i was at work the other day, and i get a call from my wife. she tells me that a guy, who looked to be in his 50's, stopped by the house. she said he was parked out front with a truck and a car trailer and wanted to buy my turbocoupe. she told me that he offered her $5,000 on the spot. she told him that her husband would kill her.
granted, my car is in really good shape, but do you realize how nice of a tc i could have bought for $5k??! i only paid $1500 for the one i've got now.
... if only i had that day off.
That's SO awesome! The night I first took my car out after the 5.0 swap (bone stock other than that - even the TC t5) some guy pulled up next to me and offered me $6000 on the spot! I had just put so much time into the wiring and what not I couldn't do it... but should have. Could have bought another one and made it even better! Still sweet to have someone appreciate your work in that fashion...
i would have killed her for not callin me to find out....:evilgrin:
that's what i told her. i'm still waiting to see if that guy will stop by again. i'd probably take the deal.
Those guys prolly wanna rip it apart for a v8 swap.
lol. for $5k, he can do whatever he wants with it.;)
$5k wouldn't even get me thinking about selling my car. Sure, it's just a base 5.0 T-Bird with nice new paint, TC body bits, and a bunch of suspension mods but otherwise stock, but it's MY base 5.0 T-Bird with nice new paint, TC body bits, and a bunch of suspension mods but otherwise stock. I've done too much work to it and become far too attached to it to ever sell it for that much. I don't think I'd even sell it for double that much, even though I know I could easily buy a nicer one with an HO/T5 combo already in place with the money. This is the first car I've ever actually done any amount of modification work to, the first one I've ever started and finished a body job on, and the first one I've ever painted (or even had painted). Somebody else's work just doesn't mean that much to me...
i see where you're coming from and i agree totally. the thing is, i havent' really done much to this car since i bought it. i've done some gaskets and redone the exhaust.
it where was he when I was selling it!?
Stick a For Sale sign on it and he'll be back. ;)