I felt that anything under 20K was a steal.
My thoughts was the matching dayone 455 HO drivetrain was worth 15K with all the pieces and parts. Personally, I wouldn't restore it except for a good steam clean. If the body was solid with dayone sheetmetal, and it looked to be that way. No real reason to believe the original owner who was a lady raced it or beat on it in any way. The paint was in decent shape although a repaint, and the interior could be brought back to original in easy fashion.
Someone got a nice solid no rust barn-find survivor from the original owner's family with a 455 HO 4 speed 1 of 11 in that drivetrain that never left the engine compartment for 19K.
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Mike/Illinois
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