Another puzzling ebay auction
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Melting Slicks
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Another puzzling ebay auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
Could someone please explain to me how this car has already reached the $17,600 plateau in bidding? It obviously has body damge, the interior is rough and it hasn't been started since 1991! I'll never understand ebay bidders and this one boggles my mind. :eek:
Could someone please explain to me how this car has already reached the $17,600 plateau in bidding? It obviously has body damge, the interior is rough and it hasn't been started since 1991! I'll never understand ebay bidders and this one boggles my mind. :eek:
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (midget)
69 BABY WOOOOOO!
thats why. for some reason 69s sell better then 68s (which i like more) or 70s.
Well that and because people are stupid :smash: :jester
thats why. for some reason 69s sell better then 68s (which i like more) or 70s.
Well that and because people are stupid :smash: :jester
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (74FLCONV)
Call me crazy, but it doesnt look too bad (in the pics)
There is definately something funky going on with the front end. Eithe it was crashed and was repaired poorly or there is a bunch of rust that is obviously not shown. To me it looks as though the headlight surround is rusted and needs replaced in order for the lights to operate properly.
There is definately something funky going on with the front end. Eithe it was crashed and was repaired poorly or there is a bunch of rust that is obviously not shown. To me it looks as though the headlight surround is rusted and needs replaced in order for the lights to operate properly.
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (Stewart's74)
Look at all the documentation that comes with it too. Protecto Plate, Tank Sticker, Dealer order sheets, and on and on. NOT a bad two owner car. Here on the East Coast, you couldn't touch that car for less than 20K, as it sits. :) Chuck
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (midget)
Could someone please explain to me how this car has already reached the $17,600 plateau in bidding?
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (midget)
If there is no rust then that is not too bad of a deal. A 69 big block, two top conv, two owner, tons of documentation, and low milage. :D not bad at all. BUT it will need a full restoration, but appears to be well worth the price. Wish I had a few extra dollars laying around :)
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (Tom73)
OK, I'll admit I'm not an NCRS guy and I think documentation is greatly overrated, but even conceding the point, it'll cost someone at least $10k to $15k to get the car looking and running right and by then you'll have well over $30k in the car and then I still wonder about the frame. If there's pitting and rust on the engine components as he stated, then you know darn well the frame will have some as well.
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (midget)
If there's pitting and rust on the engine components as he stated, then you know darn well the frame will have some as well.
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (The_Dude)
You're probably right that it would take 10K + to restore the car, but you're starting with a car that probably hasn't been "messed" with. NCRS and Bloomington Gold type Corvette enthusiasts (like myself) go for cars like this because of the originality and documentation. Chrome bumper BB sharks in restored original condition will bring 30K +/-, so it would probably be a "break even" resto.
That being said, I'm sure you could buy a fairly nice looking non original/modified 68-72 roadster for somewhere in the high teens to low 20's. You could buy a non original project car for below 10K. Chuck
That being said, I'm sure you could buy a fairly nice looking non original/modified 68-72 roadster for somewhere in the high teens to low 20's. You could buy a non original project car for below 10K. Chuck
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (74FLCONV)
It's a big-block roadster w/matching #'s, low-mileage and hardtop! I'd be surprised if it goes for less than $20k.
D. Ocean
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D. Ocean
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Matching numbers big blocks aren't cheap... even if they are rough...
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (midget)
...it'll cost someone at least $10k to $15k to get the car looking and running right and by then you'll have well over $30k in the car...
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The originality is what gives it some value (and the documentation that supports the originality). Every year it will get harder and harder to find a relatively unmessed with original 35 year old car...... although it seems like they keep finding them and pulling them out of barns!! :lol: MJ
I also like seeing close-up pics of the cars faults. (Like the crackled paint on the hardtop). Maybe I am a sucker, but seeing pics like that adds credibility to the seller.
and as usual, why do they all have 60 -75k miles???
[Modified by MNJack, 8:02 PM 1/22/2003]
I also like seeing close-up pics of the cars faults. (Like the crackled paint on the hardtop). Maybe I am a sucker, but seeing pics like that adds credibility to the seller.
and as usual, why do they all have 60 -75k miles???
[Modified by MNJack, 8:02 PM 1/22/2003]
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Re: Another puzzling ebay auction (PB82CE)
I think I would rather spend a little more money and buy a turn key resto...
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