Al,

good choice. The dealer is trying to hit his lick and the owner is obviously trying to flip the car for a buck also. Just another reason not to buy from the guy that sells cars on a regular basis. I put a number somehwere from 5500 to 6000 on the car also. The MAGM squad didn't win this time and that is a good thing. congrats to you for having the patience to see the car for what it really is.

This is true but disappointing... I thought I would be driving it home.... But only time will tell. I just saw a white one on Ebay that was a Utah State Police car with only 20,000 miles?? Unmarked with all of its garb in it... I think the guy buys and sells them by the sound of it... Ha too was a bit high. But I watched it and no one bid or offered anything for it... My search goes on... :-(

the white car on ebay was just recently sold by a flipper to a guy in North Carolina. He put emergency equipment in the car that was wrong for Utah but correct for NCHP, then tried to flip it himself. Guess it didn't work out so well.

I would bet it either has 120,000 or 220,000 miles. I forget the year of the car you're speaking of but maybe the miles guage is only a 5 digit variety and he's put down the amount shown vs. the actual amount driven when listing on eBay.

I beleive it is a 1987... I was surprised to see only 20,000 miles. You are probobly right on the mileage or they only took it for coffee and donuts at the edge of the town it was stationed in... It ashame people want to rape others because of a cars heritage. I see the values slipping a little I guess it is due to the economy. Even the marked ones are dropping a little. About a year ago a small car lot in the town I live in was selling a smooth top (I think you call them, no light bar) and it was fairly clean with all of its markings from FHP. The guy wanted $12,500 for it. I didn't know much about them at that point I just looked at it and walked away. He sold it though I don't know for how much.....

All this talk about leaks makes me think that I got a real steal! For $3500 my only problems were a leaky heater core, locked up struts, flat A/C, dry rotted tires, and missing front sway bar bushings. Oh, and a trans that was missing a couple of bolts...

You did get a steal... And I was willing to give this guy $7250.00 for this car... He will not go down the extra $250.00 I was going to get the leak fixed myself... I am starting to think I will give John a call and buy his car it doesn't need anything. The one I am looking at is an ex government car from some branch and it has a $300.00 Maaco paint job on it that I will have to deal with.... As well as some interior issues and the oil leak.... So yes $3500 was a deal... I can't find any of those. Oh and by the way he originally wanted $8900. Someone told him it should sell for at least $8500.... Even the consignment guy did research and told him $5500- $6500

In this economy it costs more than $250 just to hang onto a car than to be flexible and reduce that much in order to make a sale. That is unless you are independently wealth or don't care if your car takes a long to time to sell.

That would be a wise move. I paid $3986 for mine (OK, it was $4K "as-is" minus the $14 of change in the ashtray - I did say it was as-is). It looked like this -

http://69.64.79.206/imagehosting/27749a8207607649.jpg

I paid slightly more than the purchase price for the body work, paint, interior, and CHP parts to have it look like this -

http://www.mustangcollective.com/ima...d272011908.jpg

I have yet to touch the drivetrain, which was "restored" at one point. So I would have been money ahead had I bought John's car. Still, I have ZERO regrets about my efforts to bring this car back to life.

Hope you find a suitable car that you LOVE!

Bill - I really like how your car turned out :rock:.