[V8] What's it worth?...was '93 V8 5-speed

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

[Ricky:  I don’t believe there is any such thing as a TRULY “mint” V8  
at this point of time.  There are very nice ones, of which probably  
mine is one, but a TRULY MINT V8 would have to be in the hands of the  
original owner, with documentation to that fact, and EVERY work order  
ever issued on the car, so that it could be ascertained that it was  
perfectly maintained over the years.]

Well Roger,the idea of "what's it worth" has been on my mind  
regarding my Panther Black car.  I just moved it yesterday to my  
house after it sitting at a friend's for 6 months to get it in order  
to sell it.  The previous owners(elderly) bought the car in '94 from  
the dealer in town with 20K or so, and it was serviced there till  
about 6 years ago, when they told them they simply couldn't work on  
the car anymore as the tech's are all too young and it's just too  
old.  The odometer say's 109K, but it's got more like 198K as the  
cluster was replaced with the timing belt recently along with the  
heater core and fan.  He told me that many of those miles were  
driving long distance from here to Nova Scotia(for work), and it  
doesn't smoke/burn oil.  It's got G60's so I was planning on swapping  
both towers from the parts car(also G60 with/new brakes/new climate  
control head and thinking I'd list it for $2000.  I pulled the entire  
black interior from the parts car (125K) and had visions of replacing  
the whole interior(grey and a bit tired), but doubt I'll get around  
to that as it's probably time I won't get paid for.

Now my Lago car which I've got every piece of paper since it entered  
the country, and has 109K and a fresh complete belt job/10K on new  
UFO's/complete front end/rebuilt pump and hoses and just needs the  
lower bumpers painted and runs smoother than any V8 I've ever  
driven.....What's that worth?  Work's been slow so I've painfully  
considered getting rid of that also(probably never will), but  
compared to a newer Honda with more miles....I'd hope it's worth  
$4000, but I couldn't sell it/any of them to someone who had no idea  
what they were buying, because the uninitiated would think $4K is a  
steal for a clean $50K "when new" car.  I'll probably keep it and  
drive it just enough to keep it happy and hope that someday, it's the  
desireable old car worth $$ like a '68 Nova SS is to some of us baby  
boomers..... to the Gen X crowd when they are older.

I still think $4500 for that '93 sounds fair if you look at the time/ 
money/love that went into that conversion.....Tom