is looking at kelly bluebook or somethnig.

Yep, older guy selling his father's car.

 

[PoFoMoCo]

Man, I'd be hard-pressed to pass on that. Definitely worth your time to decide, whatever the motivation is too sell.

 

[YellowHorse]

Man, I'd be hard-pressed to pass on that. Definitely worth your time to decide, whatever the motivation is too sell.

And I have a spare set of 73 slot wheels,lol

 

[c9zx]

Almost too good to be true, look very carefully, check for rebuilt title. Take a weak rubber magnet to check for significant Bondo. IFF everything checks good buy it, fix a few thing and turn a profit, if nothing else. I agree with Hemi on the seat. The corners of the pan are split and the sheet metal collapsed. Good Luck. Chuck

 

[73inNH]

Unless it's rusty, that car is $9k without an engine in today's market.

 

[fmjcraig]

Sounds like a good car for MotorCity Mustang…$20,000 worth disassembled

 

[cwalker509]

Almost too good to be true, look very carefully, check for rebuilt title. Take a weak rubber magnet to check for significant Bondo. IFF everything checks good buy it, fix a few thing and turn a profit, if nothing else. I agree with Hemi on the seat. The corners of the pan are split and the sheet metal collapsed. Good Luck. Chuck

On my morning walk and I have an idea....hot glue something like a Sorry gamepiece to a rockauto fridge magnet. Then trim to the game piece size? They also sell a Bondo thickness gage magnet.....

 

[TempStang]

If I only knew then...

 

[droptop73]

I don't recognize the braces from the core support to the shock towers. HMMMMMM

That does look like a clean piece.

 

[mrgmhale]

So there's 73 convertible with rebuilt engine and trans near me for $9k. Would you buy it even if you dont need one just because price is good?

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If the title was clean, it has no rust (surface rust is not a big deal, but no rot), the engine and transmission work, and there no rear axle gear howl, I would be all over it for $9k. I would almost immediately order a Classic Air A/C kit, a Dakota VHX instrument panel if it has all idiot lights, a Pertronix Ignitor to replace the points and condenser in the distributor, and anything else it might need to get it in really good condition (brakes, plugs, cooling system with new hoses, belts, suspension parts as needed). By the time I would be done, unless it needs a lot of rust correction I may have overlooked, I would likely end up with a nice Convertible Mustang for just about half its market value. If it needs any rust repair, however, you could quickly find yourself being upside down in value even if you had received the car for free.