Sweet car Kurt :TU: I don't know what the 68's are worth, but your reserve sure sounds reasonable to me. Make sure you take your own advice too... "keep the faith" :beer I guess this whole thing has been kinda hard on me because I've never "really" tried to sell a car before. I always buy them, and then after a while someone talks me out of the car. I traded one car for another car even up. He approached me at a gas station and told me how sweet he thought my car was, and asked if I wanted to trade. I checked out his ride... and 24 hours later we were swapping titles. I had never even thought about getting rid of that car. Another one I sold because a kid kept coming to my house about once a month with a little better offer than he made the previous month. My car wasn't even for sale... but after several months and several offers.... I just couldn't refuse! :laugh: The list goes on and on. Maybe I'm a little too impatient. I'm not an experienced seller. o No: :beer
I like everybody's thoughts in this thread. I couldn't disagree with any of you:beer But i will throw in what i do with my century:I drive my car saturday and sunday, and wednesday every week if the weather is not deathstriking, and i drive it on the highway at least once every two weeks. I figure since my future plans are to have a frame-off resto. in about 3 or so years, then i guess since the car is driveable, has insurance, and has a legal driver:laugh: , then i should get all the fun out of it as i can. And even when i get it restored, it is not going to be a show car, but it is not going to be exactly my daily driver either. Now if i had a numbers matching stage I, or a numbers matching muscle car out all, it would be meticulously tooken care of. My car is not by any means a "Rare-jewel", but is a classic and is becoming rare, so it is still cared for. There's my idea of owning a mid-seventies classic. Everybody has good ideas here:bglasses: -Cody
I'm also with the thoughts on this thread. I rebuilt my '64 GTO about 8 years ago. Used it as a daily driver for 4 years. Have put about 50,000 miles on it since the rebuild. It got vandalized once. It's on its third refresh on the paint. It needs a new top and another top repaint. (Caught in a hailstorm outside of Abilene coming back to AZ from the last Power Tour.) The interior is starting to wear. However, its been fun and for the money I have in it and could get out of it if I were to sell, I'm still doing a lot better than if I had bought a new Z-28, Tahoe, or Park Avenue 8 years ago. I guess I picked up my '53 Buick Special Conv. for basically the same reasons. However, this time I wanted an automatic that would be allowed on Americruise. Keep the old rides rolling. Rebuilding an engine/transmission or refreshening an interior is generally cheaper than the depreciation on a new ride. And, the more we do it, the more parts will become available.
I'm with the drive 'em or sell 'em crowd. My show stopping 71 GS Stage 1 convertible was just too nice to drive around. It was a 1 of 81 cars like it. So I sold it and got cars I could drive. That '68 in Fayettevull looks like a nice one for that new member that is looking for something <$2K. He might be able to pick it up for $3800 or so?
I always hate selling a car, I'm glad the wagon sold as fast as it did(12 hours) with the 68 it's been more painful, but it will sell I just have to be patient and luckily I'm not hurting for the $$...don't get me wrong as I could really use the cash but I'm not in a bind. Like I said I'm negotiable on that price, if the new kid on the board wanted it I'm sure I'd let it go for $3800 I've had the car and enjoyed it for 10 years it's time for somone else to love it, and in the meantime I'll continue to drive and enjoy it!
