should i offer a deal on this charger or let it go.

[spankmunky]

what do you guys think i should offer for this charger. should i even mess with it. its alot worse than my 69 was when i started it. it has been on ebay several times, looks really bad. if some one lives near there and wouldnt mind checking it out for me that would be great.



                  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350353461868&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[spankmunky]

it might be just a little bit out of my league. but i had seen that it sold but asked the seller if he had actually got rid of it and said the highest bidder didnt contact him. so i told him i would think about it and get back to him. my gut says to keep looking for the best deal since i have some money to play with. but if i can get it really cheap then i could use what i save on the car for metal work that i cant do. but any help would be great might be getting just alittle bit jumpy.

[ZSmithersCharges]

That's a lot of work.

[MoparManJim]

That's a lot of work.

That would defind alot of cars out there   

I say if you want a charger, a nice looking one, that sometimes you have to bite the bullitt. What I see there isn't much work. If you look at alot of chargers that are on this forum, just think how they look once apon a time before some of the members took or got the cars and redid them  . . Just o own one of these cars is also alot of work to.   

[charger01]

Unless you do bodywork I would look for another car.  That sheet metal work adds up really quick.  If you have the extra money, I would say it would be more wisely spent on a better body to start.

[PocketThunder]

Unless you do bodywork I would look for another car.  That sheet metal work adds up really quick.  If you have the extra money, I would say it would be more wisely spent on a better body to start.

+1   

Buy cars from out west   

[69DodgeCharger]

Unless you do bodywork I would look for another car.  That sheet metal work adds up really quick.  If you have the extra money, I would say it would be more wisely spent on a better body to start.

+1   

Buy cars from out west   

I'd pass on that one and spend a little more for something better. 

[TeeWJay426]

Unless you do bodywork I would look for another car.  That sheet metal work adds up really quick.  If you have the extra money, I would say it would be more wisely spent on a better body to start.

+1   

Buy cars from out west   

I'd pass on that one and spend a little more for something better. 

+3 

[spankmunky]

thanks guys, might have one in georgia thats all but done. if this worksout all ill have to do is paint it, put some rims on it and a few odd and ends then put it on the road.

[PocketThunder]

For example  http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/1698159450.html

Your money ahead if you buy this car for $18,000 and drive away in it.  You can buy that other car for $3000 and easily spend $15000 on it.  But if you're a metal guy and you want to do body work, go ahead by all means.  I've done two cars now where i pull them out of a field and spend thousands of dollars buying parts and spend hundreds of hours welding and grinding and in the end, i always say next time i'm going to buy one already done!  this time, i did just that and couldnt be happier.  

[694spdRT]

That '70 almost sounds like a scam but maybe not. Lack of contact and caps always bugs me.

[Brock Lee]

That's a lot of work.

That would defind alot of cars out there  

My suggestion..I would "defind" this car and look for something better. Even if you want a project, I think for just a little effort you could find something with fewer issues. If you removed the trashed parts from this, it isn't much better than a $1K rotted carcass with few parts included.

[viper r/t]

For example  http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/1698159450.html

Your money ahead if you buy this car for $18,000 and drive away in it.  You can buy that other car for $3000 and easily spend $15000 on it.  But if you're a metal guy and you want to do body work, go ahead by all means.  I've done two cars now where i pull them out of a field and spend thousands of dollars buying parts and spend hundreds of hours welding and grinding and in the end, i always say next time i'm going to buy one already done!  this time, i did just that and couldnt be happier.  

Yea, that black '70 is a scam. It's on ebay for like 30k..

[bakerhillpins]

For example  http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/1698159450.html

Your money ahead if you buy this car for $18,000 and drive away in it.  You can buy that other car for $3000 and easily spend $15000 on it.  But if you're a metal guy and you want to do body work, go ahead by all means.  I've done two cars now where i pull them out of a field and spend thousands of dollars buying parts and spend hundreds of hours welding and grinding and in the end, i always say next time i'm going to buy one already done!  this time, i did just that and couldnt be happier.   

Yea, that black '70 is a scam. It's on ebay for like 30k..

And its listed in like 3 other states too. One of them is up in the North East (Maine?)

[PocketThunder]

Well i'll be damned!! 

Try this then:  http://danville.craigslist.org/cto/1691992062.html

A 69 440 4-speed dana car.  Its 5 times the amount of the 70 but your end result will be worth twice as much.  see how that works?  plus its the better year anyways..   

