Anyone have experience buying used cars from owners? Anyone have experience with classic cars? There is a gorgeous '69 Mustang for sale near me. In reality, I won't buy the thing. I won't be around to care for (I work at an overnight camp and college) it and we don't have a garage in my house. Street parking a classic car for nine months without it moving isn't the best thing for it, but I'll be damned if I don't overplay this fantasy in my mind. Rocket League is hella fun, and Daredevil is good background noise. About two weeks until work starts up again, and I don't know if I'm looking forward to it this year. Also, if anyone remembers I've been trying to lose weight. Down 15 lbs so far.
Have you driven it? If you're asking "anyone have experience with classic cars" I suspect that you don't know mustangs too well. The reason you invite such a beast into your life is because you love it and want to take care of it. You want to wax it, you want to change the oil, etc. The mechanicals on a '69 mustang are primitive and straightforward but the paint, coatings, rubber and plastic parts etc are pushing 50 years old. Making it awesome instead of "existent" can be a lot of effort and it's not likely something you want to pay for. Which means it better be something you want to do. Go throw a cruise in it. Then go here and request an Eastwood catalog. Then wrap your head around the care and feeding of vintage iron because it's much more of a lifestyle than buying a Honda off the lot. You may love it... and even if you don't, far better to go into these things with open eyes.
c_hawkthorne Klein is right the mechanics are simple, if you have a friend with a shop/lift/garage you can maintain it yourself but the cosmetics can be killer expensive. If you need to do rust repair, paint etc that will get really expensive or difficult. The seals can be acquired from New-Old stock the cars as common so parts should be readily available but the costs can add up for someone who is on a budget. It would be a real bummer if you sweet new ride smelled like used socks all the time because of a water leak in the trunk. Also its a car you can expect to work on and isn't necessarily guaranteed to get you to work every day.
In general, try to find out what kind of maintenance and repairs are likely for that car of that age and condition. If you don't have experience with those repairs, have someone who does or a mechanic look at it to prevent you from jumping into a bigger mess than you expect. I don't actually know anything about classic cars though. I drive beaters from the early 00s.Anyone have experience buying used cars from owners? Anyone have experience with classic cars? There is a gorgeous '69 Mustang for sale near me.