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Be sure to look at the frame and engine pictures. Asking price $47,500.
Now my car has a good frame and birdcage. It also has a Keisler 5 speed, 3.55 Duntov rear, tilt wheel with 4 way flasher, Classic Auto Air, direct bolt ons, Detroit Speed headlight conversion, L79, new tan cloth soft top, near perfect interior, power rack and pinion steering. Price: $48.500 shipped to me in NC. I'm starting to feel like I may have underpaid the poor dealer in Fla.
My point here is: How can you possibly value or price a car based on asking or selling prices when these two cars were priced within $1000 of each other. I've owned C2's for 50 years now, and I've never seen such crazy gaps in prices. A car that can barely be rebuilt will bring within a few thousand of a car that is very presentable. Before someone says that my car is far from original (which is very true), I'd like to mention that last year I sold a 65 coupe with factory a/c, p/s, p/b that was completely original except for paint and maintenance items for $50 K to a different dealer. I guess I'm too old to understand today's value system for these cars.
For comparison with the linked car, here's a few pictures of my new 65.
Don't sweat it. You bought a good car for a fair price, there is someone out there asking a big (similar) price for a car much inferior. Nothing new there- Valley Auto or Streetside Classics or Gullwing Motors or Beverly Hills- all cars asking over what I consider market looking for a sucker.
Don't sweat it. You bought a good car for a fair price, there is someone out there asking a big (similar) price for a car much inferior. Nothing new there- Valley Auto or Streetside Classics or Gullwing Motors or Beverly Hills- all cars asking over what I consider market looking for a sucker.
Do not over-analyze it my friend.
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I agree with you, it just seems like the really bad cars are increasing in price a lot faster than the pretty nice cars. I won't even get into the survivors or big blocks, or tankers, etc. All those high dollar cars seem to be going to pretty much the same set of buyers to stick in their museum collection.
I don't understand. Do you have this car in your possession ? If so then you scored a nice car at a fair price. Now your point is ?
See "my point here is" in my original post. Lots of people here very free to offer what a car's worth based on a description or a few pictures. It's simply not valid. I didn't post to start or participate in any arguments about it, just musing the inconsistency.
Looks like you purchased a very nice car for a fair price, but I do agree with you. There are prices all over the board for nice cars, parts cars, project cars ect....
I think the ones who do the correct amount of "homework" will know when the time, as well as the price, is right.
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The only number that matters is the actual selling price. That means the buyer and the seller agree - reluctantly or not - that's what THAT car is worth to THEM at THAT time.
Anybody else's asking price, selling price, or the condition of anybody else's car, or how the selling price was arrived at, is irrelevant.
On the flip side my cousin just sold his mint 70 roadrunner 383 air grabber pistol grip to a used car dealer for $30k after 15 years of ownership. The used car delarship flipped it in 3 weeks for $37 after listing it for $39k
I agree that prices are all over the board and wonder why basket cases and what looks like junk are so high.
I sometimes think I paint too much for my '66 and '67 and the next day, the prices seem about right for what they are.
There are very few apples to apples.
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Asking prices and sold prices are two very different things. Any potential purchase should be thoroughly inspected prior to purchase.
Looks like you got a very nice 65
My point here is: How can you possibly value or price a car based on asking or selling prices when these two cars were priced within $1000 of each other. I've owned C2's for 50 years now, and I've never seen such crazy gaps in prices. A car that can barely be rebuilt will bring within a few thousand of a car that is very presentable. Before someone says that my car is far from original (which is very true), I'd like to mention that last year I sold a 65 coupe with factory a/c, p/s, p/b that was completely original except for paint and maintenance items for $50 K to a different dealer. I guess I'm too old to understand today's value system for these cars.
I think you're comparing apples and oranges.
Your car, even as nice as it is, as you said is a modified car, and you're comparing it to a stock one.
Secondly you're comparing a 65 to a 67, and in this market there is no comparison, 67's always demand a premium.
Finally, in the case of your coupe, it may have been stock original, but it's both a 65 and a coupe. Other than split window's, convertibles always command more than coupes, especially when comparing a 65 coupe to a 67 convertible.
Restored that 67 could sell for $75,000-$80,000, especially at a dealer. I realize that it would be hard to restore it for $30,000, but a lot of people don't.
Your car, even as nice as it is, as you said is a modified car, and you're comparing it to a stock one.
Secondly you're comparing a 65 to a 67, and in this market there is no comparison, 67's always demand a premium.
Finally, in the case of your coupe, it may have been stock original, but it's both a 65 and a coupe. Other than split window's, convertibles always command more than coupes, especially when comparing a 65 coupe to a 67 convertible.
Restored that 67 could sell for $75,000-$80,000, especially at a dealer. I realize that it would be hard to restore it for $30,000, but a lot of people don't.
I don't think it's apples and oranges. I think it's apples and a box of rusted metal and broken fiberglass. You're right about there being no comparison though. I'm not sure even a dealer would ask 75 to 80K for a 300hp car with a replacement frame and patched fiberglass just because it's a 67. If you want to come out even, you'd better get the car for about half the asking price. Problem is, by the time the frame is replaced and the restoration is done, it'll probably be a numbers matching L79 or big block car.
I've seen this many times with different paint colors. Crap car in a more desirable color gets all of the attention. A lot of people won't even look at a green car. I'm put off by brown cars personally.
Love the BB hood and that steering wheel, looks right at home and gives room...nice and clean
Think many that dont do enough research fall for buzzwords like barn find survivor etc. Or apic that reminds them of "back in the day" only to find in person that age takes its toll on everything. Give me a redone car anyday over one that has 60 yr old everything.
Why pay 50k for something that looks decent but really needs to have the body taken off cause they let it all rot underneath? no thanks.
02-16-2018, 09:20 PM
Should I send the seller of my 65 a check?
