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I have *way* more stupider things I would spend 12 large on.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-1963-Ford-Thunderbird-c4617#listing=219307804
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The guy next to my warehouse owns an Italian sports car shop, bet he’s watching this like a hawk
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You mean, find and buy terrible Thunderbird and terrible GTV for 6k each?
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Fully agree.
However, our point is moot; 105 coupés command absolutely idiotic prices nowadays, no matter how bad, so I should expect it to sell for far, far more in the end.
Also, way to butcher a car which until rather recently probably had no competition history at all
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Serious question: is it street legal? AFAIK, i t wasn’t listed in the ad and I'm not sure what the law says about some roll cages.
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Yes!
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If it goes for as high as $40-$60k, then my go to Stupid Idea crosses over into “Pierce Arrow or Packard”.
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/pierce-arrow/133/1889230.html
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![]() 10/26/2018 at 10:45 |
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The law is interesting around stuff like this. You should be able to get it registered easily enough but the real challenge is getting through an inspection. A lot of inspection stations will simply not want to touch a car with a cage in it but technically as long as all original safety systems are in place there isn’t anything illegal about a caged car (though driving a caged car on the street is strongly discouraged due to the high likelihood of splitting your head wide open on it in an accident) . When my Dad built his Merkur rally car he had the cage installed such that the original seatbelts were still in place and technically us able (though 3 point belts don’t work great over the large bolsters of a racing seat) specifically so that he could get it through an MA inspection. It’s a lot easier to keep older rally/ race cars road legal since there are no airbags that have to be removed in the conversion like on modern cars.