I have a chance to pick up another project( like I need one).I believe it is a great deal but not sure about pulling the plug. It is a 63.5 Galaxie. No motor,trans.,interior except the dash and front seat frame. It will need both lower quarters,lower fender patches,all glass but 1 quarter window ,all trim,wiring, hood,grill taillights,etc. Has excellent trunk floor,floor boards,and roof. I think the frame is wlso good. Was a 4 speed car ,but no pedals...no title. Was a Z code. Now here is the, I think ,good news....$500. Should I get it? Talk me out of it will you lol.
No question, without a doubt get it. Without projects we wither and die. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I like 63-1/2 Galaxies but unless you are going to build it as a drag car it is going to get real spendy real quick finding the right pieces to put the interior and other trim back together. I'd first figure what that 500 bucks would do on one of the projects I have now.
It is a cadaver donor, not a project. Ask yourself, "how will my life be better if I buy this hulk?". Ray
My '59 Ford was missing a lot of interior pieces and all the trim. Which I tracked down, to the tune of $2200 or more over the cost of the car.
Last time I checked into a car without a title it was a hassle. IDOT inspection, bonded title 3 years, pay for title history search.....have things changed? SPark
Sounds like a good start to a nostalgic super stock. the good news is you don't need a clutch pedal,just run an automatic. Don't need a title either. Just a bill of sale. Go for it ! Loved my 63 1/2 406 tri power super stock car. The best way to make a small fortune racing is to start with a large one.
I'd pass on it. Part of the reason it's cheap is that you'll spend $500 many times over trying to make it a somewhat complete, running/driving car.
Sounds like it was someones parts car, and they already unbolted 90% of the good parts. I have a '64 XL 4speed car here in the same shape. No title, but the roof is still there. If you really want it, be prepared to spend a lot of dollars to get it back together.
Cheap cars are usally not that when finished. Look at it this way someone pulled the stuff out of the car because it was the cheapest way for him to go.
I love 63-64 Galaxies but I would pass on that. Its just a parts car and other than a trunk floor which rusts out on most of them, it sounds like it doesn't have many parts, in fact, has already been a parts car, not a project. Z code is desirable, but isn't all that rare enough to sink bundles of money into it. My 2¢
The good floors and trunk are a plus. Most of there are Flintstone cars by now. If you have the patience to track down what's not there it may be a good deal. A complete car with the rust you describe might go for $2500 to $3000. My '59 Ford was part of a divorce settlement... sold by the wife to me through a 3rd party. Somewhere these is a pile of parts that she/I didn't get.
No, things haven't changed here in Iowa. All you are going to get with a bill of sale is a bunch of blank forms from the clerk, and instructions on how to start the bonding process (if you are lucky to find a clerk who knows what they are doing).
You could always get one of your friends register that live in a non title state to register it there and then sell it to you. Have done that before. I went through that with a Morris Minor. Sold it to my buddy in Ga. He got a tag and then turned around and sold it back to me with the registration and a bill of sale . Went to the DMV in Tn and they issued me a new Tn. title. The car had been off the road for 20 years and they had dropped the car from the system and would not recognize my old Tn. title that I showed them so I had to do something. Just had to get a cop in Ga. to run the numbers to see it wasn't stolen. I grew up in northern Michigan where rust never sleeps and saving rare old cars was harder to do. I think people are getting spoiled. My shop survives on repairing rusty iron. Even down here in Florida you would think they would be rust free ,but not so. Many snow birds came down and brought cars and the salt air in the dew settles on these cars and gives them a salt bath. If you feel it is worth fixing, then fix it.
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