please help me estimate the value of this car

[MaximumRisk]

hello everyone, this car belongs to a friends uncle and he is looking to sell. I do not have a ton of details about it, but I just want to get an approximate. The car is a 69 fastback with a 428 in it. I am not sure if it is a SCJ or CJ, but lets assume it is the lesser of the 2 owner says that he has over 11K in engine alone but i do not know enough about these cars to give an opinion so I just go by what my friend told me. The body is in very good shape with no rust (restored, I believe). THe car was recently painted, the paint is 7 out of 10, I personally feel the job was not done as good as it could have, but anyways. The car has what I believe is a C6 with an aftermarket shifter and, as far as I know, stock rear.
I know I do not have a lot of details (the owner was not there when I saw the car) , but the car is solid and drives good and I just want to have an idea of what it would be worth.

 

[MaximumRisk]

forgot to mention that the engine did not come originally in the car

 

[cledusdtrucker]

I do not see 11,000 dollars used in that engine ask for receipts

 

[blwn93gt]

The engine looks pretty stock, over $11K in the engine? Thats hard to believe, +1 on the reciepts, i would ask for proof or some type of blueprint of the engine

 

[Paul Nap]

I paid 24k for mine in Oct 2010. It is a non numbers matching but period correct 351W but it did come with the #'s matching Motor & trans seperate. Not orig color. In very good shape. New interior, suspension, exhaust orig under carriage invery good shape. The appraiser in Cali called it a nice driver but based on ALL of the trophies it won last year I would call it more than that. If you decode the vin u can see what motor it was born with. 69 Mustang VIN decoder A big block IS more desireable but if it didnt come with a big block thats a slightly different story. U may want to check www.Ebay.com and www.autotraderclassics.com Check out my pics for an idea. Hope this was helpful

 

[ponyboy289]

Hi,
I think the first helpful step would be to find the fifth digit of the vin ,That will help give a starting point. For what it's worth the engine in the photo is from the FE Family. So it's going to be something like a 390,428,etc. 429 engines were a different family and it's definitely not one of those.

 

[MaximumRisk]

^^^ yeah you are right it is a 428, I don't know why I typed 429. The are is almost done (restored) just needs a little bit of interior work. It has mach1 emblems on the inside but don't know if they are original. I'm going to try to get the Vin number to see what comes up. Thanks for the help so far.

 

[adkmach1]

I would guess somewhere in mid 20's, if it was a mach 1 it would be more. I really have to see the car in person to give a good guess. I would clean up the engine bay and i would like to see some receipts on the motor.