Foxbody Mustang; Notch or Hatch?

So a new dilemma has arisen.

In talking with my buddy who is selling me his 90 LX hatch he mentioned he had a notch back LX.

He was only asking $7500 for the hatch but that one does need various things; Power steering pump, bumpsteer spacers, wheel studs' fix passenger door latch, and rebuild of the LSD.

I like the notch backs better and this particular one has a stroker motor in it as well as 18" wheels with Michelin Pilots. Only catch is he told me 15K.

Do the notch backs command a higher price in general? If they do I think I can justify it.

I've always preferred the looks of the hatch, but the notches are lighter and rarer, and hence more valuable.

Notchbacks are considerably more valuable than hatchbacks.  All else being equal, a notchback will bring 2-3x the price of a hatch.  One thing to watch for:  many notchbacks that are now V8 cars were originally 4 cylinder cars that were swapped.  These will not bring as much premium as an OEM V8 notchback.  Clean, mostly original notchbacks have been bringing over $20k pretty regularly on the auction sites.

ETA:  if that car is an original V8, and hasn't been totally hacked (most have), $15k could be a very fair price.

Dunno if it's true, but I read decades ago the notchback is a couple of hundred pounds lighter than the hatchback.  Somebody here prolly knows for sure.

Personally, I go 'vert, notch, hatch.

But I'm a heathen.

In reply to stroker :

It's lighter, but not that much.  The chassis is arguably more rigid... al dente vs. fully cooked noodle. 

In reply to Rodan :

I belive it is indeed an original V8 car.

Notch, no question.

I’m also a fan of the notch. 

Another Notch vote

Ok more information.

It's a former California patrol car and the motor is sporting 375hp.

Rodan said:

In reply to stroker :

It's lighter, but not that much.  The chassis is arguably more rigid... al dente vs. fully cooked noodle. 

Yeah, the difference was less than 100 pounds, from what I remember. The difference is bigger if you are talking a notch vs. a GT, though.

notch

Notch, old cop car?  I guess $15,000 isn't bad.  That guy who just bought that rust free red one got a smoking deal....

Notch all the way.

Definitely notch for me.  And no GT.  LX 5.0 all the way.

Notch.  I owned a 79 one.

Hatch for me. 

Notch, hands down. 

Hatch because once you bar/cage either they are the same to fix the limp noodle.

I prefer the hatch, but notches are cool and appreciably more valuable for equal trim/condition. 
A clean, factory v8 car is a good buy to keep for a while. 

Rodan said:

One thing to watch for:  many notchbacks that are now V8 cars were originally 4 cylinder cars that were swapped.

 

This makes it hell if you WANT a four cylinder notchback.  I don't want a V8, I want a four cylinder car.

Really I want a MkII Escrot but if you thought notchback Mustangs were expensive,  yeesh....

Another vote for the notch; the hatches always looked to me like an incomplete afterthought that nobody had the time to go back and fix.

That white one in the photo looks goooood. Do it.

Hear me out: 5.0 LX notchback with a five-speed in almond.

And, yes, on 10 holes. 

Notch all day!!