[spankmunky]

yea im like the rest of you guys on this. i want a 69 so i was just looking at it like its a really crapy car so if i convert it to a 69 then i only better it with no real loss. just getting anxious we had our baby yesterday (a boy) and my other son is just getting in to cars so i really want a cool project to do with them. seeing as how it will take a few years to complete. let it sit for some time and buy up parts and when my littlest guy can turn some bolts we could get started on it. in the mean time me and my oldest son can do the tear down and get body work done. there are a few around here that would be great candidates but no one wants to sell them. would be nice to drive and then later build it like i want. i was thinking of offering him 4 or 500 for it anyway because realisticly thats what it is worth to me. i wouldnt pay 3000 for it. but at the same time there is still 1000's of dollors worth of work. ill keep looking. thanks again

[charger01]

I would think you would be wasting your breath though offering 4or 5 hundred bucks for it.  I mean you never know, but surely it's worth more than that.  In this market, I would say realistically 1500-2200

[spankmunky]

yea i understand that, just would low ball since it has been on ebay 4 times. frustration leads to good things sometimes lol. also try to get as cheap as possible so i could get more do to it sooner.

[Cooter]

One thing to remember when buying done is things aren't always as they seem AFTER you've blown your wad on that "Dream car", only to find out it's a Bondo buggy with a $20K pricetag...Sure, it looked good in the pics, but you get it home and get to picking at it, and the next thing you know, you don't have a quilt with a little fray, you now own a pile of yarn...At least when you build it yourself, even with countless hours, you at least know what you have in the end...

[69DodgeCharger]

I would think you would be wasting your breath though offering 4or 5 hundred bucks for it.  I mean you never know, but surely it's worth more than that.  In this market, I would say realistically 1500-2200

I was gonna say are you actively trying to insult the guy right off the bat? If so that's a pretty good way to go about it. If you tried that with me the price would go up just for being a "Richard"

[spankmunky]

yea i do want to find one that isnt all done so i can see what needs to be done. if theres metal work to be done i would know about it. so i totally agree, i have had some bondo buggys before and thought they would just need some paint and off i go and then bam quarters, frame you name it lol.

[spankmunky]

as for 69dodge charger i dont just walk up and say heres the wad take it all lol, when someone says make me an offer i start with what id like to pay for it. if you have a price on it then i will try to haggel but i have a clear idea where i need to go and how low. i know how much i wanna pay for something and then when it exceedes that oh well gone is gone. theres nothing wrong with trying to get a better deal

[69DodgeCharger]

as for 69dodge charger i dont just walk up and say heres the wad take it all lol, when someone says make me an offer i start with what id like to pay for it. if you have a price on it then i will try to haggel but i have a clear idea where i need to go and how low. i know how much i wanna pay for something and then when it exceedes that oh well gone is gone. theres nothing wrong with trying to get a better deal

I'm not trying to bust your balls here but don't you think offering somebody 80-85% less than what they are asking for it is a little insulting? If not try this. You are asking $100 for item "A" I come up and offer 15-20 dollars. (80-85% less) What would you do?

[spankmunky]

if ive tried to sell it 4 or 5 times i just might take that since it is not doing me any good, if i really want a 100 dollors for it ill tell you no thanks but i need 100 dollors for it. then if he wants to increase his amount but not to 100 then we have started bartering the price and maybe come to agreement that were both happy with. my 69 when i bought it the man wanted 10000 for it. i didnt have it all i had was 7500. i went back 2 or 3 times and finally the man told me he needed his yard cleaned and some of the other cars he had needed arranged and put on blocks. i did this and a few other odd ends and he said he would take 7000 for it. so togather we both got what we needed. what if i just gave up on 10000, or spent 10000 on it. then i would have been a few months behind on my car. might have been a good thing since i wouldnt have been in my wreck with it. i have had several cars and trucks and have always gotten a deal on them that was resonable to what i wanted to pay. if you buy a new car off the lot do you pay sticker price or do you haggel on it and try to save some money, or if the dealer says make me an offer do you start hi and hope he comes down for you, or do you try and get it as cheap as possible by offering the least amount for it.

[Brock Lee]

Realistically, he could part out the grille assembly, crush the rest and be ahead of your offer.