[MJB68]

The thought of selling is always lurking....(and at times enticing)...
I've got a 68 Coupe with (as the media-blaster put it)
"the least amount of rust we've ever seen on a Mustang"
(one spot the size of your thumb print!).
My body guy is putting it in epoxy, gray primer, and semi-gloss black in the engine compartment, rockers, & undercarriage.

I've got ALL of the parts rebuilt, or new and very well organized.

Is it worth marketing just a chassis in primer?
Would you market putting the suspension on...as a "roller"?
Or, continue with the drivetrain so it's now a "driver"?

The rebuilt 289's bottom end is getting Edelbrock Performer Heads, Edel timing chain, Performer manifold, an Eddy 1405, and headers from someone. I've also purchased a new Borgeson steering unit.

I'm into the car for around $8-9K including all the new parts.
But at this point it's just a stripped chassis.
Where does one draw a value line?

Stan, Should I have put this in the Cars For Sale section? my bad...

 

[Franks68coupe]

A started project is only worth selling when they need money for your casket.

That said, the more you put into it you'll get more for it, but in for more money... I'd put on what you already have and see how you feel about it then. You might see it coming together, and not want to part with it.

 

[Fstbk]

I would definitely take pictures of the car before primer or the new buyer will still want to strip it again. Nobody will really believe you unless they saw it for themselves.

If I look at a car or even parts in primer they are hiding crap behind lacquer primer and it needs to come off. I dont car if the seller tells me it was professionally done and its Epoxy with 2k on top, I dont trust them, period.

GET PICS OF BARE STEEL!

 

[ScottsGT]

Well, at this point you only have about 2 or 3 times into it what you can probably get back out of it.
In a nutshell, someone willing to buy a project is going to expect to steal it since they usually go up for sale due to either seller being cash strapped or just lost interest.
I show my car to people and they cannot believe I have over $23K wrapped up in it sitting in my garage.

 

[Stevea]

It depends on how much you put in it to make it a driver? Without paint and the car put together, I already think you are over what most will pay for it. For those buying projects, this is a great find, but buying the project is for the main purpose of taking advantage of someones labor and parts already put into it.

Is making it a runner worth a few grand more......maybe, but that's your call?

When it's time to sell a car for me, it's sold and I don't look back weather I lost money or made money.

 

[ylexot]

Assembled and running is always better. You will only take a bath on a shell with boxes of stuff. Get a keg of something good, some steaks and round up some local Mustang enthusiasts and have a 'barn raising' to get it back together. My stuff sits, I get a burst of energy and a bunch happens, then it sits again. Now I have my BIL close by who is also an old car guy (with a 69 Impala) so it is easier to get inspired as we trade off working on our rides. The beers and steaks are for afterward, BTW. No need to get an engine dropped on you because you were WWI (wrenching while intoxicated).

 

[slim]

Only you can make the decision. Is the car part of or one of your hobbies or a money making business? IMO non of us know the sum of your interests and what's going on in your life.

 

[aslan]

Stan, Should I have put this in the Cars For Sale section? my bad...

I'd wait to see what others are saying then put it there. If you can't move it let me know. (Just don't use "My bad" anymore! LOL)
Stan

 

[Snipe656]

My personally opinion is unless you can get it all together via just your time then quite often a car project is actually worth more in parts than as a package. The problem with doing it in parts though is you deal with a LOT of different sells and almost every single one of them you will be dealing with people trying to find out "your bottom dollar" and that can be quite aggravating to say the least.

But to me a project is worth selling when you are just fed up with it at whatever state it is sitting at. I have made some people some unbelievably great deals in the past when I was just fed up with a project car and let it all go for far less than I had in it.

 

[mikemstang66]

I would personally get it to the roller stage at least ( take pictures) this way more people will be interested in a car they can move around . not just a shell and a bunch of parts .
IMHO

 

[aolshove]

Yep put it together. An assembled car is a fully inventoried car so the seller will know what he is getting and you won't have to deal with the "Well, I'm sure 20% of the parts are missing so I'll lowball him to compensate for that".

 

[67t5ponycoupe]

Sellers look at them like "Resoration started". Buyers look at them as "Basket cases". The big factor on selling a car that is stripped and needs everything is what was it born as. If it is a somewhat rare car and you have all of the pieces then you stand a good chance of selling it, if you are not asking too much. Most of the projects I see around here on Craig's list are straight 6 coupes that only have minimal value anyway. The seller talks a lot about the plans that he had for the car and the parts that he has purchased but not much about what the car really is. It takes more in parts and labor to put the car together than the car will ever be worth and that is why they are hard to sell. It will help if the car has no hard hits and the chasis is rust free.

 

[MJB68]

Thank you all for helping me calm down and stay focused at the big picture.
Sometimes it gets overwhelming....
thinking of how much work is ahead of me.

I know it'll all be worth it when I can finally start and drive a finished (HA!) classic car.

I'll keep saving up and plugging away at it.
VMF and its posters rock:thumbsup: