Got to get this off my chest. Last month at a car show a fellow noticed my SAAC shirt and asked me if I was looking for a 67 GT500. Well who isn't? It turns out that this little town out in the middle of nowhere a guy has had one for years. A fellow was about to buy it for $10,000 but started jacking him around on the price. (like $10,000 wasn't low enough) so the owner blew him off. I said I heard about that car, and rode around that town for a half hour 8 years ago looking for it, but never ran into it.
So, here I go again. I told the fellow this and he said, I'll take you right to the house! (Sure, I'm thinking)
I took the fellows name and number and called him that evening to go see the car the next day. No problem he said.
I called him the next day to confirm that he is indeed home, as it was about a 1 1/2 hour drive to pick him up. But yes, he was home. ( I'm waiting for the excuses to start any time now) Come pick him up. And I did. 20 minutes after I picked him up we were on the front porch, asking for the Shelby's owner. It took 5 minutes for the fellow to come out. The guy who brought me there said he brought me over to see about the Shelby as I also owned one. The guy just said, well, he was gonna fix it up "someday". I said, hey, can I look at it? He said, go around back. Out he came, pushed the garage door open and there it sat. Dark blue, GT500, 428 4 spd, no air. It's not even in the registry - Ok, one of about 25 not registered, dark blue GT500's. So much junk was packed on and around the car you could not even see the stripes on the side. All you could see was the left 10 inches of the tail light, the top of the quarter, a little of the roof and the side window - which was open. Walk around to open the hood? No way, you'd be walking on stuff. I never did get the number.
I stood there staring for about 5 minutes, that's all you could do. I took down his name and phone number and gave him mine. Now I'm just waiting for the phone to ring.....
Any suggestions on how to get him to sell?
By the way, it would take at least an hour to unbury the car. Plus he's got at least 10 dead riding lawn mowers out in his yard. And more all over the already crowded garage.
So, here I go again. I told the fellow this and he said, I'll take you right to the house! (Sure, I'm thinking)
I took the fellows name and number and called him that evening to go see the car the next day. No problem he said.
I called him the next day to confirm that he is indeed home, as it was about a 1 1/2 hour drive to pick him up. But yes, he was home. ( I'm waiting for the excuses to start any time now) Come pick him up. And I did. 20 minutes after I picked him up we were on the front porch, asking for the Shelby's owner. It took 5 minutes for the fellow to come out. The guy who brought me there said he brought me over to see about the Shelby as I also owned one. The guy just said, well, he was gonna fix it up "someday". I said, hey, can I look at it? He said, go around back. Out he came, pushed the garage door open and there it sat. Dark blue, GT500, 428 4 spd, no air. It's not even in the registry - Ok, one of about 25 not registered, dark blue GT500's. So much junk was packed on and around the car you could not even see the stripes on the side. All you could see was the left 10 inches of the tail light, the top of the quarter, a little of the roof and the side window - which was open. Walk around to open the hood? No way, you'd be walking on stuff. I never did get the number.
I stood there staring for about 5 minutes, that's all you could do. I took down his name and phone number and gave him mine. Now I'm just waiting for the phone to ring.....
Any suggestions on how to get him to sell?
By the way, it would take at least an hour to unbury the car. Plus he's got at least 10 dead riding lawn mowers out in his yard. And more all over the already crowded garage.
