it might be time to sell..?wiw?

[chrisII]

ive done a ton of thinkin lately, and I think that it may be time for me to let my charger go. when i bought this car a bit over a year ago i intended to redo it to my taste and keep it till i die, however alot of factors are making me rethink this. this spring I bought a pretty decent duster, origionaly planning to rob the magnum crate engine for the charger and then let it go. I have found that i really enjoy driving the duster, easly as much or more than i do the charger. the duster is pretty respectable looking, with about the same underbody rust, but the body has ben redone (poorly and will nead re doing again in a couple years).the interiors are pretty compairble.  i have found that in the last year i have not had nearly the time i had origionaly hoped to to be working on the chargers reserection, so it pretty much just sits in the garadge taking up space that i really cant spare, and waiting for attention that i cannot give it.  the charger, being a 72 has had doors,and fenders replaced but has never had any rust repair done on it that i can find. it does have slight rust on the lower quarters but what you see is what you get. something that these days is really rare in a project car. it does run , and drive but the 360 is really tired to say the least. i did take it on a couple 80+ mile round trips last summer and never had a problem. so basicly my thoughts are that since i have 2 muscle cars, and really only have the time and space for 1 of them i am leaning more to the one that is more or less ready to go anywhere, and let the charger go assumeing that it will go to somebody who can give it the time and money that it neads. as far as options go it is not very great, but it is a solid AC car with complete AC (neading work but all there), disk brakes ,sway bar,slap stick, and 8.75 rear. I believe it was a topper car , but does not have the hideaway headlights anymore, and has had the int changed to buckets with the slap stick. no fender tag or build sheet that ive found, but this is not a car that will ever be origional so i never cared that much. I love this car, i just realise that im not at a point in my life that i have the time to do this one right.. any of our experts care to give an honest guess what i shuld ask?

[dodge freak]

Not sure but up here in Michigan thats a fairly clean car, the inside is in  bad shape-get new carpet and have the seats redone and clean up the lose wires it might get $10,000 up here by Detroit .Anything 35 years old are hard to find, only thing too is people up here are hurting, theres been mass layoffs at the auto plants and other business that depend on those workers . 6-7 years ago things were great.

Get that inside fix up, it help at great deal. I love Duster's , I remember them when they were all over the place. Fast and light weight, the back is so light its hard to drive in the rain but a sweet car.

[chrisII]

   I guess i have to say, it is in wisconsin so its pretty clean by our standards too, but in az its a rott box lol. im not getting much feedback here, but ive started watching egay too see what numbers cars on there are bringing. I dont believe its worth nearly 10g, my gut told me it isnt worth much more than  half that tops, i think i have seen small block project 72s in the 6 range, but dont know if this one would do that well, thats why i was asking opinions, but i guess out of 120 some views only one guy has one?? (thanks for your input dodge freak)


the carpet is actually really nice..the 3 smaller pics are from the ebay auction when i bought it.i vacumed it out and the carpet looked great..the seats are trashed. the driver seat back was actually broke, it currently has a bucket from a lebaron it it. if i sell i think i will put the driver seat from my duster in it (same style but also neads recovering) and put the lebaron seats in the duster as they are in awesome shape and i believe the stock type buckets belong in the charger (I was going to do that if i keeped it and sold the duster). the duster is light in the back, with 380hp and 400ftlbs of torque i dont drive it in the rain. ive heard of guys runing weights in the spare tire well to help with bite. its not always the best way to get a car to hook up cuz you have to carry that weight the whole 1/4 mile but if you spin the first 1/8 mile your guna loose lol.

[TruckDriver]

How about this...

You give me the Charger, I write you a fake note saying I paid you $10,000 for it. You show your friends, and they go WOW!. Then I have a daily driver, and you have the car out of your way and were both happy




Just from the pics, I'd have to say $1,500 to $2,000. if the back is rotted.

[dodge freak]

Its $5000 up here in Michigan, I tell you these old cars bring big bucks. We have the dream cruise in 2 weeks, people are going nuts getting their rides in shape.

[andy74]

4-5 grand here in the rust belt(read upstate new york)i looked at a all f'd up 73 witha really bad 4 speed conversion that the guy wanted 2500 for,and it wasnt driveable or easily fixable,had tons of bondo that was applied badly,etc

[twilt]

If i were a buyer, I`d be looking to get that car somewhere in the 2200-2800 range.  as far as the 10k suggestion, 

[dodge freak]

Yeah well if the inside was nice and the motor clean up. Up here in the rust belt cars go for more $. I would not pay that much but some would. You should see the ads in the papers here, old cars like the charger start at around $7000 and thats with work needed. Be glad you don't live by Detroit. I look at the $3000 cars in FL and shake my head.I might add there is also very few cars that old so there is not much to pick from.

