65 Barracuda Formula S 273 4 speed

barbee6043 said
if you figure a really nice one will actually bring around $10,000, and..... if you buy a complete project have the engine trans rebuilt, and YOU do all the body,paint, interior, brakes , front end, springs, shocks, exh, exh etc. etc etc, would you NOT have at least $10,000 in it???????
lot of us enjoy the work we do on them, but lets face it, we usually buy projects, either because we don't have the $10K, don't want to go to our friendly baker and tell him we want a loan to buy this $10K car, OR we actually convince ourselves we can built it for less!!??? LOL it all adds up??/ some times buying a project car IS A DREAM, and DREAMS many times never come true!!??? food for thought??

What he said is very true. i paid 17,500 for mine (and i proablly spent more than i should) and it was in almost mint condition. i now have about another $20k in my new drive train (parts and labor, and i know I overpaid and made some mistakes) So by my math, i know have about 40k in a 20k car (and that is all that Hagerty would insure it for). Maybe someday they will increase in value, but in the meantime..you can almost be sure of one thing. "When you take it to a car show or a cruise night, yours will probably be the one and only a-body barracuda there. They made 660,000 mustangs that year, and only 65,000 cudas. Every car show I go to has at least 10-50 restored mustangs, your car will be a standout for sure! I guess that rare does not always equal value...but if you pick it up, and do the work you will love the car!