For Sale &0 Polara vert, have we seen this

[polara71]

You wouldn't put it in running condition if you had it?[/QUOTE


Yeah, but I'd be driving it

 

[1978 NYB]

I would definitely be driving it too. Too nice to just sit.

 

[commando1]

Let me know if it goes to a "no reserve" auction....

Likely scenario:
They look into auctions. The hassles overwhelm them.
They start contacting "classic car" dealers hoping to sell it to them.
They all want to list it but under consignment.
While "under consignment" it will get detailed and glamour shot.
It will not sell for a year.
The owners then sell it to the consigner for $10,000.
New owner/dealer will vigorously market it for for $25,000.00.
Will sell it to an overseas buyer for $15,000.00.
Overseas buyer is a dealer flipper and advertise it for $30,000.00 U.S.
.
It will get posted here .
.
Again.
.

 

[1978 NYB]

Likely scenario:
They look into auctions. The hassles overwhelm them.
They start contacting "classic car" dealers hoping to sell it to them.
They all want to list it but under consignment.
While "under consignment" it will get detailed and glamour shot.
It will not sell for a year.
The owners then sell it to the consigner for $10,000.
New owner/dealer will vigorously market it for for $25,000.00.
Will sell it to an overseas buyer for $15,000.00.
Overseas buy is a dealer flipper and advertise it for $30,000.00U.S.
.
It will get posted here .
Again.
.

Likely...however these people really believe it's worth $200k and it looks like they be keeping for the next generation of relatives.

 

[commando1]

No. They went as far as putting it on AutoTrader. They're looking for money. I know....
This is just the start I think.

 

[polara71]

Stan could be right...... Or it sits for another 20 years

 

[bluefury361]

90% of the hoods are closed at a show and you have to meet/see the owner

IMHO that is the correct way to display a car. It's about the style ....... not the greasey bits.
At Carlisle Doug and I had a question about the additional tag on Jazebelle and approched the owner of the other red 69 300. He was more then happy, (as I would be), to open his hood and view his tag as a comparison. After the discussion, the hood goes back down.

 

[polara71]

I hate hoods open at a show, yet I usually followed the herd and opened it....usually. I'm done with that...... It stays closed.

 

[bluefury361]

I hate hoods open at a show, yet I usually followed the herd and opened it....usually. I'm done with that...... It stays closed.

Yeah ....... It's a 318/383/440 ...... just like all the other ones. Unless it's "niffy-naffyed" up with yellow wires, chrome do dads and things like that ..... then it's even less desireable to look at.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

IMHO that is the correct way to display a car. It's about the style ....... not the greasey bits.
At Carlisle Doug and I had a question about the additional tag on Jazebelle and approched the owner of the other red 69 300. He was more then happy, (as I would be), to open his hood and view his tag as a comparison. After the discussion, the hood goes back down.

I see it the same way and have mine closed, too.
Just opens it if someone wants to see something and close it again afterwards

Carsten

 

[commando1]

And I have a distaste for props. Any kind.

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[bluefury361]

And I have a distaste for props. Any kind.

Hood props .....??????

 

[Ironwolf]

And I have a distaste for props. Any kind.

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Yeah they just do not belong !!!!!

 

[Fratzog]

With my wife being in real estate a big part of her job is researching comparables. The evaluation process goes a lot smoother when sellers can see in black and white what other similar properties sell for. I wonder if such an approach would work with these sellers. Some people are simply delusional and others are just looking for the next mark. The rest who are mistaken can generally be appealed to with reason.

 

[Zymurgy]

And I have a distaste for props. Any kind.

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I agree a simple description is fine, but the mirror and such distract from the car. There was an absolutely stunning car a Nats, but it has so much crap and mirrors around it I didn't take a single picture.

 

[polara71]

Dave and Mark....With a bunch of these vert's popping up in the last few years do you think the survival rate of them is higher than 20-30%??? How many realistically could still be barn finds or just in private hands and don't want to be known?

Went through last night and counted, I have 81 cars with VINs to go with each car. I really try to get a photo of a fender tag, door tag, or dash plate to PROVE the cars existence OR so it doesnt get confused or lost with body work and paint and a new identity. Such as this




I have photos of another 26 cars that I do not have numbers for. Many times a car surfaces and I can link it to a car I have photos from 15 years ago but no numbers, thats exciting, and I cant explain it.

I also have several cars I have heard about with no pictures . Some of those have numbers but again, no photos to prove it, just hearsay .


I appreciate everyones help on this, especially the European guys since I have no way to document the dozen or so cars I know are over there.

 

[detmatt]

I'll do what I can from MI, I love that you do this.

 

[polara71]

I'll do what I can from MI, I love that you do this.

You and Jer were a huge help already.....

 

[commando1]

These things were never on my radar until I saw you and Fred talking them up here on FCBO.
Now I look for them. Still have never seen one personally down hear.
Or much of anything C-body for that matter.......

 

[polara71]

The red/blue car pictured above was a Florida car