$3,950 for this???

Wish I could post pics. The exterior is bad enough, but the interior and engine compartment, defy description!




http://waco.craigslist.org/cto/4837472383.html

 

At least he's honest. He says it needs restoration. (lol) Actually, I think he may just be naive about Vett prices as he's certainly shows all the problem areas with pics.

 

True! I'll give him points for that and that was pointed out here, by a group of us, but at this point, that's nothing but a parts car (if that). I think the only things that might be worth something are the engine, the gauges, maybe some of the trim and that's it.

 

If I only had a 65-67 Mustang to trade him...

 

Not a bad deal at all...did you see the brand new air filter in the box?

That makes it a good deal all by itself.

 

Eeeek...

 

I bet that's a Katrina victim car.

 

It does have a hint of major water damage. Looks like rust coating everywhere.

 

Hey look on the bright side the dash is already out. parts car for sure.

 

I have read that the door alignment can be a tail-tail sign of birdcage rust damage....Large gap at the top between the door and front fender and tight gap at the back with little or not gap.....This one looks like a classic example of that....? Am I way off base here....?

Brian

 

in most cases the mustang he desire to trade fetches more than most 74 vettes if both cars are in comparable condition, if someone offered him a stang in the same shape as this 74 I wonder if he would laugh...

 

Nah, the door hinge pin bushings are probably just a little worn....

 

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/ptd/4877627783.html
heres another dreamer. 5 grand?

 

They should've advertised it as a compost bin, because that's about all you'll get out of it; some really nice compost.

 

I love it when they say "car ran when parked" but it was sitting for 20 years. I guess every car ran at some point in its life.

 

here's a guy with common sense, at least the interior is in better shape
http://worcester.craigslist.org/pts/4842284382.html

 

Not outrageously unreasonable for a project car, especially for anyone who has an affinity for 74s.

 

I think I found that mustang he's looking for the trade...

 

I take it by the smilie face that I'm not that far off with my statement about the door gaps....? I don't speak emoticon very well.

Brian

 

You forgot to add the 'Sarc' tag, Mike!

My '74 was a barely running, shell of a car (the dash, looked much like that one there, but without the rot). Oh, we have an 'affinity' for each other, all right! 'Sassy' owns me! I traded a 2003 Harley Softail, worth about $7K for her and so far, have sunk at least another $8K to $10K easy (I'll never count the receipts I've saved and I'm tossing the new ones, that I have!).

And I haven't even painted her yet! I was talking to my buddy, in our Industrial Center, who paints BMW's, Benzes and Audi's about painting Sassy. You see, she was in a front end collision and had the whole clip replaced, with a non-Factory, cheepee clip, that has a zillion tiny little ripples all over it (I knew that, when I got her, because there was no nose emblem or holes for one). So my buddy was talking, that we'd take the whole thing down to fiberglass and add a layer of fiberglass on top, to smooth it out. And he'd still do it for $4K (which is a 'bro' deal). I'm still mulling it over. So far, she's still shiny, even with the patina

But, saying all that, I'm glad I rescued that bitch. She was everything she promised to be, from the second I saw her in the CL ad: She's a wild little street beyatch, that loves to get flogged on. Revs up, clutch out and pedal down and she's gone! Sassy loves, loves the drag strip, getting sideways in the burnout box and then lining up, with a snarl on the starting line, both of us, waiting for that last yellow to dim. In fact, we're going back this Saturday, to Fontana, for the Street Legal Drags, full 1/4 mile. Tonight, tighten up bolts.

Moral of the story; Whover buys a POS, like I did, or any of the ones pictured above, better know what that car is going to give them in return. My Sassy fulfilled the promise and I drove her in today, walking in with my heart pounding, my adrenaline up and feeling, very, very alert! There are those cars out there, that have 'personality' to them, believe it! You know them, when you see them. They stand out from the rest of their brethren.