which '74 Vette?
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Old Skool, NY
Originally Posted by glen.mcgiboney
Any idea where I can find a standard (like NADA for newer cars) on finding values on older Vettes? I would agree with all of you if the big block car and my friend's 350 were in the same condition. However, the big block car will need paint (lots of $) and a few other odds and ends to get it even the same ball park with my friend's 350 car. He has gone through absolutely everything and even at 20 years old, the paint would win best paint at car shows. He also is adding a ton of extras (wheels, centers and rings, etc.). This car has A/C, deluxe interior, even a rear window defroster (something I hadn't heard of for that car). Am I right in assuming that if I was to get a '74, big block or small block, and get everything done like paint, brakes, suspension, Hooker headers with sidepipes, and re do the interior, that I would have far more than $16K in the car?
A small block isn't worth what your friend invested and is asking for and that Big block isn't in the condition you'd like for the price either.
Take your $18,000 and keep looking!
PS: NADA has classic car value but its prices tend to be higher than real world buying value...!
Racer
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Here is a link to few online pricing sites ...
as always take what you see with a grain of salt as each of these will vary quite a bit. Again, its what a buyer and seller agree to versus what you see in a price guide. 
http://www.buyclassiccars.com/value.asp
http://www.buyclassiccars.com/value.asp
