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70 6.0 cam dyno 430 hp rear wheels, silver sport 5 speed, vintage a/c new wiring. Dakota gauges, 17 inch wheels, c5 brakes, electric headlights, re chromed bumpers, berg steering box, blue tooth, both tops, hartz cloth soft top. plus plus.... over 95k in parts alone. Built to rally, 5k miles since built.
You could check out the websites of the collector car auction houses for recent sales of similar restomods. That may give you an idea of somewhere close to your cars value.
70 Vert on Hagerty in #1 concours condition is 89k; 99k optioned out. That value is for original. There is some trade off in value with originality vs resto-mod. If the car is completely restored, but made better, you have to make that argument.
From: Way too effing close to the city.......NRA Life Member!
2022 C3 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Like any collectable, it's only worth what someone wants to pay for it. I monitor some auctions monthly and some months cars go high and other months I'm shocked how low they go for. It all depends on how the economy is going and right now I wouldn't place a bet on how well it will be doing next week!! LOL!
That said, yours is a very, very nice C3! It'd be a keeper in my world but then, I couldn't afford it this week, and probably next weeks too!
I'm guessing way south of what you have in it. as OLE442 pointed out it's worth what someone is willing to pay today, not yesterday or tomorrow. IMO that's the downside of owning/building a Restomod.
This might be a great car for one of the Mecum auctions, lot of deep pocket types there looking for their next shinny thing. A friend of mine took his non original, non numbers matching 65 Vette to Mecum a few years ago and it hammered at $68K and I was shocked he got that. Other than being a 65 there was nothing special about his car.
I have been collecting parts for my restomod for over 6 years now.
The list has grown and so has the price tag to do as you have done, which has been to have an all new C3 Corvette upon the completion of my project.
It will handle much better, have twice the horsepower and will be an overall improvement over what left the factory.
There is no doubt that with me doing all the work except for the body and paint, I will have big dollars invested in my project.
I might keep it or I might sell it to fund my next project.
I know I might get what I've invested out of it, but I might not.
It will depend on the economy, the market for C3 Corvettes, and if the right buyer comes along.
As stated above, put it in a couple of auctions and see where the bidding goes.
Good Luck
Last edited by OldCarBum; Nov 4, 2021 at 01:07 PM.
Don't know where you are located, but you might be better off putting it up for auction at one of the B-J shows. If you can swing it to be put on the Scottsdale, AZ block on Friday or Saturday evening (TV nights), you might do pretty well.
Your car is a really great build; but it is so specialized, it will only attract a small niche of $$$ buyers. B-J has those folks present in-spades on Fri/Sat evenings. If you can get scheduled for such an auction, you need to publicize it widely across high-end publications (ie, Hemmings, etc).
Unless you live in one of the major cities in the U.S., you would likely not do well with any local sale...
You guys are pretty optimistic today. It's a beautiful vert, but the market is still soft for a C3. I would try for 60 thousand and take the first 50 that walked through the door. Did I say it's a beautiful Vert.
Yea, I say same,,, Its a sweet build, but if it was mine, I'd be doin a 'happy dance' to get $40k out of it,,, likely less.
Really, how bad do you need the cash?
Just Park it, and move on to the next project.
The right buyer will turn up one day,,
Nice build but specialized. Just like it’s been mentioned. Higher end auction and hope some bidders will battle each other. Always remember most of the time the amount of $$$ we dump into our cars one usually never gets back. Enjoy the ride and don’t sell!
A nicely done restomod can bring plenty of money just as a stock one could.
Theres a butt for every seat out there. Start high you can always come down.
I too spent close to that much on a lousy Camino doing everything except for paint and some upholstery myself. Easy to do
70 Vert on Hagerty in #1 concours condition is 89k; 99k optioned out. That value is for original. There is some trade off in value with originality vs resto-mod. If the car is completely restored, but made better, you have to make that argument.
I’m guessing most ‘70 owners would have a heart attack if they were offered $99k for their convertibles, no matter how nice it is.
I’m guessing most ‘70 owners would have a heart attack if they were offered $99k for their convertibles, no matter how nice it is.
Almost all ‘70 owners drive their cars. #1 concours condition cars are absolutely perfect. Ready to roll onto the lawn at Pebble Beach. So perfect it will devalue by driving it. What’s the fun in that! Hagerty values are based on recent auction sales. Rare top-end cars can sell high at one auction and then the next auction nobody will bid the higher prices and the value goes back down.
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