For Sale 1969 Polara - CHP?

[MrMoparCHP]

What are the odds it will sell for a lot less than 8 grand?

With the reserve above the $2500 opening bid it is hard to say. This one is missing its original engine and has some serious rust on the frame and roof. Even being a true CHP used car i have my doubts of the value over $2500.


Alan

 

[amazinblue82]

With the reserve above the $2500 opening bid it is hard to say. This one is missing its original engine and has some serious rust on the frame and roof. Even being a true CHP used car i have my doubts of the value over $2500.

i agree with MrMoparCHP on its apparent condition and CHP pedigree. there's a fair bit of resto work to do.

of all the c-body squads this is the one have..the '69 CHP's ... as has been pointed out (by the seller) here in this Forum many times.

still, if this one gets to $8+K it would surprise me..again...but anything is possible between willing buyers and sellers.

wherever the bidding goes now or in the future, I hope it does well enough for the seller to part with it and I hope the buyer will try to save it.

 

[polara71]

Someone had to have the last one. Is this car gonna suffer because the one buyer that was willing to spend off the market?

 

[amazinblue82]

Someone had to have the last one. Is this car gonna suffer because the one buyer that was willing to spend off the market?

my take:

i will assume the seller knows what he's got (its condition, its rarity, its desirability, etc) and has factored all that into what he wants for it. assuming the buyer has equal sophistication, then this car will go (eventually) for a "fair" price.

"sophisticated" (i.e, "knowledgable") buyers and sellers will sort this one out i think. and such people do not tend to be swayed much one way or another by recent/past market "anomalies" ("crazy" money on one end of the spectrum, or "fire sale" prices on the other).

guess we'll all see in time on this one

 

[MrMoparCHP]

I have a little history on the recent car.

Last December (2013) I was sent a picture of this car by a board member only stating it was in Arizona and they were thinking of looking at it. From the pictures sent I could tell it was a genuine CHP used car. That was pretty much the last I heard of it.

August of this year (2014) I get an email about a 69 CHP car someone just purchased, it was this car, different person. Not much more, I was able to conclude that he was in the greater Seattle area. No new pictures but I was able to confirm it was the same car.

Three months later here it is, probably the best pictures yet.


Alan

 

[polara71]

my take:

i will assume the seller knows what he's got (its condition, its rarity, its desirability, etc) and has factored all that into what he wants for it. assuming the buyer has equal sophistication, then this car will go (eventually) for a "fair" price.

"sophisticated" (i.e, "knowledgable") buyers and sellers will sort this one out i think. and such people do not tend to be swayed much one way or another by recent/past market "anomalies" ("crazy" money on one end of the spectrum, or "fire sale" prices on the other).

guess we'll all see in time on this one

My point was, the last car got 8 grand because the one guy out there that had to have one real bad was willing to go that high, now this one wont reach that or even close...perhaps this car is up for sale because the last car got 8k and the seller of this one saw that. That is why its for sale

 

[amazinblue82]

My point was, the last car got 8 grand because the one guy out there that had to have one real bad was willing to go that high, now this one wont reach that or even close...perhaps this car is up for sale because the last car got 8k and the seller of this one saw that. That is why its for sale

Yeah i followed your point i think.

my thought was it didnt matter what last one sold for, crazy money or flea market money, people who know these cars tend to also know what they are worth generally. in time it will sell for a fair price..whatever that turns out to be.

in my theory, it wouldnt matter in this case of a real CHP-duty car, that last CHP spec (?) car went (apparently) for a number that surprised some of us who know/own/owned them.

but heck this one might hit $8k too. .. who knows?

So sure the scenario you theorized is entirely possible too and recent sale may motivate the seller's and buyers' thinking alike. it also may be likely for this first time after one just sold that the supply and demand curve at THIS moment..more CHP 69's available than buyers who want them at THIS moment.. could mean this one might languish and end nowhere near $8k this time around.

my closing point above was "we'll see" what happens for real shortly.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Yeah i followed your point i think.

my thought was it didnt matter what last one sold for, crazy money or flea market money, people who know these cars tend to also know what they are worth generally. in time it will sell for a fair price..whatever that turns out to be.

in my theory, it wouldnt matter in this case of a real CHP-duty car, that last CHP spec (?) car went (apparently) for a number that surprised some of us who know/own/owned them.

but heck this one might hit $8k too. .. who knows?

So sure the scenario you theorized is entirely possible too and recent sale may motivate the seller's and buyers' thinking alike. it also may be likely for this first time after one just sold that the supply and demand curve at THIS moment..more CHP 69's available than buyers who want them at THIS moment.. could mean this one might languish and end nowhere near $8k this time around.

my closing point above was "we'll see" what happens for real shortly.

I agree with the written.

Then there are details we all don't know.
Some care about the matching engine and won't buy a car without.
Some will just buy it if it has original paint and is not repainted.

Everyone is different

Carsten

 

[moparjoe2012]

Dick Ross, the proprietor at Firm Feel in Vancouver, Washington said to me once, "A police car is a good all around cowboy." I agree. They have to do a lot of different and difficult things well. That is how I prefer to build my drivers, that they are durable and perform well in a number of conditions.

 

[Fury Pursuit]

Dick Ross, the proprietor at Firm Feel in Vancouver, Washington said to me once, "A police car is a good all around cowboy." I agree. They have to do a lot of different and difficult things well. That is how I prefer to build my drivers, that they are durable and perform well in a number of conditions.

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