Many, many, many question before an accurate value can be determined.1. Good detailed pictures of the exterior, interior, trim tag and V.I.N. plates engine compartment including stamp pad and the casting date and casting number even though it is not the original engine IF it is really a 427, birdcage, underside including normal rust areas of the frame.2. History of the car. where it came from, previous owners, documentation.

This forum will agree 30k for a basket full of parts and a frame is a good deal. Real world value is about 20% more then the numbers posted here for turn key cars.

I was entertaining the idea of selling my vette and asked for an educated guess here, and collectively the numbers were 20%. low. The appraiser who looked my car over asked me what I thought my car was worth, he immediately asked if he could buy the car for that price.

Mark

If you had a nice NOM 427 needing nothing who here would sell it for $50k?

lots of assumptions here but I’m betting the $60’s is the norm

this assumes that most people care about originality. Maybe others factor in a freshly built motor, rebuilt trailing arms and drive train and other items to be more valuable. A turn key, reliable, and well maintained car has a value to many.

This forum is full of “there I was, waiting for the roll back to show up” threads. Everyone enjoys the hobby their way, and for me, I want a reliable car, so I can enjoy the car whenever I want.

unfortunately people usually buy by eye candy. Things like trailing arms being rebuilt doesn’t really register with a lot of people. They are just looking at how pretty it is and what they THINK it is. The uninformed often times come here after they purchase only to find out that they paid too much for what they have.

Yes. So using other cars to get “comps” is a starting point, an average. To each there own. There is a saying when buying an airplane, “the cheapest plane you buy will be the most expensive plane you buy”. Applies here as well.

Painting a a car for example is not that big of a project unless you have to peel off 4 layers of paint, refit poorly hung doors, and fix bubba boddy work. Brakes, radiator, clutch, trailing arms, suspension bushings, ball joints, carb and dist. overhaul, heater core, headlight motors. You can go through ten grand pretty quick.

How many of you would go out to your vette right now, fire it up and drive it across the country. I did that. Did not even bring a spare tire. I did bring a nut driver, ratchet, socket and feeler gauge Incase I needed to do a litter adjustment. Didn’t worry at all and enjoyed the scenery.