I know this is a difficult question to answer, because it's worth whatever the buyer will pay, however; I have a 67 GT500 that I purchased in 1973. It was in storage until 1998. I had to go thru the engine because head gasket leak. Just standard rebuild, nothing fancy. It has 45,000 miles on it. A good driver. I have quite a bit of history on the car, but for now it was repainted around 1970. Original interior and in good shape. It is all there. I believe that 150,000 is a fair asking price for this car. I have been told by an interested party that it is worth 100,000. Opinions??
Re: Fair Price I'd say its worth about $5000 but since I'm a good sport I'll give you $10,000. Seriously unless it has any major rust issues and mostly original I'd say you are closer than he is.
Re: Fair Price Answer the questions and post some pictures and maybe, just maybe somebody here will want to buy it. Frank
Re: Fair Price I would like to know more about the car but a good color, condition, 4 speed etc, would be 150K at least.
The interested buyer has HIS best interests in mind, not yours remember that. What original documentation do you have on the car?
I don't want to mislead you on this car. It is not restored. Body is solid, and goes down the road good. I do have the owners manual with the original purchaser/salesmans business card. I did go visit him in the Shelby a few years ago. That was neat. I did verify the numbers with SAAC. Car was delivered to Bob Schukei (sp) Ford in Mason City Iowa. His sticker is still on the inside of the trunk. Bob Elthon ordered the car originally, and was a salesman at the dealership. He opened his own dealership in Charles City Iowa...Bob Elthon Ford. He retired a few years back. I tried to get a picture posted, but no luck...all I get is words...no picture..has to be an easier way. The car is an automatic..dark moss green..I will keep working on the picture thing. Cheers..OH..it does have the Z stamp on the vin tag...I can't believe there isn't someone still alive that actually put the Z there to verify what the heck it actually stands for.
Why do I hate posts like this? Because it's about the money, not about whatever pleases you to do with the car. Do you need the money?? If so sell it. But since it's paid for, and you can wait a few years, you can only sell it for more then, meanwhile, enjoy the car. How much is it worth? I'd agree on the $150,000 point. Yeah, sell it to that guy for the $100,000 grand....and watch how fast he flips it. I hear low offers often for mine, and I just laught them all off. I'm having too much fun with the car. And, please tell me you have sent SAAC (ah, the SAAC registrar) your name with the vin number because he won't know anything new about the car...unless YOU tell him. New registry is due later this year. And IF you sell it, make sure you report THAT to the registrar too.
Send me your pictures and i can post them for you. Or just make the post with your picture effort and somebody can tell you why it isn't working. As far as the Z is concerned, the popular consensus is that it indicated that it was supposed to be an out board light car. However, if the car was going to a state that did not mandate the cars having the headlights spread farther apart, it may have been delivered with them as inboards. My email address is-- boss9@alltel.net Frank
Lots of thoughts on this, most common being headlights. Personally I think there are too many exceptions for that, I believe it to be a quality control (inspectors) stamp.
There just aren’t many “good driver” Shelby’s left out there anymore. Any car that has been off the road since 1973 has a lot to offer as a benchmark for restoration. If the car is original enough to qualify for Survivor certification rather than a restoration candidate, it would be worth upwards of 50% more than a #1 condition restoration to the right buyer.
Agree with Joe, if it is a nice unrestored example. Just have to find "that" buyer ... or they find you