That is a good deal. The only negative for me is the AOD. Not a fan and the conversion to manual is a PITA for the quadrant.

Buy these cars now while the economy is keeping the prices so low. I promise,.. as soon as the economy picks up that very same car will be selling for $6500 - $7500 in 2 - 3 years time. In 10 years from now 4 cylinder coupe rollers will be fetching $2500 easy. Rust free fox body's will have a premium on them. I saw this happen to the 1st gen Camaro's. You used to be able to pick up a clean rust free 6 cylinder 69 for $300 - $500. Back in 81 you could buy a 396 RS/SS Camaro for $1500. I bought a 69 396 SS Chevelle for $700. The guy wanted $1000 but I bitched about it having 72k miles (Back then anything over 100k mi was considered junk). That car in the same condition I bought it in would fetch $35 - $45k today. Maybe more. I saw a 70 GTO exactly like I had listed for $85,000 on Traderonline.com. Its insane what these cars are selling for. And the crazy thing is that people are buying them at those prices. Here is another crazy example. Back in 87 I sold my GTO for $2500 and bought a 69 Mach1 SCJ R car. The SCJ-R had the 428, dual carbs and either a 3.90 or 4.30 rear gear. Mine had the 4.30. I bought the car for $3400 which was fair back then. A year later I won $30k on a scratch off ticket and I ended up with $19k after taxes. I bought a super clean 69 Shelby GT500 for $8900. My buddy's thought I was nuts paying that much for that car. I had always wanted one and bought the first one I found. It was a semi rare car, aqua marine blue, 428 4spd and was 1 of only 7 GT500's in 1969 that had the 3.90 drag pack option. I didnt learn of that until after I sold the car years later.

I divorced in 99 and moved down here to Fla and in 2000 I got rear ended in it on US 19 by an old lady who had no insurance. It crunched the bumper and broke the tail light lens. I was in the middle of a custody battle with my ex wife and I ran out of money to pay my attorney so in 2003 I put my car up for sale. A guy from Canada offered $65,000 sight unseen and sent me a certified check for $1000 to hold it until he could fly down to see it. He came down,.. looked at it and had another certified check ready for the balance. I was flabbergasted. I would have taken $30k for the car. I had no idea it was that valuable. He had the car restored and I read in a magazine that it had sold in 2007 for $170k at an auction. The reason I knew it was my car is because I was the second owner and it had my name listed in the history report of the car when it sold. This is how quick these cars go up in value. I dont see regular fox bodies ever fetching that much money,.. but I can see them being in the $10k - $20k range for clean cars real soon. The 93 Cobra-R, the regular 93 Cobra, The Saleen, The Steeda, The Shinoda and even the ugly ass McLaren will be the big money Fox bodies in 15 - 20 years from now. T-top cars might become big money,.. not sure. They dont seem to be too popular right now. I had a hard time selling our 87 T-top car.


As soon as I graduate and get back to work I'm going to hunt for a couple more fox bodies. I'm dying to have a clean 85/86 T-top car with gray interior,.. or if someone tastefully converted one to black. Just a rust free driver is all I want for that car. Then I want a 93 Cobra and I'd like to find an FHP coupe. Then my wife wants a 94/95 Cobra. That should do us until I get the 4.6 DOHC bug again.

Hurst