Strickland

I've got a line on a 78 King Cobra. Anyone go any idea on the value on one? I know there were only ~5,000 of them made. The car looks to be in good shape with only 81K on the odometer, but with a recent re-paint throws up a flag or two.

Thoughts?

future9er24

I say this as a II owner, because of the fact that its a II, you can get a pretty sweet deal on it.

How recent is the repaint?

Assuming its in good shape and not abused, I'd say a pristine one should run maybe $6Kish, depending on its pristine-ness. I saw a coupe go for $13K once, and I bought mine in pretty rough shape for $2300.

Post some pics and maybe I can give a more accurate figure, depending on the condition/options etc.

One things for sure though, its fun

Glenn

how much are they asking for it?? Can you take a fridge magnet to it to see if you can find any body filler

Strickland

Here are the few pictures from the Ad.... still waiting for more.


(click for larger picture... yay photobucket.)

He's asking $5,500.

Evil_Capri

Looks real clean!! Was it an original Black King Cobra?

Strickland

Don't know, still waiting on more info from the seller. Would be a shame if it was another color, as the seller mentioned he just had it painted semi-recently.

kennyg

If my memory serves correctly, 5318 King Cobras were produced, 1978 only. Talk to the owner and see if he has the quarter window louvers and original wheels. The louvers are reproduced, but the wheels and center caps are unique to the King Cobra. The wheels are a honeycomb design with twin pinstripes around the perimeter and the center cap has a cobra emblem. The t-tops are nice, did all Kings have these? How about the dash, does it have the brushed aluminum?

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have a '78 V-8 coupe for sale. Check out this webpage, was asking $2750, but need to move some projects out to put money into others. I'll take $2000!!!, from anyone on TMS. Comes with a clear Alabama title. kennyg
http://home.hiwaay.net/~mustang/78mustang2.htm

Strickland

No clue on the interior, I'm still waiting on word back on more pictures. I'll ask about the wheels though.

future9er24

Mmmmm T-tops

If the rest of it is as good as the exterior I'd go for it. In the intereste of saving you money though, I bet you could haggle him down another $500.

I'll be very jealous if you buy that :P

Grell

The tragic thing is that today $5000.00 is relativley cheap for any car that is in good decent conditioned. I bought a 83 Mercury Zephyr with 32,000 actual miles and no rust but a few dings for $2500 a year ago. I used to buy these cars 3 yrs old for $50 to $300.

Strickland

Guy says he's got the wheels... still waiting on better/more pictures of the car though. Plus the buck plate and door data.

StangMahn

looks pretty cool!

fmgl

Looks pretty sharp! It could be a resto project for you a few years down the road if its as nice as it looks.

codeman94

That looks like a pretty nice ride...if you're willing to pay and you want it, I say go for it.

Strickland

Sadly do to unforeseen issues, I don't have the funds to facilitate getting the King Cobra. I'm anyone wants to see about it, its in Georgia and I can see about getting your the guy's info who's selling it.

ugh...

Grell

Strickland, The right one will come along when it is time it will find you. At least that is how it seems to happen.

future9er24

Sorry to hear that my friend, best of luck with the unforseen issues.

Strickland

Credit card to pay off and my house needs new gutter and some work done on the drive... that comes before new toys.

future9er24

Way to prioritize

Its easy to get too caught up in this realm and forget about the important things. I know I'm guilty of that on more than one account

Grell

darn responsibilites always get in the way of our fun.