Does anyone else....

KATYB wrote: last one i saw sell here went for 1100 and drove.

$64 worth of coolant and other hoses, and it runs like a dream. It will cost $250 or so for the back registration...of course, registration doesn't count in a Challenge budget... ;)

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: True.... but i can't remember the last time i saw a SHO actually go for book value locally. If the clutch was the only thing preventing it from driving, and it was really clean, i'd have no problems paying $2200. I'd rather pay $2200 for an SVT Contour, though.

You sure about that? SHOs are far from collector's cars and sell for cheap all the time. There are even a handful competing in Lemons because they're cheap cheap cheap.

http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2352116738.html $1450 with a brake line leak.

SVT Contour:

http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2303547187.html

asking $2200. Driveable but bad paint.

These are old cars at this point, old Fords at that, and aren't worth much working. If you can't drive it home, they're almost completely worthless.

dculberson wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: True.... but i can't remember the last time i saw a SHO actually go for book value locally. If the clutch was the only thing preventing it from driving, and it was really clean, i'd have no problems paying $2200. I'd rather pay $2200 for an SVT Contour, though.

You sure about that? SHOs are far from collector's cars and sell for cheap all the time. There are even a handful competing in Lemons because they're cheap cheap cheap. http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2352116738.html $1450 with a brake line leak. SVT Contour: http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2303547187.html asking $2200. Driveable but bad paint. These are old cars at this point, old Fords at that, and aren't worth much working. If you can't drive it home, they're almost completely worthless.

The SHO has a dead transmission, too. Bit more of a problem than the brake line leak.

The Lemons SHOs don't LOOK good, though.