Any idea what a 59 Fury project is worth?
Any idea what a 59 Fury project is worth?
We've decided to build a new home, so some of my projects have to go, and I'm thiinking about selling my 59 Fury 2-door HT project. It was driven up until 1995 when it was parked, and was already a work in progress.
THe 318 Poly 2 barrel now starts at the touch of the key, and runs and idles smoothly. I replaced the plugs, wires, fuel pump, fuel filter, ballast resister, coil, and battery. The automatic transmission works also. No brakes or exhaust.
The car is complete except for side trim, carpet, and front seats. The original front seats were replaced by a set of 63 Corvette buckets. The rest of the interior pieces are there, but covered in some type of fun-fur, and most are in the trunk. The rear seat springs are there, but bare. The dash looks nice, is complete (no upholstery, however) and includes all gauges, glovebox, lighter and ashtray, radio, heater controls, clock, remote mirror, etc. All of the exterior lights work. So do the dash lights and idiot lights. I'm not sure if the gauges work because I only put a few gallons of gas in it, and I never ran it long enough to let it heat up. All of the gauge glass and gauge faces are very nice. It has a wierd square steering wheel that must have been fabricated from a 60 wheel, because it has the 60-style horn buttons. All of the interior metal, including the top of the dash, is bare and has a fine surface coat of rust on it. It may have been stripped, or the adhesive that was used to glue on the fur may have dissolved the paint.
The frame has a few small bad spots that can easily be fixed. The main floor and trunk floor have a few patches in them, and a few bad spots, but are very solid, and can be fixed/reinforced with something like POR-15. They offer a complete floor/trunk restoration kit for $120.
The roof, toilet seat trunklid, doors, and hood are solid. The quarter panels are solid except for a little around the wheel wells, and maybe at the back bottoms. The rocker panels have some rust holes. The front fenders are solid except for rust near the headlight areas.
Much of the chrome trim is rusty or pitted. I was going to buy a home rechroming kit to redo it all. The stainless all looks great, although much of it has been painted black.
Overall it's a cool car that looks a lot worse than it is, because it was painted flat black with spray cans. There are extra parts including grills, new stainless fender skirts, generators, a starter, a rear side window, wheels, various trim pieces, and assorted trinkets.
Does anyone have an idea of what its' worth, or what I should try selling it for? Someone told me the stainless alone is worth around $2500. I really hate to get rid of it, so if I can't get anything for it to put towards the house, I'll probably just keep it. It's an easy restore, and just having it painted would make it look 1000 times better. I can provide pictures if I find out how to post them here.
I'd really appreciate the benefit of you guys experience.
THe 318 Poly 2 barrel now starts at the touch of the key, and runs and idles smoothly. I replaced the plugs, wires, fuel pump, fuel filter, ballast resister, coil, and battery. The automatic transmission works also. No brakes or exhaust.
The car is complete except for side trim, carpet, and front seats. The original front seats were replaced by a set of 63 Corvette buckets. The rest of the interior pieces are there, but covered in some type of fun-fur, and most are in the trunk. The rear seat springs are there, but bare. The dash looks nice, is complete (no upholstery, however) and includes all gauges, glovebox, lighter and ashtray, radio, heater controls, clock, remote mirror, etc. All of the exterior lights work. So do the dash lights and idiot lights. I'm not sure if the gauges work because I only put a few gallons of gas in it, and I never ran it long enough to let it heat up. All of the gauge glass and gauge faces are very nice. It has a wierd square steering wheel that must have been fabricated from a 60 wheel, because it has the 60-style horn buttons. All of the interior metal, including the top of the dash, is bare and has a fine surface coat of rust on it. It may have been stripped, or the adhesive that was used to glue on the fur may have dissolved the paint.
The frame has a few small bad spots that can easily be fixed. The main floor and trunk floor have a few patches in them, and a few bad spots, but are very solid, and can be fixed/reinforced with something like POR-15. They offer a complete floor/trunk restoration kit for $120.
The roof, toilet seat trunklid, doors, and hood are solid. The quarter panels are solid except for a little around the wheel wells, and maybe at the back bottoms. The rocker panels have some rust holes. The front fenders are solid except for rust near the headlight areas.
Much of the chrome trim is rusty or pitted. I was going to buy a home rechroming kit to redo it all. The stainless all looks great, although much of it has been painted black.
Overall it's a cool car that looks a lot worse than it is, because it was painted flat black with spray cans. There are extra parts including grills, new stainless fender skirts, generators, a starter, a rear side window, wheels, various trim pieces, and assorted trinkets.
Does anyone have an idea of what its' worth, or what I should try selling it for? Someone told me the stainless alone is worth around $2500. I really hate to get rid of it, so if I can't get anything for it to put towards the house, I'll probably just keep it. It's an easy restore, and just having it painted would make it look 1000 times better. I can provide pictures if I find out how to post them here.
I'd really appreciate the benefit of you guys experience.
Jerry,
You gotta know when to fold 'em! You are to be commended for recognizing that this may not be the right time, or maybe even the right car, for you. Not that it might not be down the road! But it sounds like this car is solid enough that it deserves to be restored, rather than cannibalized.
By all means, let me help you post pix on this site. If you like, you can even post the car on eBay, and use this site for hosting the pix. Contact me privately for the details.
Best of luck in whatever you decide.
Dan
You gotta know when to fold 'em! You are to be commended for recognizing that this may not be the right time, or maybe even the right car, for you. Not that it might not be down the road! But it sounds like this car is solid enough that it deserves to be restored, rather than cannibalized.
By all means, let me help you post pix on this site. If you like, you can even post the car on eBay, and use this site for hosting the pix. Contact me privately for the details.
Best of luck in whatever you decide.
Dan