69 hemi charger R/T four speed

[charger_fan_4ever]

If the ebay username is any indication its a board members car.

[Tilar]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,104221.0.html

Yeah, I haven't really read the topic about his location being revealed but the Ebay ad gives you the town and zip code where he lives.

[tan top]

Called the owner and talked to him this evening... Says his reserve is over 30k, but after talking to him a while, I have him willing to take $30k it sounds like... I also looked at a V code 70 cuda tonight, really like that car too, and its in better shape... Dont know what to do, Im going to sleep on it...  I will call both owners tommorrow and see if I cant strike a deal with someone...  Really want to fix this car up, the right way... NOT REBODY THE WHOLE CAR, JUST CUT AND HANG FACTORY QUARTERS, AND PUT A FRONT CLIP BACK ON IT, FIX ALL THE RUST, MAKE THE BODY PERFECT, PAINT IT THAT BEAUTIFUL T7 BRONZE COLOR AGAIN, AND PUT A 69 DATE CODE 426 IN THAT BABY!  I would not be buying this car to resell, I would take my time to have and enjoy and drive for the rest of my life... If I end up getting that V code cuda, it will be painted FJ5 and get a Hemi and 4 speed as well...   What to do??!!

 get the charger     cudas are nice  ..ok !
 but a 69 Hemi charger  with a four speed  , man now that's  an awesome piece of mopar hardware , don't get any better ,    ok a Hemi charger 500 or Daytona  
 
good luck whats ever you decide  

I agree!  I wish I were in a position to do it.

me too  

[hemi-hampton]

I thouight the Opening bid of $18k was to much. BUT, Hope somebody buys it & restores it right. LEON.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

It's certainly a great color combo 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

i'm going to say it should sell for  30 k  

If it does, I got the deal of the century on mine a year ago.

[moparstuart]

i'm going to say it should sell for  30 k  

If it does, I got the deal of the century on mine a year ago.

i think that would be safe to say anyway , as rust free , nice and complete as your was .  Plus it was painted and ready just some assemble required    

[F8-4life]

Projects always have amped-up/unrealistic prices due to the lower entry cost & bigger pool of potential buyers.

[charger_fan_4ever]

Looks like a no sell at 20k.

[Scaregrabber]

For sure it isn't worth anymore.

Sheldon

[myk]

Looks like a no sell at 20k.

.....Aaaaaand somewhere in America, little Susie's college education and her dream-wedding fund was just spared...

[Ghoste]

 

[1974dodgecharger]

Looks like a no sell at 20k.

I will never understand people...seriously 20k for rust and parts is not good enough to him 

[bakerhillpins]

i'm going to say it should sell for  30 k  

If it does, I got the deal of the century on mine a year ago.

i think that would be safe to say anyway , as rust free , nice and complete as your was .  Plus it was painted and ready just some assemble required    

You did get a deal of the century no matter how you slice it.

Looks like a no sell at 20k.

I will never understand people...seriously 20k for rust and parts is not good enough to him  

Yea, that's way more than I would pay for that car.    

[myk]

Looks like a no sell at 20k.

I will never understand people...seriously 20k for rust and parts is not good enough to him 

OOohhhhhh but it's an original HEMI car!!!!!11111  The factory rust is worth more than the lives and cars of half of the people on this board! 

[F8-4life]

People are doing full resto's on 318 cars & a hemi RT is pretty much the same car/same $$ to bring back relatively.
I'd say it's worth 20k initial cost just because a project/rusty xp can still bring 7-10k & that's a run of the mill charger.
From the owner's perspective this car is probably every bit of 30k by pedegree alone, like I said the build sheet is a huge deal for this car.

[charger_fan_4ever]

If i was in the market for a project again i would have paif $20k for it. I feel that would be real close to top dollar for it considering your looking at $15k for a hemi. That would be starting at $35k as it sits with a motor.
You would have to have the skills/time to do it all yourself to come out even. Wasn't Hemi Geno's OE 69 hemi for sale in the 90k range ?

[hemigeno]

Wasn't Hemi Geno's OE 69 hemi for sale in the 90k range ?

It sold north of that figure, but my former car had neither a broadcast sheet or a numbers-matching transmission going for it (as this T7 car does).  In a perfect world it'd also have its numbers-matching engine in order to make absolute top dollar, but this car still has a whole lot going for it in the pedigree category.  I found that many prospective buyers quickly lost interest when they found out my old car had a non-numbers drivetrain AND no broadcast sheet.  For whatever reason, they seem willing to overlook if one of those items is missing (numbers drivetrain or the broadcast sheet) - but if both are missing, most simply move on regardless of how correct/good the resto might be.  It's true that some buyers are only interested if a car has everything going for it, but that's not true for all cars and all buyers.

[myk]

And that's the heart of the matter; some buyers/collectors are on a different playing field that many of us don't care to understand; the majority of us just want something solid to drive in, while others are looking for that Automotive-Ivy-League paperwork...

[MaximRecoil]

I don't understand the enormous extra value people place on a set of factory options. I would understand it if it was the only way to obtain those options, but any Charger can be made into a Hemi 4-speed car if that's what you want, and assuming the conversion is done with competence, there is no practical difference. This is especially the case when the project car is just a carcass; doesn't even have those desireable options that it came with from the factory anymore. What you end up with once it's restored is not an "original" Hemi car in any meaningful sense of the word; it is a car that has some parts from an original Hemi car, none of which include the Hemi itself. 

[Ghoste]

And the people who do place value on a pedigree oftentimes don't understand why some people don't see a difference with their assembled mutts.  So in the end it all works out.

[Cooter]

H E M I


Have.  Enormous  Money. Invested....

[ws23rt]

I see this as like any other collector hobby.  A miss struck coin for example can bring much in that world.
The same with odd or high options that are original to a car.  It is funny when one remembers what they were to begin with.
We are strange birds when it comes to thinking about the value of things.

Understanding how we tick is more of a challenge than how the cars tick      

[MaximRecoil]

I don't think any serious coin collector would consider a half corroded away mis-struck coin to be worth much, even if it was a coin that would be quite valuable in good condition.

[ws23rt]

I don't think any serious coin collector would consider a half corroded away mis-struck coin to be worth much of anything, even if it was a coin that would be extremely valuable if it was in good condition.

If what remained of the coin was identifiable collector value would be there.

Of course proof coins bring more to collectors than the well worn.   

I sincerely hope this doesn't move off topic over trivial details of an example used to describe some of the nature of a collectors thinking in general.