Thread: How do I put a value on my car?

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Probably quite a limited market for a 4 door Falcon, even with all the extra work..... Just because a mint restored car books for $6k, finding someone to actually spend that on one would be a difficult task. The restoration guys would deduct for all the departures from stock and the folks willing to part with big bucks for a Hot Rod are going to be looking at V-8 powered 2 doors.... I would say the only way you could get your money back out of the engine is to install it in a very clean and very nice 2 door Mustang, Falcon, Granda, Fairmont or similar..... The initial cost is always lower on the less desirable cars, but you lose the advantage on resale.... Kind of like the old Fram commercial, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later." To tell you the truth, until the car is completely done, runs like a top and the body looks better then new you would be doing good to get back about 1/2 your investment. Right now, it all works good in theory......but that's it.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Probably quite a limited market for a 4 door Falcon, even with all the extra work..... Just because a mint restored car books for $6k, finding someone to actually spend that on one would be a difficult task. The restoration guys would deduct for all the departures from stock and the folks willing to part with big bucks for a Hot Rod are going to be looking at V-8 powered 2 doors.... I would say the only way you could get your money back out of the engine is to install it in a very clean and very nice 2 door Mustang, Falcon, Granda, Fairmont or similar..... The initial cost is always lower on the less desirable cars, but you lose the advantage on resale.... Kind of like the old Fram commercial, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later." To tell you the truth, until the car is completely done, runs like a top and the body looks better then new you would be doing good to get back about 1/2 your investment. Right now, it all works good in theory......but that's it.....

Yea, that was my thinking. I paid $500 for the car, and a little over $500 to get it in a driveable state, then a week after I got the inspection tag, I decided I needed to use the turbo. I know that, I cannot sell it for less than $6k, cause that's what it's worth to me cause after all is said and done, that would be breaking even almost, maby even a loss. so, it looks like I'm keeping it for a while..

recently I could have bought a '67 Mustang 6cyl/ 3spd manual, restored for $5k, 6cyl was tired/ dirty, but it was nice otherwise. I don't have $5k to drop right now, but if I did, I would have bought it, and put the turbo engine in. then peiced the Falcon back togther, added my new 1/4's and installed the Mustang 200 and slapped $1,000 on the window. I can dream


Anyway, if anyone ask's why I bothered with a 6cyl AND a 4dr, I'll just tell them, because I could. This car might not sell at all, but the experience and knowladge that I have soaked up because of it, is priceless. so it was an investment anyway.