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Finish it or sell it as an unfinished project?

Started by carsnguitars, October 04, 2013, 02:06:56 PM

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carsnguitars

This is probably been talked about before...but asking again if it has.
Looking at lots of ads, project cars come in lots of unfinished states, heck even finsished cars seemed to alwasy need something unless it is 100 point auction car...hell that even needs something..a new driver!
So kinda curious thoughts on selling unfinished car vs completing more work.
Wife is always on me about selling a car or two. I decide to sell my 71r/t.
Major stuff left
Exterior:
Be ready for paint in a few weeks, and still need vinyl top
Interior:
Needs headliner, dash pad and pass/driver seat recovered.

So do I take the few more months and finish or make wife happy and sell it now? I would really love to se it thru personally but...

what are your thoughts those you sold or bought projects vs finished. Do buyers prefer them finished?
Also, worth the effort/cost to finish vs selling now?

Dino

That's a tough one.  There are so many variables it's not even funny.

Let's start here: 

What would your asking price be as it sits?
What investment are we talking about to get it to where you want it?
What would your asking price be at that point?

If possible please post pics, the more the better although if it's dozens, you may want to link to them instead of using Troy's bandwidth.

You can start a poll and get a more clear picture of what people here would want but it will not be anything set in stone.  Repeat the poll next month and you may see vastly different answers.

I like both drivers and projects.  I do not like restored cars because sellers think they can get their money back and then some which is not real common for these cars.  On top of that, you don't know what's under the shiny paint unless the car is really well documented.  If you choose to finish the car, make sure it comes with all the pictures that show the work.

Winter's around the corner so projects, in general, sell a little easier.  By next spring, it's the other way around so keep that in mind.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

70 sublime

If it will drive around the way it is try to sell it now
It sounds like it is at the stage where anybody could pick the colour they would want to do
If you can not get what you want for it (at least you can tell the wife you tried:) ) then you can still finish it
next project 70 Charger FJ5 green