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Topic: Can you make money flipping Mustangs?
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adower
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Does anyone here flip mustangs and make some good side cash? I am talking about buying cheap fox bodies, fixing them up and re-selling. If so can I send you a PM.
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90GT510
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thats exactly what i was thinking.
Posts: 1725 | From: East Bay/Dallas, TX | Registered: May 2009
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Blu50Stang
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Flipping is possible, but nothing's a sure thing. Sometimes's you'll win, sometimes you'll lose.
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Posts: 1916 | From: Not CA | Registered: Oct 2001
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Sydewayz 24/7
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i started doin that when i was 15 and tryin to get back into it i made some good little money doin it to
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Posts: 772 | From: Hayward | Registered: Nov 2008
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adower
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quote: Originally posted by Blu50Stang: Flipping is possible, but nothing's a sure thing. Sometimes's you'll win, sometimes you'll lose.
No doubt. I'm not trying to do anything extravagant. Just buy a 1500$ non running car and get it running sell for $3000 type thing.
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SydeWaySix
CAFords OG
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I dont know about Mustangs because you'll probably end up putting too much money into it before you sell it.
Motorcycles on the other hand, YES! I did this on and off for about 3 years. I got to have fun on the bikes, then dump them for profit I basically made my way up from a $600 bike and ended up with an $8000 bike, which in turn was sold to fund my saleen, the 95 cobra, and finally my current 95 GTS
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Posts: 9882 | From: Bay Area | Registered: Dec 2002
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wilit
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Back in the late 80's and early 90's when VW bugs were pretty popular, my dad used to flip them. He'd buy a straight non-runner for $500 and sell it for $1500. Did that quite often. You gotta be careful though cause now the DMV requires you to have a sales license if you sell more than 6 or 8 vehicles in a year.
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Posts: 4793 | From: 37.78514° North 122.40100° West | Registered: Oct 2003
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JOEFOX87
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We should have a California Fords store.
Dustin will take the pics, Jae Jae tests the car and N8 will make the websites. If anyone pisses us off we got FR5.0 as bodyguard.
Posts: 824 | From: Union City, California | Registered: Apr 2008
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Mr.Lucky
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Lmfao and ill provide current jobsites pouring concrete lol go figure someone of Italian background with family from Chicago working for a large concrete company lol!
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Posts: 4197 | From: Manteca | Registered: Sep 2002
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JOEFOX87
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and I would say Fasthatch is our mechanic but don't want him to get all riled up. Oh, guess I said it. So it's either grab the popcorn or "in before the lock",
P.S. just kidding Fasthatch, you know ur my boy.
Posts: 824 | From: Union City, California | Registered: Apr 2008
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BIGBALLFACTOR
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flipping mustang is a hit a miss now a days you want to make money flipping cars find cheap 4cly cars the profit margin is high on those
Posts: 6908 | From: okc | Registered: Dec 2006
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racsirx
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I did it for years and made really good cash, but I dont think the Market for Mustangs is there anymore, it ended about 2 years ago in my opinion. People just dont have the cash to have a Mustang these days, cost too much to keep, gas savers are the Market now.
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Posts: 20750 | From: Concord & Pittsburg, CA | Registered: Aug 2002
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Duncan Motors
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the market for mustangs might suck because of the economy, but it has came and went at least 3 times for me, this being the forth. and to make money takes a good pick of the car u ori purchase, and a whole stock pile of parts in your inventory, to keep cost down. but yes there always money if u dont rush
Posts: 6310 | From: Vallejo | Registered: Sep 2006
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04cobra408
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My dad has flipped a bunch of cars. And hes made some great money off of it.He made 5k on a 69 maroa few yrs ago. that shit was hard too. Wish he would have kept that one. But theres the one or two that just turned into moneys pits. so just stay away from the money pit ones and yeah theres money to be made! He flipped a few impala's, roadrunners, stangs, camaro's. all usually 60's cars but he's flipped a fox aswell.a nice 85 4 eye too.
heres a few pics of the cars he's made great money on this one was my bro's he sold it for like 15k and maybe put in 7k
I sold this one for 1k more than i bought it for
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Posts: 1945 | From: san jose ca | Registered: Jan 2004
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5.t0es
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whats the max limit w/o a license?
Posts: 2990 | From: eb | Registered: Jul 2005
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Wolfie351
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Be sure to estimate just how much time you'll be putting into it. You could make $1000 on one sale, but if you put a week or two of work into it, you may be only making $6 an hour.
