Why have the prices jumped so much
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4th Gear
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Why have the prices jumped so much
i havent looked at th 78-82 corvette market in about a year & a half but i never remeber prices being this high , does anyone know when they jumped up so high and why ? I mean i love the body style always will but the performance was a joke - i mean motor - the handleing was awsome !
Racer
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I looked for 78-82s back in '07 and stopped looking til this summer when I got my '78.
I think they are about the same. It all depends if you want a car to fix up or one that is drivable and 90% liveable. I went with the later one.
You can get a 'good' one for 7k+ IMO. Won't be 100% working everything, nor all original, nor show quality paint. But does that matter when you are behind the wheel of a C3?? I haven't regretted it yet.
I think they are about the same. It all depends if you want a car to fix up or one that is drivable and 90% liveable. I went with the later one.
You can get a 'good' one for 7k+ IMO. Won't be 100% working everything, nor all original, nor show quality paint. But does that matter when you are behind the wheel of a C3?? I haven't regretted it yet.
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4th Gear
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No it doesnt matter my wife wants one so bad i wish i never sold mine but the a frame came apart at the welds and it never handled the same very strange , but i did drive the hell out of it and replace the stock with a 400hp crate motor man she was a beast you shoulda heard those borla exhaust screaming and even just at idle , nice!!!
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i havent looked at th 78-82 corvette market in about a year & a half but i never remeber prices being this high , does anyone know when they jumped up so high and why ? I mean i love the body style always will but the performance was a joke - i mean motor - the handleing was awsome !
near 30 yrs ago..almost any popular quality item 30 yrs old has gone up in value.
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If you found one of those cars for $4k back then, it was the same piece of junk that $4k will buy now. You are mistaken.
Drifting
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I can say some car prices are starting to recover. Ferrari prices have gone back up from 2008. Lotus prices have also gone up.
A lot of people were selling cheap a few years ago because of the economy.
A lot of people were selling cheap a few years ago because of the economy.
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I'm presently restoring my '80, but when I check-out eBay for parts, I sometimes take a gander at the car prices. I've noticed an increase in "Buy It Now" prices. Funny thing, it's apparent in many cases that the seller either can't read or decides to misrepresent the odometer milege. He'll say the car has 30,000 clicks, but when you look at the photos of the engine and the interior, it's painfully obvious from the wear that the odometer has gone around at least once.
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Racer
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You have no idea what high prices are until you shop here in Australia, my 79 in it's preserved but not pristine condition is worth (and would sell) about $30K. So if you can buy a C3 in driveable condition for under $10K then go for it, I for one am jelous.
Dennis.
Dennis.
Burning Brakes
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So it cost $20 G to send a car to Australia !!!?
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i havent looked at th 78-82 corvette market in about a year & a half but i never remeber prices being this high , does anyone know when they jumped up so high and why ? I mean i love the body style always will but the performance was a joke - i mean motor - the handleing was awsome !
Racer
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Nope, about $3K or less, they just charge that much for the trouble of flying to the States and finding it, importing it, getting through customs, steam cleaning at customs, paying the stevedors, modifying it to meet Australian standrads and then registering it, add on a few dollars for pofit and their you go.
Cheers, Dennis.
Cheers, Dennis.
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This way you can do the upgrades you want.
Messing with the timing, carb mods, and exhaust work will really wake up your low priced dog for not a whole lot of money.
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Nope, about $3K or less, they just charge that much for the trouble of flying to the States and finding it, importing it, getting through customs, steam cleaning at customs, paying the stevedors, modifying it to meet Australian standrads and then registering it, add on a few dollars for pofit and their you go.
Cheers, Dennis.
Cheers, Dennis.
Probably the dollar has something to do with it too. $20k here would have been $15k in the US a few years ago. But now that $20k Australian will buy you $21k US, and sellers don't like their classics depreciating, then you get a real difference in values.