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#6190 of 18007 Re: not really obscure [Mr_Shiftright] by kyfdx HOST Mar 03, 2005 (9:02 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 03, 2005 8:54 pm) Interesting Porsche question in Real World Trade In Values.. check it out..
#6191 of 18007 Shifty... by andre1969 Mar 04, 2005 (6:21 am)
where's that Dart located? I always liked those things. Kinda goofy and bug-eyed, but they still had a sort of charm to them. Will it start up? What color is it?
#6192 of 18007 65 dart by Mr_Shiftright HOST Mar 04, 2005 (8:43 am)
Who knows if it will start up after 17 years? Hard to say. Small block Mopars are pretty tough but if the rings have rusted to the cylinder walls, well...    It's in San Francisco, out on the avenues. I can give you the name/number if you want. The color is white, with a blue interior. I figure $1,000 bucks puts in on the road mechnically (unless you do it all yourself, then half that) , and $750 for bodywork and a paint buffing.
#6193 of 18007 . by fintail Mar 04, 2005 (6:35 pm)
A few oddballs today...immaculate c. 68 Toronado, Diahatsu Charade, Echo hatch (Canadian plated of course), and of all things, a c. 57 GMC school bus.   Stopped by the MB specialist to have an exhaust leak checked out on the fintail. Turns out I have an exhaust leak and a leaky fuel line at the gas tank. Nice. Got to see the old beast on the lift, which is always fun.   The MB guy also mentioned he sold his cherry lowline ponton on ebay - for $14K. A record for sure.
#6194 of 18007 ponton by Mr_Shiftright HOST Mar 04, 2005 (9:14 pm)
That's about market for a really stunning #1 ponton, but more like $8K-9K for anything less than just perfect. They take just as much money to restore as a coupe or convertible, so few people take the time to do them up right.
#6195 of 18007 . by fintail Mar 05, 2005 (12:41 pm)
Here's the ponton in question. I've seen it myself, I could seeing it passing for a #2 car as it really is pristine for a lowline car, but it's not near #1. The sales was legit too, according to the seller the money has already changed hands. Maybe the market will slowly turn upward for these cars. Fintails must be next! LOL   Today I went to the local step-away-from-the-junkyard car auction. A few oddballs there, including an absolutely strippo 65 Chevy BelAir sedan that seemed to have no options except for a 283. A guy across the street from the place put a 59 Buick 6-window sedan for sale in his yard....magenta and white, but kind of rusty and not worth the 4K he wanted for it no doubt. Not much else in the auction itself...there was a black 98 DeVille Concours with paint that looked like the car had spent a few years on the sun, but that's all that sticks in my mind.
#6196 of 18007 pontpn by Mr_Shiftright HOST Mar 05, 2005 (1:28 pm)
Well I'd like to actually see a cleared check on that "sale". Somebody is going to be very upset if they get that car appraised---but tough luck, one should know the market before one buys something.   Interesting, I had a similar situation with a ponton just a few weeks ago...guy wanted me to appraise it for $30K---I looked at the car and said "$5,000 maybe--it's a bit rough here and there".   Well he wasn't very happy of course but one thing some folks dont' understand is that if you OVER-appraise a car (and some appraisers will do that just for the fee) that doesn't mean the insurance company will pay you that--they aren't dummies.
#6197 of 18007 . by fintail Mar 05, 2005 (6:17 pm)
According to him the deal is done, the money has cleared, etc. I saw the car being prepped for transport. He couldn't believe it either, apparently there was a bidding war. His reserve was only something like 9K I believe, which I would expect to be high market for a pristine car.   He now predicts the market for really good rustfree pontons and fintails (he got 12K out of a 200D) could slowly start to rise. It's not easy at all to find a complete solid correct example anymore.   Today I saw something which I think is odd....a VW squareback, and the designation on the back called it a "1500 S". Is an "S" rare? Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 05, 2005 9:36 pm)
#6198 of 18007 Not an obscure vehicle, but... by 210delray Mar 05, 2005 (9:26 pm)
...it was an older (pre-97) Ford F-150 with FENDER SKIRTS. Talk about odd-looking, or how to feminize a pickup!
#6199 of 18007 Re: . [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Mar 05, 2005 (9:36 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Mar 05, 2005 6:17 pm) Well all old cars will at least rise with inflation, but 4-door cars are generally hopeless unless they have:   1. big engines 2. custom coachwork 3. are Jaguar 3.8s with wire wheels, stickshift, and overdrive.   We must remember that one sale equals a database of one. You'll always have glitches in the bell curve, sales that are too low or too high. It's the majority sales that count.   I like VW squarebacks. They are very handy, fun little cars.

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