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Looking for someone in the Miami area who might be able to check a car out for me? It's in the southwestern part of the city.
My mom's cousin has a '64 Ford Galaxy wagon sitting at his house. I guess he was hired to help a guy clean out his backyard, and he got this car as payment or something. He said we can HAVE it if we want, just need to either come get it, or he said he could meet us half way with it? I don't know how serious he was with that offer though, since Cleveland to Miami is a good 18 hours!
Problem is, he's not really a "car guy", so I don't think he's going to be able to tell us much about the car if we were to inquire him. Just because it's free, I really don't think it's going to be worth it to go through the hassle of shipping it up here if the thing is a total rott box with holes in the floors and quarters, engine halfway torn apart with the heads, intake, and carb sitting in the back, seats all torn and ripped apart with springs showing, and wheels locked up so it doesn't even roll. Even though it's from South FL, I know all that salt in the air can still reek havoc on cars!
As long as it was in decent shape though, enough to where we could spend a grand or 2 giving it some TLC to make it safe and reliable to drive again, then I think it'd be worth it for sure. My dad wants to flip it, but I don't think there's much of a market for wagons. I search all the craigslists around me for wagons from time to time, and I see a LOT of the same ones not selling. There are tons out there that are in good, running condition that are priced anywhere from $4000-$7000. With the $1500 we'd have in shipping it up here, then another $2000 or so to make it road worthy again, I don't think it'd be worth much more than what we'd have into it. Would be an awesome car for the wife to roll the kids to car shows in though!
Anyone local that can possibly stop by real quick and give me a better assessment of the car? Maybe take some pics with an actual camera? He only sent us 2 crappy cell phone pics, like they were taken with a flip phone, so I'm not sure how much better the pics would be if we asked him to send more. lol
My mom's cousin has a '64 Ford Galaxy wagon sitting at his house. I guess he was hired to help a guy clean out his backyard, and he got this car as payment or something. He said we can HAVE it if we want, just need to either come get it, or he said he could meet us half way with it? I don't know how serious he was with that offer though, since Cleveland to Miami is a good 18 hours!
Problem is, he's not really a "car guy", so I don't think he's going to be able to tell us much about the car if we were to inquire him. Just because it's free, I really don't think it's going to be worth it to go through the hassle of shipping it up here if the thing is a total rott box with holes in the floors and quarters, engine halfway torn apart with the heads, intake, and carb sitting in the back, seats all torn and ripped apart with springs showing, and wheels locked up so it doesn't even roll. Even though it's from South FL, I know all that salt in the air can still reek havoc on cars!
As long as it was in decent shape though, enough to where we could spend a grand or 2 giving it some TLC to make it safe and reliable to drive again, then I think it'd be worth it for sure. My dad wants to flip it, but I don't think there's much of a market for wagons. I search all the craigslists around me for wagons from time to time, and I see a LOT of the same ones not selling. There are tons out there that are in good, running condition that are priced anywhere from $4000-$7000. With the $1500 we'd have in shipping it up here, then another $2000 or so to make it road worthy again, I don't think it'd be worth much more than what we'd have into it. Would be an awesome car for the wife to roll the kids to car shows in though!
Anyone local that can possibly stop by real quick and give me a better assessment of the car? Maybe take some pics with an actual camera? He only sent us 2 crappy cell phone pics, like they were taken with a flip phone, so I'm not sure how much better the pics would be if we asked him to send more. lol