Posts: 1214 | From: South Bay | Registered: Dec 2001
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STANGBOY
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this is wat i do for a living lol but sometimes you lose money too
yall will never beleive what i paid for my 1986 notchback or my 1988 notchback i had even ma sonic gt
i made like 2000 dollars of a car that was for sale here in ca fords a long ass time ago it was an x chp had a 306 with full bolt ons it needed hella interior work thoo i paid 1200 and sold it for 2900
o also bought a 1992 camaro for 1400 that all it had was clogged cats and didnt stay on cause of that i gutted the cats and sold it for 3000
but you can also lose alot of money too
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Posts: 2510 | From: SAN JOSE | Registered: Aug 2007
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73 on DUBS
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Member # 5677
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theres money to be made but u gotta pick and choose wats gonna sell and wat aint. fix and sell something thats worth it cant put money into a bucket and expect to make some profit. you gotta be smart about it
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Posts: 672 | From: da LO | Registered: May 2005
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quickblue302
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quote: Originally posted by STANGBOY: this is wat i do for a living lol but sometimes you lose money too
yall will never beleive what i paid for my 1986 notchback or my 1988 notchback i had even ma sonic gt
i made like 2000 dollars of a car that was for sale here in ca fords a long ass time ago it was an x chp had a 306 with full bolt ons it needed hella interior work thoo i paid 1200 and sold it for 2900
o also bought a 1992 camaro for 1400 that all it had was clogged cats and didnt stay on cause of that i gutted the cats and sold it for 3000
but you can also lose alot of money too
HAHAHA fuckn stangboy you just shot your self in the foot. you prob got that 4 eye for what 4,500 to 5,500 and your trying to get 8k
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Posts: 624 | From: sac | Registered: Sep 2007
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svt306snake
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do it all the time and make great money. key is to stay in a range where you know it will sell. i want to move lots of cars not and try to make money off of one.
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Posts: 5841 | From: SACRAMENTO "916" YA KNOW | Registered: Oct 2002
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Maxoctane
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quote: Originally posted by 5.0-srt-4: whats the max limit w/o a license?
Technically, 1. I flipped cars for a living for about 2 years and am well aware of the MYTH that DMV allows you to sell 4-6-8 or however many cars per year. Without a dealer license the limit is 1. Any more than that and they can flag your DL and cars registered in your name. Not saying they do, but they can. That said, there are ways around this. If you buy a car and do not transfer title (car owner signs front of pink but you do not fill out the back) then your name isn't listed in the transaction. Simply have the person that buys the car from you fill out the title transfer. While the DMV frowns on this practice (because they miss out on 1 part of the transfer tax) it happens all the time every day. As a gearhead I was always looking out for foxes, LT-1s and muscle cars to flip. But I always wound up sitting on them for weeks at a time and making little money. As others have mentioned here, I also always made my best profit and quickest sales on little four cylinder commuters and mini vans. Hope this helps.
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Posts: 332 | From: Martinez | Registered: Jun 2002
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STANGBOY
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quote: Originally posted by quickblue302: quote: Originally posted by STANGBOY: this is wat i do for a living lol but sometimes you lose money too
yall will never beleive what i paid for my 1986 notchback or my 1988 notchback i had even ma sonic gt
i made like 2000 dollars of a car that was for sale here in ca fords a long ass time ago it was an x chp had a 306 with full bolt ons it needed hella interior work thoo i paid 1200 and sold it for 2900
o also bought a 1992 camaro for 1400 that all it had was clogged cats and didnt stay on cause of that i gutted the cats and sold it for 3000
but you can also lose alot of money too
HAHAHA fuckn stangboy you just shot your self in the foot. you prob got that 4 eye for what 4,500 to 5,500 and your trying to get 8k
actually i found out you will never sell nothing over 3000 on cafords a long time so i dont care if they think i got it for 2000 or wat ever
and i understand im not gonna sell that bucket coupe here lol
all i kno is craigslist is a great place lol
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she's good from far but far from good
Posts: 2510 | From: SAN JOSE | Registered: Aug 2007
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AL STOCK
Its All Stock Cuzzon
Member # 1852
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quote: Originally posted by racsirx: I did it for years and made really good cash, but I dont think the Market for Mustangs is there anymore, it ended about 2 years ago in my opinion. People just dont have the cash to have a Mustang these days, cost too much to keep, gas savers are the Market now.
^^ This guy knows what he is talking about
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