[TruckDriver]

If i were a buyer, I`d be looking to get that car somewhere in the 2200-2800 range.  as far as the 10k suggestion, 

It was a joke Tom

[chrisII]

If i were a buyer, I`d be looking to get that car somewhere in the 2200-2800 range.  as far as the 10k suggestion, 

It was a joke Tom

think he was refering to dodge freaks post Pete.
      the back of the car is really solid. the bottom on bouth quarters nead the patch panels, and there are the couple small spots you can see int the top pic. this car has NO BONDO. the trunk extenshons are even still solid. last fall i remember similar cars selling on egouge for 5-6 but now its looking like 4-5 or less. for less than 3500 i would keep it and put it in storage till the econmy comes back a bit.from what i see i think alot of people are trying to cash out right now, and its bringing the market down.

[RD]

1500-2000 for a non numbers matching charger here in Kansas in the shape that yours is in.

[dodge freak]

I might have been a little high but I was thinking if the inside -seats , dash were in great shape and it had a nice paint job. I can not believe how much old cars sell for here in the "motor city". We have a ton of retired auto workers that love old muscle cars. That put the car in storage for a few years sounds great. It will be worth more so long as it does not rust more.

[Chris G.]

Definitely a 1K-2K car. Who said 10K or even 5K? 

Since when has location been a factor when buying? I bought one car from Canada, and another from Michigan. I could have cared less where they were from, as long as they weren't rotted through. In this day and age, location should have no bearing on what a car is worth or what someone will pay. It cost about a grand to ship a car anywhere across the U.S. Why pay more for some crapbox just because it's local? 

[chrisII]

as i said before , ive seen 72s with much rougher bodys selling well above 2g in the past year, but i believe it has to do with the time of year,..the ones im seeing right now are going around 2...and that really doesnt make me feel bad cuz ive got about 1800 in it, but to me the car is still worth more than that. i think gas prices have ben rougher on the less desireable cars as people in the market for a $2000 car are much more affected by gas prices than those buying a $20,000+ car

[twilt]

Personally, i don`t believe that you would "cash in" by holding onto it. I`d be more inclined to believe that the market will decline to some extent (a market correction) except for the "rare ones"   Would i be correct to assume that it was originally a 318 car?  Time of year definitely does have an effect on ebay prices. The summer months are definitely the worst time to sell, best to buy.

[Blakcharger440]

The economy may never recover. American big oil companies are making to much money this way.

[chrisII]

Personally, i don`t believe that you would "cash in" by holding onto it. I`d be more inclined to believe that the market will decline to some extent (a market correction) except for the "rare ones"   Would i be correct to assume that it was originally a 318 car?  Time of year definitely does have an effect on ebay prices. The summer months are definitely the worst time to sell, best to buy.

    If i store it , it will be most likely to do the way i want it when i have more time and money to put into it, and most likely when the duster is at the point i would like it to be, where when i drive into a show or cruze in people dont look an see ripped seats , and trashed dash pad. brown paint in the door jambs and under hood ect. ill never stop loving the 3rd gen chargers, and will never become somebody who cares that it came with a 318. i want a nice driver thats done fairly well, and i can take anywhere.so this is a good car for me, im just questioning if im better off waiting a while before i start on it , or leting it go. if i do let it go , it wont be right now unless somebody local comes up with the coin ,as this is a bad time price wise. 

[chrisII]

its a whole lot better than this one, might be some of you guys underestamate the value of these cars   http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/detail.aspx?id=000630-200601-000100     as i said if i could get 3500 i would let mine go. and im thinking it may be worth more to me than most. then i see this ad lol

[twilt]

Finding a stupidly priced car on the internet isn`t hard to do. That clunker you posted a link for is nothing but a $500-$600 parts car. I`d be more inclined to compare your car against comparable cars that have met reserve and actually sold on ebay.   As far as your car being a 318 car.. I don`t have a problem with 318 cars. I`ve got two of them myself. However, your post was a WIW post, and the original drivetrain makes a big difference as far as what a car is worth.  Here is another great example of an overpriced car.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93829647_W0QQitemZ120014029367QQihZ002QQcategoryZ6199QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[chrisII]

wow ..hopefully somebody put one too many zeros in there starting bid! i was posting that clunker as a joke. it seems every car on that site is over priced. that charger doesnt look terible from the pics, bout the same as mine mabey. but you have to take it home in a box. how much fun is that, just like that giant jigsaw puzzle from the garadge sale for 25cents. they dont tell ya there are a bunch of pieces missing.