want to see what my car is worth!

I dont think I should post this in for sale because im not selling yet.

Im thinking about selling the car! reason is I have no job, my parents give me no money. Its going to take like 20 years get the car running and driveable. The other reason I want to sell it is because I want to buy this '68 Torino for sale in my area (at least its not a chevy!). I really want to get at least 1,000 but Im thinking some people are going to think I am exagerrating.

car has never been crashed or anything, ummm I think the transmission works fine.( It goes into every gear and they all work, but ive never driven the car past 40) The brakes work, there isnt TOO MUCH rust.( ill post pics of where the rust is) The dash is ok, the only thing bad is the top part, its cracked.

carpet is ok, except the drivers side. it has some rips and stuff. bench seat has two rips only. back seats are almost perfect except for one rip. the car has all the seat belts. the really bad thing about the interior is the headliner. ts ripped at some of the seams and hangs down.

I just changed the oil and filter, I changed the spark plugs, it has a new fuel pump, new starter, new solenoid, new air filter, new fuel filter, new battery (im not sure if it still works though). I have another working battery in the car though. I already fixed the problem the car had where the fan stayed on. i got the car to start, but then it died after a minute. car had no gas at all, gas tank has a leak, thats probably why it wouldnt start again. i tried fixing the gas tank but it always leas like one month afterward. i dont know how to do this. Another problem is the carb. when you drive the car, it leaks gas aroud the base. its not too much. For some reasons sometimes it will leak alot! (happened twice. I have a new carb for the car but never installed it because I didnt know what I was doing. problem was that the spring I had didnt fit.

passenger back tire is flat but can be fixed with fix a flat.

Car has all windows and no cracks. Doors locks work

I think that sums it all up

thanks! ill put more info and
ill put more pics later!

 

Hey, '68 Torino is cool in my book! $1000 seems a little steep to me with the problems you listed, but who knows. Some clearer close up pics of the rust and interior would help. Also you make no mention of what areas like the battery tray, cowl and floors are like.

 

I will post the pics, I just sent them from the phone to my email. floors arent rusted.( i think maybe from the under the car there is light surface rust, not sure) Good thing you reminded me, the battery is like badly rusted. Some holes through it. Still holds the battery though! whats a cowl? thanks!

 

Cowl is the area that is below, or inside of the vents at the base of the windsheild. This area was poorly painted (or not at all) from the factory. Leafs and all kinds of junk often collect in there, trapping water and causing the unprotected metal to rust.

Basically, when it rains, a rusty cowl will cause water to collect in the floors inside of the car (this can also be caused by a leaky window seal). You can check for a leaky cowl by letting a water hose run in the vents at the base of the windsheild. No water should drip inside the car. It should come pouring out from behind the front fenders behind the front wheels.

 

oh alright! Im not sure about that area Ive never actually paid attention to it. I know there is leaves in there and stuff but thats it. I dont think it leaks into the car, but im not sure. i know that when it rains around the windshiel there is one area where it drips and falls to the carpet. Weatherstrip is cracked on that one spot. also on the windshield but passenger side same thing. Only one leak on both sides.

 

here is the rust pics!

 

Duster

Duster i think its worth it if you hang on to the car and fix it even if you don't have any money. It took me 2-3 years to get my maverick looking good and running little by little i bought parts for my car and the guys here were a great help . My car looked like your but was in far worst shape. They are nice cars to have and you will not be disapointed. It's up to you if you want to go for the GTO i know nothing about those cars but i think if you really want to sell your car for $1,000 you can try ebay if no one is interstead i have seen some mav's go for $4,000 on there!!!. Good luck to you and hope this helps

 

here is some interior

 

You can also try parting it out as in selling it in parts rather then selling it as a whole car you may get more money that way.

 

Ouch, that's some pretty good rust. Is the ignition switch on the column or dash in your car? Looks like the early '69.5 shock tower braces without the crumple area.

edit: You posted the interior pics while I was typeing this post. You have a '69 1/2 (very early 70). Can you send me the info off your door tag?

 

Danny: i dont want to sell it either, but I mean that torino is better than my car. has a 289, headers, performance intake, force flow exhaust, dual exhaust, working perfect mechanically. It has less rust too guy wants 2,800! I cant let this by ( if he is even still selling it) To get my car running and driveable will take alot of money especially to get a v-8 in, headers, and all the stuff the torino has. I actually like the mavericks looks better than the torino (torino looks very cool too though, one of the best looking muscle cars), but I need a car that works and stuff and has more power( the torino probably isnt super powerful, but has more power than my mav!). if I could keep the mav I would believe me!!



Im not sure if im selling it yet though

lol, I dont even have any money to buy the torino, even if I sell the mav, but maybe I cant get my family to lend me some money. i know my parents told me that they were not going to give me money if I bought the mav( they thought it was a piece of crap and I needed a better car). they said if I bnought another car they would give me some money, so I dont know man.

what?? your car looked worse than mine? I thought my car was the worst one? thats cool though how you fixed it all up!

 

69 1/2!? is that better than a late 70? cool. i cant at the moment, but ill send it to you on Wednesday. You want the VIN too?


oh yeah I dont know where the ignition switch is. Where you put the key to turn it on?

oh yeah car has a little button you push to turn the car on. Thats a kill switch right? The key ignition works though.

 

do you think I can make more than 900 with the parts? I dont know know how to take the stuff apart though I dont want to mess anything up

 

I don't know that it is any better, just kind of a cool trivial thing really. Alot of people would prefer to have the ignition in the dash.

There should be a metal plate riveted to the inside of the drivers side door with the VIN and other info on it, like the picture below. I have been seriously thinking about starting a registry for '69.5 Mavericks, and talking to others who keep registrys to see how to go about doing it.

 

Duster

Duster
Yup my car was in VERY VERY VERY.... worst shape then your is. It had the big rust eatting away on the hood like yours, back windows,doors, and hood fulled with rust holes and pices of metal falling off. you see when i bought my car it was home to a heard of goats who pooped and did there bussnes inside the car not to mention had no wheels, had no engine or nothing under the engine bay just a auto transmission, It was missing the front windsheld, the inter was all filled with goat hairs and tears so the front bench seat was no good, the headliner was trashed and so was the carpet. Since iam 21 right now i didn't have much money to fix her up with all the nice headders, V8 and what not but what i did was that i started fixing the little things first instead of buying an engine i went ahead and fixed the little things i could affored like the light bulbs and nice used tires/rims to get it rolling after that i found a nice 302 V8 which my uncle passed on to me for the maverick and then I took it from there. It was no easy walk in the park but well worth the trouble you should see her now its a car that everyone in my town likes!! I'll get pics if i can to show you