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A good wind will reduce the Datsun to a pile of cheap vinyl and 4 tires.
"hard to find car"...nobody is looking...
A real truck
Unusual powertrain
"special addition"
Yep, see them Hemi Aspens at all the big car shows :confuse:
The "special addition" has nothing to do the the Hemi punchouts in the wheelwells. It's the way he did the math to make him think that Aspen is worth $1500.
http://tinyurl.com/5wb37y
That '80 Volare is kind of an odd thing. SE model, and T-tops, so initially it sounds pretty nice, although I'm not too crazy about their attempt at forcing opera windows onto a style designed for large triangular windows (the late 70's Nova et al was also guilty of options like this). But then the slant six and 3-speed manual just kills it, IMO. I guess the stick might make it more fun, but how much fun can you have with 85 hp in a ~3200 lb car? Plus, it's a slant six...they don't like to rev.
I'd also love to see someone try and squeeze a Hemi, or any big-block in the engine bay of this thing. Oh, I'm sure it can be done, and has been done, but these things have a very tight engine bay. One thing I noticed, when I had my '89 Gran Fury, was that the 318 was wedged so close to the firewall that they had to actually build a little indentation to accommodate the distributor. The engine bay is tighter than my Dart.
Supposedly, you can't even easily put a true dual exhaust in an Aspen/Volare, or anything derived from it, without moving the gas tank over. And even then I'm not sure how they do it. The gas tank sits right up against the left subframe rail, and on the right there's just enough room for a single exhaust to pass. So I dunno how, exactly they do it...unless they route one of the pipes UNDER the gas tank?
That Fairmont seems like an honest, workhorse car and I was thinking the price wasn't too horrible. Until it hit me...$1000 is more than I've paid for any R-body Mopar. Not that they're necessarily any more desireable.
I like that Ford F350 truck, too. Has a nice, rugged, aggressive look to it. With the inset round headlights and the shape of the grille, when I was a kid these reminded me a bit of the Mammoth Car from Speed Racer. although in retrospect, maybe that's a bit of a stretch.
Those seats don't look very capable, somehow
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I wonder how much he wants for it.
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it's not villanova u and not temple u.
I bet the volvo crazies (wait... am I one of those? hhmmm... nah.) come out of the woodwork and really bid it up. I'm guessing in the $3500-$4k range.
I am quite smitten with it, though. I'm sure its no fun as is, but man is that pretty. And it is at least capable of some fun.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I seem to remember that dorky pinstriping on them too, either that or some other car had an identical style. That really hit something in my memory when I saw it.
I think the dealer was about 20 miles away, too. None of the local places would want to mess with it. Although oddly, the mechanic I use now, the one who's working on my '67 Catalina and is going to work on my DeSoto after that, is a Volvo specialist! Too bad I didn't know him back then, or I would've recommended him.
Excellent Boat Anchor
Local Fire Department Could Practice Putting It Out
Demo Derby?Pizza Delivery?
Land Fill? Use Frame to Build a Bugatti Kit Car?
New Home for Reef Fish?
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GOOD BUY
I bet you could flip this truck for $2K profit with a weekend's work.
Good Target For Rod & Gun Club?
Does Acme Have a Double-Hauler?
Just Shoot It Now, I Don't Want to See It Suffer
This One's Got A Tough Row to Hoe
Find a Car Worth Fixing in There, I Dare You!
junkyard material
Can the SS be worth that much? I did see asking prices of as much as $25k :surprise:
Sagging 6.3L Benz
Andre Mobile
Why hasn't anyone looked at my Suburban? -Cause it doesn't make the best commuter, and it aint exactly lowrider material
Salvage due to flash flood...vehicle was completely dried up. What, you took it to the laundromat and threw it in a giant dryer? Cheap price for parts car
Thids TL must have been parked next to the Infiniti M, same story, most likely BS
Porsche 928
Rare indeed, Fintail can attest to that
I actually knew this guy and this car, it had a full resto, but asking waaaaay too much
Antique Saab
Bricklin
Nice 280SEL
Bring your own backhoe to get it out
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The 280SE looks decent, those cars are worth so little compared to how they look, worth even less than 6cyl fintails. I like a line in the ad too: "listen to the whispers and watch the heads turn as u drive by" :P
I don't know who would waste the resources to restore a slow W123, but good luck recouping that money.
The 6.3 is light years beyond redemption, the 928 is hopeless at any price, Supra guy has an attitude, and the Saab is cool. The SS seller says his price is "generous"....the generosity being the buyer giving to much to the seller. A friend of mine bought a 60K mile 85 SS for $6K maybe 7 or 8 years ago. I don't think they have appreciated.
Flood cars...parts cars.
I think it's getting harder and harder to find unmolested examples of these, though. People like to pull out the 180 hp 305 and put in a 350 or big-block. Plus, swap out the wheels, throw on some wild paintjobs and/or some extra ribs & wings, etc.
I know that '79 Magnum's a piece of junk, but it calls out to me, for some reason! I've always liked the Magnum. Most personal luxury coupes by that time were trying to look prestigious, but the Magnum was actually trying to look tough and muscular...Shifty will get on me if I call it a musclecar, but I think it's certainly trying to look the part. You could still get a pretty strong 400 in them in '78, and the 195 hp 360-4bbl in 1979, so they could still be pretty spirited. Chrysler had the 440 still around in 1978, but by then I think it was limited to trucks and police cars.
