My OH My-What $5k gets you in 2007

[lumpy]

i just got this for $5k 

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/355576659.html

       the deals are still out there..

thanks for posting the ad lumpy
trav


No Problem. Are you close to PHX? I hope the car is a good deal for you !!

[Forza]

A frame with wheels & maybe a cup holder.

[dpm68]

I consider myself lucky, as do others, no doubt. I bought mine about four years ago, and it ain't no trtailer queen, I'll tell ya. But it is what it is and I got it for $2500 and I'm glad for that. I could sell the buckets and all the stainless and prolly get more than what I paid for the whole schmear...and it's an R/T.

[Ghoste]

What 5k gets you depends on hard you want to look.  The days of people you don't know calling you up and offering a car for cheap because they heard you had one like it are probably over.  You will have to do a little homework and hunt for them and yes, even scour the country with a trailer.  If you are waiting for the deal to fall in your lap or figure that competing for a low priced complete running car on e-bay is the best way, it may take a little longer.

[hemihead]

With the prices today and almost everyone having a computer the deals are far and few in between. Before anyone sells anything today they search for values on the computer.But if you are patient and have a little luck you may find a deal still.I know of a Completely rotted out 67 Coronet R/T that has been in numerous river floods since the early 80's the guy won't sell. Trim parts are the only good thing left. I know of a 70 or 71 Cuda sitting in an alley with weeds growing around it. No one home. I bought a 75 Road Runner in Feb. for parts cost $200. Probably could have been saved but I needed the parts.

[Brock Samson]

 
From what i understand $ 5 K will get you a good condition air grabber hood.... 
I paid $ 500 for both my parts cars in the mid '80s a green '70 500 which was organ doner for my sb drivetrain for ten years while i rounded up the big block r/t stuff just so so i could have a running car,.. and a '69 SE a couple years later for the black interior and some trim,.. the '70's unibody was a basket case having been broadsided...
and the '69 had it's drivetrain totally stripped... i figgure both would be approx $ 5K these days...

i know i mentioned here once,.. in the late '90s a guy offered me a complete '70 challanger auto 440 SIX-PACK, plum crazy black int.  with the elastomeric bumpers pretty much complete for $ 6K cash... i guess that same car today would be...  ... alot more...
no way i figgured i could split my forces at that point, cause ya' know what happened to Hitler...


Jackie?.. does this mean i'm out of the runnin?..   



 

[1BAD68]

I picked up my 68 on superbowl sunday '05 for 7000 cash while everyone else was watching the game and drinking beer. I saw the ad freshly posted on Saturday and spent the rest of the day trying to call the guy, finally got ahold of him at 8pm and told him I would be there in the morning with cash. Luckily one of my friends doesn't watch football so he drove down with me 200 miles.

$5k is stretching it a bit but I think if you are johny on the spot you can still get a decent Mopar for under 10k

Heres a photo the day I bought it...
and after I buffed and polished it...

[70charger_boy]

1bad68 that is one bad 68

[sixpack70]

I see a lot of A-bodies for around 4-6k. Usually in decent shape. Now B-bodies, those are stupid expensive. A guy I know has a Demon and he got it for around 5k and its in great shape.

[PocketThunder]

there is a 69 bee convt cheap with acouple days to go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Coronet-1969-DODGE-CORONET-500-CONVERTIBLE-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ180131435416QQihZ008QQcategoryZ6200QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


also a 69 bee
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Coronet-1969-DODGE-CORONET-SUPER-BEE_W0QQitemZ180131528848QQihZ008QQcategoryZ6200QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


wish i had so extra cash for one of those

Damn that hardtop car is a factory black (X9) car!!! 

[Charger_Fan]

This guy wants $2,500 for his '70 Charger; http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,29526.0.html

[69charger2002]

hey i just sold him that car lol
trav

[70charger_boy]

hey i just sold him that car lol
trav

Trav, I looked at that car and it's a piece.......

[69charger2002]

yessir it needs a lot of work, which is why i sold it..

[justin1987]

Nothing but a parts car. 

v/r
Mike

I bought my 1969 Charger in December for $3500 and it was a 99% complete car with only trunk rust and some minor rust on the quarters. Granted it was in a state of disassembly, but it was all there. Plus the guy threw in SEVERAL extra parts. Like half an extra grill, three headlight assemblies, etc. I just caught the right guy at the right time. Here is a picture after we got it home, cleaned it up, and stripped the rest of it down.

[whitehatspecial]

Here's one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Charger-19342016_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6199QQihZ004QQitemZ140129402164QQrdZ1

[Ghoste]

I see a lot of A-bodies for around 4-6k. Usually in decent shape. Now B-bodies, those are stupid expensive. A guy I know has a Demon and he got it for around 5k and its in great shape.

On the flip side to that though, some people have been getting into the 30's on A-bodies too.  OTOH, I know one clown with a very nice 70 Swinger 340 and he figures it's a 30k car.  He took it to an auction not long ago and it bid to 17.5, which I thought was ALL the money for it.

[Mike DC]

 
Hey, we all know the deal.  If the car's in demand and you can't build copy of it for less than XXX dollars, then it's worth XXX dollars.
Doesn't matter what an A-body "should be" worth. 

(Heck, a lot of people insist that '69 Chargers still "should be" cheap.  They're the guys who've been "looking around for one" since 1986.)

 

[70charger_boy]

here ya go
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140130006087&rd=1,1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270133924915&rd=1,1

[69charger2002]

yep those are mostly parts cars. like most people said is mostly what you find for 5k and under. those cars are 3 year projects minimum
trav

[70charger_boy]

yep those are mostly parts cars. like most people said is mostly what you find for 5k and under. those cars are 3 year projects minimum
trav

looks more like 5 year projects to me

[IowaCharger69]

I picked this up in late 2006 for 1300$. That price included a full interior and quarter skins. The guy had people offer him a lot more but none of them got the car. Not only did he tell me that, but so did a couple guys that had been trying to buy the car for several years.  I saw the car under a tarp. I left a note in the guy's door that basically said: "You have a beautiful car there. I have always loved 69 Chargers. If you need a hand tracking down parts or if you ever feel like selling it give me a call". He called the next day and I bought it.




Motor was seized, tranny was shot, didn't have floors, needed quarters, needed sheet metal down the entire passengers side, needs a hood, and roof. No power steering, no power brakes, and most the gauges fans and heater don't work. Oh! and the frame is shot!

I think I bought bought somebody's used up parts car parts car.

[70charger_boy]

I picked this up in late 2006 for 1300$. That price included a full interior and quarter skins. The guy had people offer him a lot more but none of them got the car. Not only did he tell me that, but so did a couple guys that had been trying to buy the car for several years.  I saw the car under a tarp. I left a note in the guy's door that basically said: "You have a beautiful car there. I have always loved 69 Chargers. If you need a hand tracking down parts or if you ever feel like selling it give me a call". He called the next day and I bought it.




Motor was seized, tranny was shot, didn't have floors, needed quarters, needed sheet metal down the entire passengers side, needs a hood, and roof. No power steering, no power brakes, and most the gauges fans and heater don't work. Oh! and the frame is shot!

I think I bought bought somebody's used up parts car parts car.

Sounds like you scored

[IowaCharger69]

Usually I hit up traderonline.com . I search for classics in my price range throughout the country. It's a bit of a pain, but every once in a while I hit solid gold.

[69bronzeT5]

Well I dont know what you can get for 5k now a days but we got my 69 for $400 back on Dec.27/98.