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

Started by h76, June 20, 2007, 08:21:12 PM

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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.
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Brock Samson

 :popcrn:
From what i understand $ 5 K will get you a good condition air grabber hood....  :shruggy:
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...  :scratchchin:... 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?..   :brickwall:



 

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


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.
1966 Falcon
1969 Mustang Mach 1
1970 Charger R/T 440+6 4spd

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69charger2002

hey i just sold him that car lol
trav
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70charger_boy

Quote from: 69charger2002 on June 21, 2007, 05:37:54 PM
hey i just sold him that car lol
trav

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

69charger2002

yessir it needs a lot of work, which is why i sold it..
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justin1987

Quote from: mikepmcs on June 20, 2007, 08:22:51 PM
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

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Not a Hemi, a mini-hemi 340.

Ghoste

Quote from: sixpack70 on June 21, 2007, 01:20:15 PM
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.)

 


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
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70charger_boy

Quote from: 69charger2002 on June 23, 2007, 08:35:17 PM
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. :icon_smile_big:

70charger_boy

Quote from: IowaCharger69 on June 24, 2007, 05:29:19 PM
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. :icon_smile_big:

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.
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic