OP will take $12k for his. Just sayin…I’ve had over 30 mustangs in over the past 10 years. I’m only 31 right now, I can assure you that out of all of my cars the 2 that I miss the most is the car I built when I was 17. I loved the hell out of that car. The price tag that I would give to have it back just for sentimental reasons would be astounding. If you’re like most of us on here it’s about nostalgia. I’ve had every year mustang ever made including cobras, and GT500’s. I loved my 2017 GT. It was all around a great car with the track pack premium. However at the end of the day I love driving my 1988 foxbody, and my 2003 cobra just for the raw feeling you get when driving them. As stated above you WILL NOT find another clean SN95 for $10k. The ones I’m looking at are thru the roof. The SN95 is the last Mustang I need to complete my collection and it seems I’m finding dead ends on clean ones. I can promise you that you’ll kick yourself in the ass a couple years down the road. Especially if you sell it to someone you know. God forbid they crash it, change it all around and make it ugly.
You can't be a collector if you sell your stuff...
Good afternoon all!
Have you ever sold a car and regretted it? I have been thinking about selling my ol' 96 Mustang GT. It was my high school car I have had for a LONG time. I have had a lot of memories fun times in the car. At this point all my friends have changed cars like 30 times, but I still got my original car that I have put some work into.
Kind of torn.
Another thought is could I replace this car for 10k? Like if I was in the market could I get another one comparable for 10k?
Any advice is appreciated?
I had a 70 fastback from when I 16 until 28. It spent more time on jackstands then on the road. I sold it for 4k and gave the guy most of it in boxes. I can only imagine what I'd get for it now.Yeah, my 69 V8 fastback I got for $2500 when I was 15.
Mine was in pretty rough condition when I got it but it did run and I drove it on the road twice. It had glass packs on it and it was one of the loudest cars I've ever owned. Floor boards were rusted out of it though to where you could see the road as you drove so it too spent most of its time torn down and being worked on, but I never got it to a point where I was able to really enjoy it, and now I really regret that given I went into body and mechanical repair as a career.I had a 70 fastback from when I 16 until 28. It spent more time on jackstands then on the road. I sold it for 4k and gave the guy most of it in boxes. I can only imagine what I'd get for it now.
The funny part is I'm pretty sure I saw it about 6 months after I sold it up and running and I didn't feel sad or anything about it. I was glad the guy got it running.
Mine wasn't that bad. It had some rust, but I had done a lot of work to it. The reason it went down the last time was because the engine got starved for oil during a cam break in. I pulled it apart to fix it and maybe repair the rust, but then I got into late model stuff and decided I like creature comforts. Sometimes I wonder what I could with the knowledge I have compared to back then, but I doubt I'll ever commit to another one.Mine was in pretty rough condition when I got it but it did run and I drove it on the road twice. It had glass packs on it and it was one of the loudest cars I've ever owned. Floor boards were rusted out of it though to where you could see the road as you drove so it too spent most of its time torn down and being worked on, but I never got it to a point where I was able to really enjoy it, and now I really regret that given I went into body and mechanical repair as a career.
OP the answer isn't to sell cars, it's just to acquire more.
The only thing I sold that I regret is my 96 bronco, but at the end of the day it came down to a lack of time, a lack of space, and a lack of money to do a full blown frame off resto. My friend who was going to do the body work for me got busy doing adult things instead which put the final nail in that project coffin. The truck had sat for 5 years in my garage prior, if I dismantled it myself back in 2021 on my 2 post lift I bet it'd still be there as I write this post. So I made a tough call and sold it to a friend of a friend. That truck is still on the road in upstate NY between buffalo and rochester, I told my friends in that area I don't ever want to hear about or see that truck again especially when it inevitably ends up in the JY due to rot finishing it off.
I got the bronco freshmen year of college, but I still have my high school car which is the Marauder, I've had that since I was 15. I'd sooner bury it in my back yard than sell it and see it on the 11 o'clock news tied to a drug deal gone wrong shootout in city center Philadelphia.
There's plenty of nice 1996 Broncos around for sale
they're too expensive these days, a friend of mine is considering selling a "northeast flavored" 96 XL 5.0 5spd which I'd consider buying cheap as a beater, but if I wanted the equivalent of my old truck, rust free, I'm looking at like 25-30 grand. With that kind of money I'd buy a terminator.
That's why I won't sell my 95 Eddie Bauer. Not making that mistake again like I did my fastback.