My plumber drives one. He also has a truck. It catches your eye. Red convertible of course with stick shift and bucket seats.

Honestly, I'd sell it. It doesn't seem like you have the passion for it, either driving it or just owning it, so I'd let it go to someone who will enjoy it.

If you don't need the money and it's not a burden to keep it, I'd hold onto it.

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
If you don't need the money and it's not a burden to keep it, I'd hold onto it.

In a nutshell, this. Do you have a kid/nephew or something coming up that you could pass it onto?

A friend I went to high school with still has his '71 Mach1 w/ 351 Cleveland, he's actually in the middle of a prolonged resto on it.

I also held onto my first car, a 70's Mazda for a looooonnnngggg time. First it was at my parents and then grandparents garages as I travelling around. Once those options ended, I wound up storing it for several years in covered facility with plans to restore it. Then 'life happens,' (family stuff) and as most dudes who transition from bachelor to 'settled down' know, $$ (and time) for 'guy stuff' dwindles (buy while you're single guys!). Try as I did, I just didn't see the $$ for a restore anytime in the next decade, nor a place to keep it without paying storage fees. So rather than let it become a rotted out/mouse chewed 'barn find' I sold while it still had some value to someone who I *hope* appreciated it years ago. Had I had the garage space, I probably would have kept it.

And yours is a '65 Mustang in running condition after all.

Boss

Keep it!

I'm not a "car guy" but I do love Mustangs. My 2nd new car was a 1966 Mustang, red with a black interior, 289 V-8, 4-spd manual, 2-bbl carb, single exhaust. Loved that little car. Sold it over in Iran for good money after 5 years. Looked at 1971 Mustangs and they were so big I bought a Pinto in protest. (Drove it 9 years.)

I missed that sweet Mustang and in the late 1980s I learned of a guy in Denison, TX (an hour north of me) who had an acre full of old Mustangs and rebuilt them on order, so I put in an order. In a few months I had a "new" rebuilt 1966 Mustang, red with black interior and vinyl roof, 289 with 2-bbl carb, dual exhaust with glass packs (!), but with an auto trans. I had ordered mine with a manual trans but the guy ahead of me decided he didn't want the one built for him so I picked it up--it had everything else I'd ordered so I got a car 6 months earlier. I was driving a 1986 Mustang GT at the time. In 2006 I bought a new Daily Driver (2006 Mustang GT) and for a short time I had 3 red Mustangs, 20 years apart (1966, 1986, and 2006). I susbsequently sold the 20-year old one to make room in my garage. I still have the 1966 and 2006. Here's a pic of my 1966:
000_0073.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

Based on my experience--having wished I'd not sold my original 1966 Mustang--I'd suggest you keep yours. For one thing, you'd still be able to drive it after an EMP attack! I wouldn't sell it until you have a good reason to do so.

flashguy

I'll offer $555.00 for it. I'd keep it but a 65 Stang is my realistic dream car.

Keep it!


I have two daughters and two Buicks.

Both girls and cars are 4 years apart.

So, I will leave one to each.

With a stipulation...

...and I'd like to leave my 1964 and 1968 Skylarks to...

..my daughters...

...on the condition that you don't chop-top the roof like one of those beaners, don't paint any idiotic flames on it like some white trash hillbilly, and don't put a big, gay spoiler on the rear end like you see on all the other zipperheads' cars. It just looks like hell. If you can refrain from doing any of that... it's yours.

Oh, and don't park on my lawn!

A rust free mustang from New Mexico, keep it.

Flashguy, well done. That is a real beauty and worth a pretty penny.

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Flashguy, well done. That is a real beauty and worth a pretty penny.

I agree. I paid $12,300 for it, which seemed a good price. It came with original Ford a/c but that didn't work too well and I had an aftermarket unit put in in the 1990s. In 2005 I drove it 11,750 miles over 85 days in an auto trip from Dallas, Texas up to Cartwright, Labrador and back, with some significant side branches. It was hard on the car (700 miles of gravel roads) but I got adoring looks wherever I went!

I'd keep it!
My first car was also a Mustang, a 1973 Convertible Blue with a White Top, that I wish I never sold. It also had the V8, 302, and really nice exhaust notes when the gas pedal was pressed.

I was not emotionally attached to my 67 Camaro SS/RS when I sold it, or my Corvette. But I now wish I never sold them. If you don’t need the money I would not sell it.

Sounds like you would know all of the ins and outs of the car. If you are a float drop, dual points, plug wires kind of guy, there isn't much to go wrong that you wouldn't be able to fix quickly. I'm more of the coil-on-plug, multiplexer, and OBDII kind of guy, I had a few older cars, and was good with drum brakes and external voltage regulators, but adjusting the regulator because it was worn wasn't what I wanted to do at the time. All different kinds of stuff breaks. Choke angle gauges weren't cheap. An OEM scanner costs even more.

I had a badass muscle car too. It didn't run when I got it. I couldn't afford to fit it up the way it needed to be. It didn't run when I sold it. Never got attached to it. In your case, just about the entire '65 Mustang can be bought from parts distributors. Its not like you'll have to shop for a 6v electric choke (fun!) or magnetos.

Sell it or keep it? Just remember that you only have one first car.

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I don’t have some huge emotional attachment to it (no, I didn’t get lucky in it or anything like that), it’s just a car to me.

You have given the criteria to take the correct choice in your statement. I prescribe a romantic getaway with your wife, or perhaps attend a drive-in movie.

My first car was 1966 Mustang coupe. Red. 289 auto. Split bench seat. Stolen in 1979 and set on fire as they pushed it down a cliff. Many tears.

Over the years I have learned that some things are irreplaceable. No matter how much trouble it is to keep.

Our present car is a 1947 Chevrolet sedan. 26000 miles. Do we drive it? Rarely. Should we sell it? No. It is worth the infrequent smiles we share with friends and strangers. Yes it takes up space. No it is not worth much. But it is probably the only one of its kind in America.

Just like yours.

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Originally posted by nukeandpave:
I think you will regret selling it.

I regret every motorcycle I ever sold but it wasnt practical to keep them all. Financially or storage wise.

I agree, keep it, you will likely look back and say I loved that car and wish I had never sold it. How cool to have your first car after all these years. Keep it for now and then when you are really, really tired of it sell it to a high school buddy that rode in it with you or your ex girlfriend.

I heard something which unfortunately makes sense to me. I'm 71 years old and have owned many of the great muscle/classic cars. But the forecast for these cars is questionable as far as value. The majority of people that find value in these cars is diminishing. In other words we're getting older and well........ dying off. Primarily baby boomers. Just as the interest in motorsports is on a downward trend so is the interest in these cars. In short the value of these cars is predicted to peak and then start to decline. Todays younger kids would rather have a cool phone than a cool classic car. To me it sounds sad but true.

Keep the Mustang. My father in-law sold his mothers original owner 1943 Oldsmobile and has regretted it ever since.
She wanted it sold and money to go to the church.

He still trying to locate the car sometimes but no luck.

Get rid of it if it really has zero sentimental value. You say it doesn't but you still have it so maybe there's a little bit there in the back but you know you better than I do. You don't drive it, don't care to work on it, it takes up space. Let it go to somebody who will care about it.