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Old 06-01-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default Looking to buy a 1978 Mustang Ghia

I am new to the forum. I am looking at a 1978 Mustang Gehia. The gentleman has restored the car himself. It looks pretty good to me. Seems to be in a fair price range as far as I can tell. He is asking between 5 and 6000 for it. The air conditioning needs some work and some drivers side seat is a little dirty. In brief, he has all his paperwork from start to date as far as he has gone. Is licensed as classic as to Missouri Classic Car law provides, permanent tags. What is the forum opinion as to the puchase price? (He has replaced the 170 ci engine with 200 ci v6 he said it has about 10000 miles on it) Thank you for allowing me to post. Rex
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Welcome... Let's see what the other Mustang II owners think.
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Where will these appear? Rex
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The replaced engine has brought the price down a bit. I would try to get 4000-5000 if it's in some pretty damn good condition. 6000 is what I would pay for a decent 302/C4 Cobra II or King Cobra.
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Yeah, price sounds too high for a hardtop.
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That asking price is about double what it should be.

Also, Ford didn't put out a 200cid (3.3L) V6, the closest they ever came would've been the 3.2L DOHC 24v Yamaha-built V6 they used in early-90s Taurus SHOs with automatic transmissions, and it wouldn't easily fit in a Mustang II.

They did put out a 200cid (3.3L) inline-six engine, but it would take some pretty serious modifications to make one fit in a II if it would fit at all (they were pretty long, Mustang II engine bays are not.) Besides that, the 200cid I6 is a pretty big downgrade for power and fuel economy compared the the 2.8L (171cid) V6.

Ask some more questions of the seller, and take and post pictures if at all possible, the more info you can provide us, the better help we can provide.
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Way Too High Priced, if you will pay $6,000 for that I'll sell you mine for $7,200.
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