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Would need to see more pics and info but it seems about right to me and a nice looking car. I'm negotiating on a 427 / 400 tri power here in the UK that is up for £60k ($80K ish) so your thread and advert may be useful to me to get the seller down to a more realistic number.
For $54k, I'd want it to be NCRS judged or have some other critical examination. For a body-off restoration there are small details that are annoyingly incorrect/missing. Also, the interior doesn't look restored. Just my 2¢.
Grear looking car at a glance however it could be worth $20K or maybe $54K but not with that listing.
There is an encyclopedia's worth of info about the dealer, but two sentences about the car.
Bandwidth is cheap, there's no reason for poor listings like this except laziness or ego.
A good dealer with give ALL the info up front that they know EVERY potential buyer will ask plus tons of pics of everything that matters, good or bad, including tags. Saves having to answer the same questions over and over.... and over.
Sorry, just not nearly enough info here to make a fair judgement.
Cheers, Greg
The listing on their website. https://www.carsrememberwhen.com/inv...tte-l36/146897
Not an expert by any stretch but somethings have me wondering. I'd be looking real hard at the car because there are some super hard to find parts that are pretty rare that are unique to 68's and some 69's. The L36 intake manifold and the appropriate Quadrajet carb come immediately to mind which often get replaced due to the intake cracking etc. Not impressed with the overspray on the chin spoiler etc but other than that it seems clean but that is a chunk of change they are asking.
Hmmmm?
I love seeing a true top money car, where the restorer has made certain that every button, switch, option and item work as originally built.
Now that I've gone back and looked at the full set of pics I will say clearly that this car is NOT worth $55K in it's present condition.
I've always maintained that if you're going to ask all the money for any car, you cannot include the words "except for" and this car has plenty of them:
-Clear evidence of a coolant leak on the lower front valance.
-Missing interior trim at passenger side rear door jam.
-Missing door jam switches.
-Non functioning courtesy lights.
-Non functioning clock.
-Pretty grubby under the hood (coolant, fuel leaks, dirt) for a $55K car.
-Seller states car has "Older redline tires" so the first thing a buyer will have to do is spend $800 on a new set of rubber.
It looks like the restoration really started off in the right direction but the project simply was not finished at the same level it was started, or perhaps it was finished by some one else.
It's too bad it wasn't completed with the proper attention to detail so it could be a top money car.
All these details are EXACTLY what makes the difference between an amateur restoration price and top money restoration price. And all will cost $$$ to get working properly.
I believe this car is worth somewhere between $32-38K in it's present condition.
Complete the restoration properly so there are absolutely no excuses and I would raise my estimate to $45-50K.
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