WIW? 1973 Dodge Charger Rallye with pictures

[Charger1973]

It looks to be an original 340 Rallye Charger.  Its an automatic and has air.  From what I understand the 340 was replaced 20+ years ago with a 318, but the car itself is all original right down to the paint.  I have yet to see it in person but I would like to get an idea of its value.

[TruckDriver]

Nice looking car $8,000 to $10,000?

[Charger1973]

A few more pics...

[konigcharger]

10-12k? hard to say

[Nacho-RT74]

without see interior and depending of options, would say around $13-14K

[Charger1973]

Thanks guys.  I have not seen the interior either yet so I cant say what else is does/doesnt have. 

[hemihead]

You people are nuts.It has a 318, not even a 340.A very nice car but without the orginal engine or least the orginal engine size it is no way worth even 8K. And 13-14K? What in Pesos? LOLOLOLOL

[twilt]

Looks like a very nice car. I don`t know what its worth, only what I would be willing to pay for it. From my perspective,its got 2 major strikes against it, being green and having a not original 318 under the hood. 6.5k-8.5k is what I would pay. 

[41husk]

I know if I was buying, it would have to be under 8k for me to feel I was getting a great deal, just looking at pictures depending on what I had in the car, I would be trying to fetch in the 8.5K range.

[mikepmcs]

 

[andy74]

Looks like a very nice car. I don`t know what its worth, only what I would be willing to pay for it. From my perspective,its got 2 major strikes against it, being green and having a not original 318 under the hood. 6.5k-8.5k is what I would pay. 

i agree,6500 to 8500 is where id want to be,i paid 4000 for my big block car,before paint/interior body work,and with it done ive got about 12 in it

[Nacho-RT74]

You people are nuts.It has a 318, not even a 340.A very nice car but without the orginal engine or least the orginal engine size it is no way worth even 8K. And 13-14K? What in Pesos? LOLOLOLOL

Yes is true, I forgott that detail...maybe 12K as much. Would it be more with original engine and numbers matching, Tach, Console, Am/Fm Radio and stuff like that... nice conditions tuff wheel.

Anyway, if interior is PERFECT, then I would say MORE... restore interior is the harder and expensive part IMHO, and if you don't have that headache you pay for it

and If we think is ALMOST a survivor, with untouched paint, stripes, moldings, BUMPER FILLERS, etc... being a rallye by default and must have machine gun tips and pins hood ( part of 340 Rallye equipment ). On pic it looks machine gun tips  are there. Magnum wheels, Dual racing chrome mirrors... A/C, de luxe bumper guards... damn I'm editind this reply every time I notice some detail.

Green color, you can like or not but is a fact is in PERFECT CONDITIONS not visible damage, dents or scratches

To much worthly details JUST ON EXTERIOR. If you put together every detail sold on ebay separatelly, I bet will hit $12K

And we don't use Pesos. That's several other countries but not here.

[71 Bee Man]

You people are nuts.It has a 318, not even a 340.A very nice car but without the orginal engine or least the orginal engine size it is no way worth even 8K. And 13-14K? What in Pesos? LOLOLOLOL

G'day guys,

I'm afraid I'll have to side with Hemihead.

I remember when I was looking for my car the 73/74 models just weren't getting any money. I saw some really nice cars advertised that were just plain cheap. I reckon it's probably a $5 - 6,000 car. It's all about collectability I guess. Sure there's always someone out there willing to pay the price, but I think in this case I'd be starting at the bottom end of the scale.



Peter

[Charger1973]

Its a nice car...  if I had it I would not care about its value because I would be keeping it.  The original motor is not there anyway, so to me it is just a nice, basically untouched Charger that needs nothing more than a replacement 340 motor and possibly a color change.  If its not worth a whole lot, that would go a long ways towards me being able to have a shot at it.  But chances are its still way out of my range at the moment.  We will see. 

[TruckDriver]

I like the green myself. 

[konigcharger]

http://www.nadaguides.com/default.aspx?LI=1-22-1-5013-0-0-0&l=1&w=22&p=1&f=5014&c=11&m=1052&d=2478&y=1973&vi=69739&o=10716|10721&da=-1

10-15k seems fair to me and that car looks good

[twilt]

NADA guides are always high.  (might have something to do with the word Dealer) You can like it or not, but being green is not a good thing from a $$ perspective. 

[supserdave]

Any metal repair done? I would say 5-6500 would be a good deal if it ran and drove nice and needed nothing major besides the engine.

Thinking of selling yours and buying this one?

[Charger1973]

Any metal repair done? I would say 5-6500 would be a good deal if it ran and drove nice and needed nothing major besides the engine.

Thinking of selling yours and buying this one?

I was told it was all original besides the motor, even the paint. 

I dont think I would sell mine even if I could get this one.  I started a 73 Charger project that I had to sell once and I never got rid of the urge to finish my project...  I purposely bought this one as a project so I could make it exactly how I wanted it and finally finish what I started.  Id still like to have a nice original like this one though. 

[ramit]

$7,142.68 

[no318]

"I'll say $1, Bob!"

[nakita7]

OK, I'll say it...

"What someone is willing to pay" 

[hemihead]

Agreed Nakita7 

[71 Bee Man]

OK, I'll say it...

"What someone is willing to pay" 

This 100% correct.

