Twan Sloot

Hi guys,

as some of you know I live across the pond in the Netherlands and prices from cars can be different. I was looking at ebay and found this Tbird, seems like a great deal.

wanted to hear some opinions of you guys since you are more into the American car market than I am, seems rather cheap for this car?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273599767500

GUSTO14

I went to ebay's website and did a search for the car and it came up so it may be legit. Frankly, I don't believe you could buy the paint job on that car for the current price.

If you are interested in bidding on the car, I would contact Crownhill Automotive in Seattle, Washington and ask about the car.

Good luck... GUSTO

rtruman

Looks like a deal to me

Greg

There are many '61 to '63 T-birds available here in various condition. Their prices seem to be all over the board. That is a reasonable looking car with some normal wear and tear. $13K is about what it's worth anywhere here in America.
Greg

Dan Hampton

Look at this link. It may give you some perspective and, also, someone to call to see what they think. Lots of inventory out there.

https://www.cars-on-line.com/t-bird.html

Twan Sloot

I know that site as well but are their ads legit, always thought the site looks a bit sketchy.

but if you guys say it's legit I'll have a look at it

acroy

That is a lot of classy old car for the $$

colo63sw

63 is not a highly desirable year for T-Birds. 13K is a fair to high price for most T-Birds that haven't had a full restoration (except for the 55-57 birds).
That car looks to be in very good shape from the pictures. Paint is 'presentable' - I don't know what that means.

Twan Sloot

thanks for the advice guys, just taking a poll amongst the car fanatics here haha.

colo63sw

Cars-on-line prices look a bit high to me.
My experience is the highest prices for classics are on Craigslist (the occasional bargain goes through there, but they are rare). I think their ads with unreasonable prices are the result of conversations like this:
Wife - when are you going to sell that old car taking up space?
Husband - if I put it up for sale, will you stop complaining about it?

Dad's '66 427

If you want someone to go look at it, let me know. I would need to know what to look for specifically for those types of cars, and could take photos, etc. Arlington is not far from where I work.

The note about Copart is interesting. I bought a car through them several years ago. They auction off cars that insurance companies have totaled. You would go to their website, type in what type of car you were looking for, add in your zip code and a certain mile radius, and they would show the cars they had and listed when they would go up for sale. The auction was all automated, and you could bid from your computer. For fun I did a search for Corvette Z06's, oh my..... there were a number of wrecked cars, front ends knocked off, some nasty looking stuff....

Twan Sloot

thanks for the offer!, but for now just scanning the market a little. I'll get back once I have done some more research and know for sure what I am looking for.

Dan Hampton

Nothing sketchy about the site. I have talked to both owners and dealers. However, they have a tendency not to remove cars that have been sold some time ago. That would be my only criticism. The post '57 T-Bird market is a little thin. They made a ton of them and demand isn't that great. Undoubtedly, some good bargains out there.

SoCalErv

As I remember those cars had electrical gremlins.

colo63sw

I heard that on the 64-66, watch out for the shift mechanism on the steering column. If they are sloppy they can be expensive to fix.
They had a lot of electronics for the day. Have you seen the sequential taillight mechanism - It is a rotating shaft with 3 cams hitting switches.

Twan Sloot

now I think they are even better! haha. Such a cool turn signal for the time, but indeed with 60's electronics could result in a headache.

68hemi

Personally I think the 1965--66 T-Birds are much better looking cars.

Twan Sloot

the nose for sure indeed. but the round taillights on 61 to 63 are also very nice

Bluestripe67

and rust never sleeps, it just hides under the paint. Dennis

cv67

Rust would be the deciding factor, if and where.
THose dont bring a ton of money generally speaking and that one doesnt have all the goodies some of them had.
Still, for 4k if it runs and drives decent Id grb it in a hot second.