1977 Vette- how much should I ask?
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,453
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From: Easton Pennsylvania
That high a price for a show ready 77 or any other rubber bumper car is not out off line. If it truly is what it's described at. Sure , why pay that and not buy a chrome bumper C-3 ? I would say that a lot of people need to realize that not everybody is into the chrome bumper models and that there are plenty of people which prefer the rubber bumper ones too. I myself like them all.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,071
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From: S Nevada
If the haggarty pricing guide means anything at all, then your car is in the hunt at 15k.
The problem as I see it, tv auctions and vette magazine valuation guides. Yes we know the auctions can bring some over the top prices. But some are very realistic. I've seen some nice rubber bumper cars bring in mid teens. According to the "experts" here, that's ridiculous. Accordingly, the magazines don't know scat either. So just how does a person put a value on a classic corvette? Are we simply supposed to ask our resident experts opinion? And go with it? My opinion may differ from everyone else's. Every car or motorcycle I've owned and sold I have used a valuation guide. NADA, KBB, Edwards. Because I am not an expert. I realistically evaluate the condition punch in the data, get a ballpark number and list it. Rarely have I wavered more than $1k in final selling price.
The problem as I see it, tv auctions and vette magazine valuation guides. Yes we know the auctions can bring some over the top prices. But some are very realistic. I've seen some nice rubber bumper cars bring in mid teens. According to the "experts" here, that's ridiculous. Accordingly, the magazines don't know scat either. So just how does a person put a value on a classic corvette? Are we simply supposed to ask our resident experts opinion? And go with it? My opinion may differ from everyone else's. Every car or motorcycle I've owned and sold I have used a valuation guide. NADA, KBB, Edwards. Because I am not an expert. I realistically evaluate the condition punch in the data, get a ballpark number and list it. Rarely have I wavered more than $1k in final selling price.
