Dreamer

[RCKSTR]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE-CHARGER-1969-NEEDS-RESTORED-ITS-ALL-THERE-318-V8-AC-/150978560365?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item232706016d

318 car, RUSTY, $15,000 starting bid 

[RIDGERACER383]

That seems like alot for that car.It needs a ton of work.

[RCKSTR]

Id say unless youre in love with it, its a donor.

[NHCharger]

Another one of those "rust free" Cali cars. Must have been parked on a beach.

[b5blue]

Yup, dreamer. Hey don't blame a guy for trying! Rust free, bondo can't rust. 

[skip68]

     That's a $2,000-$3,000 car.    Bucket seats?   

[71green go]

   That's a $2,000-$3,000 car.    Bucket seats?   

please find me a car at that price

[skip68]

I guess if the frame rails and floors are good it's worth $3,500-$4,000.   Maybe!   That car's gonna have lots of rot we don't see.      $15,000 gets you a driver in ok shape.    

[Patronus]

   That's a $2,000-$3,000 car.    Bucket seats?   

please find me a car at that price

You mean like this:  http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3536822769.html

[DadsCharger00]

I guess if the frame rails and floors are good it's worth $3,500-$4,000.   Maybe!   That car's gonna have lots of rot we don't see.      $15,000 gets you a driver in ok shape.    

My driver was 15, 500...and I feel like its in better then ok shape!

[Homerr]

OMG CAR FLIPPING ALL CAPS AD ALERT!!!!

[skip68]

When the best selling point is "car is mostly complete" that means walk away.  Unless it's cheap or priced accordingly.   

[RCKSTR]

Its either a "wife says I have to sell" so its a ridiculous number so I can keep it

or

a guy that watches barrett jackson and "this will be a $100,000 plus car when done"

The only thing its only missing "the price will go up the more I do to it"  

[JB400]

Not that bad of a car really.  At least the car looks like it's mostly there.  Only thing outragous is the price.  I think once they get a reality check, he'd have a better chance of selling.  Well worth getting if you don't mind a project.  Give him a reality check, then offer cash.

[F8-4life]

I cant get rid of my project 69 for 4500, People nowadays seem pretty scared of rust, or they expect a solid car for under 5k?? Does not make sense if you ask me...

[RCKSTR]

I cant get rid of my project 69 for 4500, People nowadays seem pretty scared of rust, or they expect a solid car for under 5k?? Does not make sense if you ask me...

If you want to look at it from a making sense stand point, why are we paying 3-30 times what the car cost new? As mopar lovers we do, but people outside the car culture think we're nuts. Would you pay $35000 for an 81 Hyundai Excel?

[JB400]

If you account for inflation, I say most of us are paying what these cars would cost if produced today.  It isn't until you get over $50,000 ( if that), that the prices get ridiculous.  I'm not 100% sure what the inflated price is exactly, it's just a guess.

[RCKSTR]

Not trying to  but I dont belive this inflation crap. Based on that, I should be selling my 1987 14" tube tv for $600 because I paid $40 for it then? You buy something, its paid for. Just cause the allmighty dollar goes up doesnt mean you paid more for something you already own.

[Hard Charger]

may be the good old boy thinks 318 is almost a 426.

[RCKSTR]

Theres a bid on it! 

Proves theres a sucker born every minute 

[JB400]

HLPAG?

[RCKSTR]

HLPAG?

If it is, that car will be orange and relisted in 10 business days.

[Mike DC]

Not trying to  stirthepot but I dont belive this inflation crap. Based on that, I should be selling my 1987 14" tube tv for $600 because I paid $40 for it then? You buy something, its paid for. Just cause the allmighty dollar goes up doesnt mean you paid more for something you already own.

So if you had bought a truckload of some commodity (oil, gold, silver, etc) at regular market value 50 years ago, then you would sell that truckload today for something in the ballpark of the same dollar amount you paid back then?

   

[RCKSTR]

Not trying to  stirthepot but I dont belive this inflation crap. Based on that, I should be selling my 1987 14" tube tv for $600 because I paid $40 for it then? You buy something, its paid for. Just cause the allmighty dollar goes up doesnt mean you paid more for something you already own.

So if you had bought a truckload of some commodity (oil, gold, silver, etc) at regular market value 50 years ago, then you would sell that truckload today for something in the ballpark of the same dollar amount you paid back then?

   

Commodities aren't consumables. They aren't purchase for use, they are purchased as investments. If I paid $50 for a consumable (car), 50 years ago, and I got my use out of it, it owes me nothing. I got every nickels worth out of it. Why would I expect to turn a profit? The one and only reason we pay what we do for these cars is emotional attachment. Pure and simple. You will not find a person on this planet that will pay up to 30x what it cost new for a 75 charger. Sure some guys buy these cars strictly as investments, but they are the guys that never drive them, they just sit on display.  

[skip68]

RCKSTR, when you go to sell your car let me know.