Seems like the Magnum is one of those cars I never see for sale anymore, unless it's pretty crapped-out. I see 'em all the time at car shows, either totally preserved or totally restored, but it seems like the middle ground, a decent driver that's not too embarrassing to look at, has pretty much vaporized.
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In their own peculiar way, they were great cars. Very safe. Got rear-ended by a Buick one time and drove it home on 3 wheels. Pretty fast on a twisty road, once you got them wound up. Pretty aerodynamic. Comfortable enough for two and two small kids in the back (my sister and I). Best car ever in the snow if you had studded tires on them, which is why we owned them (Think living in the countryside around Buffalo New York).
We had one with the Monte Carlo Package - 3 carbs - one for each cylinder! That was a fun car.
If you're not doing any thing exciting, here's a few minutes of old SAABs in their rally glory days.
http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/06/saab-96-rally-footage-rac-safari-monte-car- - - lo/
Having said all that, getting a 68 Plymouth Valiant with the 225 Slant 6 and an automatic was a big step up! American Luxury, Man!
And 8K for one today? Uhm, not from ME, thank you.
And the 28 Hudson? You might as well restore one of those from an old magazine ad about one. You'd get as many parts and more information
The first line of the ad reads a lot better than the second one.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/931675257.html
Beautifully Restored Antique 1925 Ford TT One Ton Pickup Truck
I didn't know they did camper shells in 1925. Oh, and be sure to look at the rest of his 'treasures'
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/894352700.html
Dreamer
Lot's of pictures at the web site, but I don't think the owner looked at them.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/933286878.html
Realist
It's getting cold out there, baby.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/933267818.html
Another realist
And it's getting dark too...
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/933477732.html
Will he get this kind of money?
Or, and I liked this line -
so I did it the way I thought it would have been if it were customized by a surfer
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/925423380.html
Dear God, let it die, please. The darkest years of American Muscle Cars.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/910925802.html
Studebaker A? http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/903796786.html
or
Studebaker B? http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/928046672.html
or
C. A reasonably Studebaker substitute? http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/922795278.html
VW looks nice in its own way, but overpriced by a good margin.
Studes...I'll take none of the three.
not running..but it's a great engineerted car... lots of life left in it... If it's so great it would be running wouldn't it? :P
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">same miles older and needs help
69 Judge -- all the "little" details are missing here, like a) does it have the correct engine? Is it a 4-speed or an automatic? Do we have a VIN plate? Do we have a built sheet? The answers to those questions are worth about $50,000 extra.
Mustang Boss "Tribute" -- "tribute" is the latest buzzword for "fake".
'67 VW Bus -- I don't think he'll get that money because the vehicle was not correctly restored. VW bus wingnuts will in fact fork over big bucks for these early multi-window vans, but they are FUSSY. I'm thinkin' he'd be lucky to get half that, given what he's done.
Studebakers -- I'd take the "real" Avanti over the other two. Early 50s Studebakers are curiosities but they make better rods than cars, and yet another plastic fak-o Dawn of the Dead Avanti?....please, let this car die. So yeah the real thing is the way to go. That's where smart money is, even though your "real" Avanti isn't exactly going to catch fire after the recession. Now if it were a supercharged car, or one raced by Granatelli, well then....
not even the day it came off the line. Only vehicle I have ever driven that scared me to death when operated normally. Try, just TRY to drive one of these beasts in a 30MPH cross wind! :surprise:
As for the VW Van - yeah, I actually drove one a few times back in the day. It was a good reminder for me that German Engineers aren't always so darn smart.
And the Judge - I suspect the answer is "NO" to all your questions, or this guy wouldn't own it.
Fun car, drive it daily, or occasionally drive the snot out of it without worrying about miles and what not. Show it off a few times, that sorta stuff.
You'd probably have to get a personal loan or line of credit that's not attached to the car if you wanna finance it. For car loans, banks usually go by the book values, and the books (normal books) usually go back about 10 years. Otherwise the bank wou;d have to hire Shifty to appraise it
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Some cars/bikes under loan are just trouble from the get-go, and I won't touch 'em---like outrageous customs and Harleys. They tend to get abducted by aliens for some reason when the economy goes south.
"it might even run"
Fat cat
Battlecruiser
Andre-mobile
What a color
Uncommon
Period upholstery
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67 Jaguar Blivet Sedan---Acme Auto Wrecking
65 Merc Convertible might be worth it---is that rust I see in the rear quarters? Uh-oh.
I kinda like this one from the outside. I bet I could outrun it in the smart, though.
Was white the only color these came in?
stealthy
antithesis of stealthy
I think it depends. For instance, with that '54 Plymouth Savoy that kicked off this topic, if somebody really had a fetish for those things, and was very handy and could do most of the work themselves, and intended to keep the thing for a long time rather than turn a profit, then maybe, just maybe, that car might be the car of their dreams.
I have a feeling that most people who would want a '54 Plymouth though, are going to want the hardtop or convertible. Those are probably worth restoring. But something like a 2- or 4-door sedan, I have a feeling that if somebody really has the burning desire for one of those, they'll just pay the $5-6K or whatever for a nice, well-preserved one, rather than buy something that needs a total restoration, sink $20K or more into it, only to end up with something that's still only worth $5-6K.
I agree, it's not only about the money, but you still have to keep some perspective. And no need to pay any more than what the thing is truly worth.