[C2] Mid-Year Prices
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eBay prices are not the last word in what cars are trading hands for. Many sellers want Barrett Jackson prices for garden variety cars and in turn many cars that don't meet reserve are sold later off eBay for more. It is a good site to gain exposure.
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A large percentage of car sales on eBay are concluded offline and are not captured in their Completed Listing numbers.
eBay makes for interesting reading and you can make connections for buying and selling, but trying to project their numbers into trends is at a minimum, invalid.
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"There is breaking point in most collector cars which separates buyers. With C2s I believe it is around $50K anything above that the car has to be a really nice (above driver quality) condition car with more attention to correctness to an original stock car." Maybe the cars you are looking at over $55K don't meet the above?
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eBay is probably the last resource you should consider for data.
A large percentage of car sales on eBay are concluded offline and are not captured in their Completed Listing numbers.
eBay makes for interesting reading and you can make connections for buying and selling, but trying to project their numbers into trends is at a minimum, invalid.
A large percentage of car sales on eBay are concluded offline and are not captured in their Completed Listing numbers.
eBay makes for interesting reading and you can make connections for buying and selling, but trying to project their numbers into trends is at a minimum, invalid.
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Absolutely. I sold a Harley earlier this year and got no traction at all on eBay just a lot of followers. Eventually sold it to a Craigs List buyer...
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I watched a recent "Chasing Classic Cars" yesterday. Wayne picked up a wrong color but decent red split window...he repainted it the correct Sebring Silver but left the interior alone...it needed some TLC; a 340hp numbers car. It hammered at $80K and he told the buyer it will be a $150K car in two years with a little work...
What does that mean ? Who knows..
What does that mean ? Who knows..
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I watched a recent "Chasing Classic Cars" yesterday. Wayne picked up a wrong color but decent red split window...he repainted it the correct Sebring Silver but left the interior alone...it needed some TLC; a 340hp numbers car. It hammered at $80K and he told the buyer it will be a $150K car in two years with a little work...
What does that mean ? Who knows..
What does that mean ? Who knows..
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It's the old story... These cars are worth what people will pay for a particular car. Resto Mods seem to me to be selling well. If you wait long enough you can always find a buyer for most nice Corvettes.
I check around every now and then and look at the prices. But what it comes down to as far as I'm concerned is what I put into the car and my labor hours deducing this to a fair price that I determin.
You never get what you put into it but theirs always that guy who go's...WOW.. I love that car. I'll take it. Of course this is after some back and forth.
Could take a long while to you hit that number you want ..... but when your not pressed to sell your Vette...it's good to play the waiting game.
I had people asked me how much I wanted for the car... I tell Them how much total loss it is insure for. 99% walk away...a few take my number...and never call.... BWTHDIK...
I check around every now and then and look at the prices. But what it comes down to as far as I'm concerned is what I put into the car and my labor hours deducing this to a fair price that I determin.
You never get what you put into it but theirs always that guy who go's...WOW.. I love that car. I'll take it. Of course this is after some back and forth.
Could take a long while to you hit that number you want ..... but when your not pressed to sell your Vette...it's good to play the waiting game.
I had people asked me how much I wanted for the car... I tell Them how much total loss it is insure for. 99% walk away...a few take my number...and never call.... BWTHDIK...
Last edited by Viet Nam Vett; Nov 15, 2017 at 01:19 AM.
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I'm always looking for midyear Corvettes and other vintage cars to buy, just because I like change and the opportunity to work on different cars. Prices on all but the most collectible of cars are down (i.e. verifiable original engine big blocks and fuelies).
I'm going to sell my 435 soon, after months of internal conflict on the idea. I have owned it the longest of any 'old' car I've ever had. I think I will be fortunate if I see $125K for it, but don't really care. I had a great time, but am ready to move on. If I had bought a new ZR1 back in 2011 instead of the 435, now it would be just a used car worth half it's MSRP. So getting the vast majority of my money back seems like a hell of a deal when I've been able to enjoy all the good times.
I suppose a lot of people who own vintage cars think it's part of their investment portfolio and not just a car.
I'm going to sell my 435 soon, after months of internal conflict on the idea. I have owned it the longest of any 'old' car I've ever had. I think I will be fortunate if I see $125K for it, but don't really care. I had a great time, but am ready to move on. If I had bought a new ZR1 back in 2011 instead of the 435, now it would be just a used car worth half it's MSRP. So getting the vast majority of my money back seems like a hell of a deal when I've been able to enjoy all the good times.
I suppose a lot of people who own vintage cars think it's part of their investment portfolio and not just a car.
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I watched a recent "Chasing Classic Cars" yesterday. Wayne picked up a wrong color but decent red split window...he repainted it the correct Sebring Silver but left the interior alone...it needed some TLC; a 340hp numbers car. It hammered at $80K and he told the buyer it will be a $150K car in two years with a little work...
What does that mean ? Who knows..
What does that mean ? Who knows..
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I was able to get a quart of silver pearl from them. Pricey but available.
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Prices over the past couple of years seem pretty stable to me. There's a wide variation, of course, sometimes with two quite similar cars going for vastly different figures. That may be due to the buyer really having his heart set on a particular combo, or it might mean one car was way more original than the other in ways that aren't obvious to the casual observer.
I do tend to agree with 68hemi that there is a pretty solid break point around $50-55K.
I do tend to agree with 68hemi that there is a pretty solid break point around $50-55K.