What did you pay for your car?

$2k for my '62 back in 1997.

 

4K for mine back in 2003.

 

paid 2K in 2008 for my lark

 

$600.00 for the Cat in '92.

Devon

 

$1,000 for my 67 about 20+ years ago and I bought my 69 for $600 11 years ago.

 

1971 Buick Skylark for $500

 

This isn't going to end well!
1971 Electra donated by dad in 1977 (My 8th car but my 1st Buick)
1971 Electra for $400 in 80 (Two 71 Lime Mist Green Electras in the driveway)
1970 Skylark $200 in 83.
1971 Lesabre 40K miles (bought it wrecked) with the 455 for the 70 Skylark $200 in 83.
1972 Stage 1 $2800.00 plus another $13K to restore it in 92.
1987 Turbo daily driver for $4600 in 95.
1987 Turbo 23K mile showroom original barn find in Nebraska for $4500 in 97.
1970 Wildcat (triple black and 50K miles in Iowa) in 2001 for $4500.
1987 Turbo (avatar car) in 2001 for $10k (now I have a small fortune in it).



That was just the Buicks.

The rest of the story
1961 Chevy Biscayne $50 in 68. Wrecked it.
1961 Chevy Biscayne $50 in 71.
1969 Plymouth Valiant $650 in 72. Wrecked it.
1969 Cougar with a 428 4-speed for $700 in 73. Wrecked it.
1969 Pontiac Catalina $700 in 74. Wrecked it.
1965 Cadillac for $350 in 75.
1961 Corvette 283 4-speed (Triple Black) for $3500 in 75.
1969 Chevy SS in 1980 for $300 only had a collapsed lifter (1st wife totaled it car was georgous).
1967 Cadillac Deville (40K mile & showroom condition) $3000 in 91.

That's just the first and most interesting. There are too many others to list.

Mikey

 

December of 1988 I bought a 100% number matching 70 Stage 1 from the famous Larry Gibson...for $3900. I was a college student at the time but it was well worth it. It's the car in my avatar. It took me an hour to get Larry down a $100 (was $4000)...many years later Larry told there another guy waiting across the street to buy it and that's why he didn't want to budge on the price. LOL

 

4700 or 4800 in july 05?

 

Have I mentioned that it was free?

 

I bought my 53 at a towing yard auction in 1973 for $50.00. It had a 322
with a rod knock.

 

$200 for my 1967 Skylark two days ago

All original, all it needs is a good cleaning, some paint and a little engine TLC

 

Back in '82, I picked up a 72 Skylark Custom, Fire Engine Red, White interior, rally wheels, for 100.00. It had a blown 350 4V, and I already had an engine. That was a great deal...And a really nice car...
My 70 Skylark Custom Convertible, bought in 1998, was a 2800.00 deal. needed an engine and total restoration, though...
My brother bought his 70 GS455 for 700.00 in 1981 at a car lot.
RW

 

71 GS350 about 6 months ago for $3000 in New Hampshire

 

$600 for my 1976 Electra in August of 2004, cosmetically flawed, but had a great interior, never had many issues until March 2009. Haven't driven it much since then.

 

$400 in 1984 dollars, and several thousand in rehab for being so crazy!

For the '67 GS400

 

traded a 95 subaru wagon w 200000 miles and got 2 72 larks (1 parts car 1 driver) and 1000 cash oh what a deal

 

I paid nothing for my car.

 

I paid $1200 for my GS455 in 1985. I burned a LOT of oil.

This is me putting the engine back together in 1986 or so.



Here it is in '87 or '88 with my brother.



And again in '90 or so(That is Terry Bunton, who I met at the GS Nats in '88 or '89 I think and got me into the LSPBC. Lost track of him. See Dean, Terry really did see my GS.)

 

1991 69 LeSabre $1300 (27,000 original miles)
1998 72 Electra $475 (parts car)
2004 73 Electra-traded a couple of cylinder heads and an intake manifold for it.


1986 72 Chevy C20 $875
1992 76 Chevy 4x4 $500

Should've saved it all up and actually bought a nice car, but that probably wouldn't have been as much fun.:Smarty:

Nick