1952-59 Ford Versailles value?

Is a running 100,000 mile Lincoln Versailles worth $1500... I.E. Is the four wheel disc brake set up and a 351w/c4 worth the asking price?

 

The NADA Cl***ic Car Value guide says average low retail is $1,875 in Middle Tennessee where I live. NADA ***umes it's driveable. Your mileage may vary...

 

That depends on how well the mechanical parts were kept up if they have service records and receipts that would be a plus,if they can't I would make a lower offer.

 

It's literally an old lady's car... If it were $800 I wouldn't have paused to ask. I was just doing some mental math.

 

I believe the front spindles on that are the same as the Granada spindles that the '57 crowd uses....so that's other parts$ to consider.

 

Actually, the '55-'56 cars require reaming on the granada spindle, but the Versailles does not... And then there's the 9" disc brake rear end... That's why I'm considering it.

 

Any idea if that rear end is a trac-loc?

 

I highly doubt it.

 

Doesn't sound like a bad price to me. How many other parts are useable like ac if desired, brake booster etc. 250 to 300 for s**** price brings it down to 1200. Getting closer to your 800 figure. Who knows.. maybe somebody local needs most body/interior parts for restoration.

 

Gut it, take what you want. Then load it up with old parts so it makes decent s**** weight.

 

I just roached a 76 Ranchero and Subaru station wagon using such tactics... I will investigate more thoroughly this weekend.

 

Rear brake parts for the Versailles are very hard to get.

 

I used a Lincoln rear in my last stock car, just gutted the parking brake out of it. They were hard to come by years ago, might be a gold mine you have there.

 

The Versailles power steering can easily be adapted to the '55 and '56 Fords.

Are you sure it has a 351 engine? I thought they were only available with the 302.

 

I got one a couple of years ago .It was pretty ratted out but a lot of it found its way to the 55. Front spindles, rear end, 4 wheel disc brake proportioner and lots of little things. Power steering would have been a bolt on wit drilling one hole. I might still use the hydro boost. I traded the 351 for the 460 my current build is based on. Rear is a 9 inch open with tall gears. I paid $150 for it and what was left paid more than that in s****! As a driver, its worthless so you should deal some.

 

I wouldn't dream of driving that turd. Granadas were awful cars, and a Lincoln version does not excite me, kind of like the Cavalier and Caddilac Cimmaron... UGH!

The sand thing the Versailles is a nice car... but all i see are swap parts. I already have my 58 Ford 9-inch, to heck with disc brakes for the time being. If the car gets cheaper, I may think about it a little harder. Its part of an estate, and good deals rarely come out of an estate.

But I will keep you gents appraised of the situation...

 

The rearends take special parts that are hard to find. A regular 9" has an abundance of parts available so to me it wouldn't be worth anything more than a couple hundred bucks.