This is what I would call "a hundred footer". If you saw it from 100 feet away you would think it pretty nice, but up close it is a much different picture. The more I look at it the less I like it. Whoever takes this on will have their hands full, but I wish them all the best. As for the rising prices, I think that is the way of the world for the foreseeable future. They aren't making any more of them and as the prices for the A, B and E bodies climbs it is only natural that the prices for C bodies will, too. I confess that is why I have my mine. My dream car was a Superbird, and I finally was able to buy one in 1989 and I had it for 21 years, but I also wanted a convertible. Raising a family on a middle class income I couldn't afford a convertible A, B or E body, but I could afford a convertible C body, so I was able to swoop on mine back in 2004, and I thought the price a bit high then, too. Thank goodness the C bodies are not as popular as the A, B and E bodies, or I would not have been able to scratch my convertible itch. My parents had a 1967 Fury III 4dr hardtop which I learned to drive in, so I feel like I'm 15 again when I drive mine, and that is really what it is all about.