The amount of times I've given someone my opinion of a vehciles worth, and they've ended up paying twice that, is astounding. Mind you, it's not that I'm undervaluing, but rather they just really wanted it and didn't mind paying that much.

Guys, just as an example, and Australian R/T Charger went for $130,000 Aust. at a recent Auction. Until that time the most anyone had paid for this type of Aussie R/T was around $40,000. Just goes to show. I had an Australian Charger with factory 340....reasonably collectible here I guess, but it was an "old mans" car.....beige, brown interior. I sold it for $16,000 Aust. I've recently found it's since sold for $40,000. There's no way I would've paid that - but someone did.

Peter
Sydney, Australia

[twilt]

OK, I'll say it...

"What someone is willing to pay" 

Kind of funny  that the last 2 posters didn`t realize that nikita was being sarcastic.  (note the rolling eyes) The "what someone is willing to pay" line is a worn out load of crap. Its a completely overused useless response that doesn`t  help answer the specific question being asked. 

[Nacho-RT74]

I keep my bid.

[hemihead]

I don't see that as a useless line.It is a fact.If you have something that is undesired it is not worth anything.If one person will give you $100 for an item and someone else will give you $150 that would lead one to believe it is worth $150.If you listen to the Insurance companies a 73 Charger is worth $300.Does that make it so?People throw around values and everyone has their own option of that value.If most guys here were looking at that car to buy for themselves they would never give the owner that kind of money for that car, they would say " It's not worth that" and then make a low ball offer.Then when they sell they get offended when they don't get 2 or 3 times as much as they paid for it.I believe the best thing to do is do your research and come to your own conclusions.

[Charger1973]

All very good information. 

Im really just looking to see what you guys would give for that car if YOU were to buy it.  Im not really asking how much should I spend...  just trying to get an average value based on opinions of other people who would have an interest in buying a car like this. 

[41husk]

I would.

[twilt]

Sorry that i don`t have time for economics lesson this morning. My point is that answering a WIW question with the "whatever someone is willing to pay" line is simply not helpful. Kind of like answering a question with a question.

[1958300]

For what it's worth, I sold a 1973 340 rallye with a sunroof last year for $3,500. The car was numbers matching, with no major rust, but it did need everything else. The guy that bought it from me is trying to sell it for $6,500, which I think is too much for the car.

[ch7073]

I really like this car. If the car is very very nice I would be willing to pay up to 10,000 to 12,000 for it. I love the green. But I am aware that the color is a huge turn off to many people. Bottom line: what someone is willing to pay is what it is worth at that time. If this car is for sale I would like to buy it.

[chargerkid]

The car is worth around $6,000.00 tops.  Would I give that much for it?  Me personally...no.  Times are bad in alot of areas and people are getting rid of their cars.  So there are alot of cars out there for sale.  I think if you were to buy it and hold it for a few years it may double the price once the economy picks up again.  Condition of the interior really doesn't matter.  It more of the body and frame rails.  Interiors are an easy fix, not as costly, and can be replaced in a day.

Yes it's my opinion.  But I have been dealing alot with these cars.  I have seen what they go for locally, nationally, on the net, at auctions, and mopar shows.  The 73 and 74 cars aren't bringing that high dollar of money.  People are more focused towards the 71 and 72 than the 73 and 74.  I like all four years.

I have that same car.  The same green color, but at least I have the matching block and it's a sunroof car.  The car only has 34,000 on it.  But it was stripped of most of its parts when I bought it.  It seems I can't give my car away for $1,500.00.  Oh and BMOTOXSTAR says its a turd and he wouldn't give $500.00 for mine. 

[jasonfromIKILLYA]

I'm going with around $6,000.  There were something like 116,000 chargers made in 73, and no one except us crazies seems to like them so it's just not worth that much.  It's more about what it means to you though.  When I get done with mine it's not going to be worth much to anyone (cause I'm making my own version) but I could care less.  It's my charger, and I'm planning to be burried in it.

[vert]

I have to side with Hemihead on this.  It does look like a nice car tho.  BTW, I saw a nice 72 Rayyle for $9k recently.  Looked really good in pictures.  I'm a 71 guy personally...

[Charger1973]

Ok well this car just sold yesterday...  It was in a local estate auction.  I had a friend who attended and was going to bid for me, if it went cheap...   Would you beleive they got $18,000 for it?    

[supserdave]

wow, thats good money!

[TruckDriver]

 

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Wow,
  My very nice 73' 400 Rally must be worth some big $. I will have to sell it and go buy that 71' R/T that I am dreaming about, I will be 1/2 way there ! 

[Charger1973]

I honestly thought I might get lucky, because everything was solid ice yesterday morning when they had the sale.  I didnt figure many people would even show up...

[BMOTOXSTAR]

That does suck. I wish you would have found a deal also. It sucks that an average buyer can't afford a nice 3rd gen anymore. It has me sick.  :Twocents:The past few years have been really stupid. I buy my Mopars to keep & not to re-sell & profit. That is why it pisses me off. I am going to buy a 74' Satellite before they go up as well.
Really feels like a kick in the nads when you might get lucky on a Mopar and some choch pays more than it is worth and ends up with the Mopar you want.

[41husk]

Shoot, I am growing fonder and fonder of my 73 rallye U code with a 72 air grabber hood.