1971 300

Will do. Was going to pick it up this weekend but it looks like the arctic blast is real and happening.
Guess I'm gonna have to wait til later next week.
Weather sucks.
 
Just a rough estimate, there's at least $2000 worth of parts there, not including more unusual sales like roof sheetmetal, dutchman, etc.
Even more $$$ if engine and trans are rebuildable and not visually/obviously junk.

But for a project car? I wouldn't pay more than $1000 for it as you'll need a $3-4000 parts car to make it whole.
And you'd still have a huge project staring you in the face.
Basket-case cars are the most expensive things you can buy.
 
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The motor was taken apart 20 years ago and is in a garage.
Not sure about transmission.
Not sure about grill or front fenders yet.

As I recall he said the motor had some type of issue.
What would the motor and trans be worth to add to the car if I can't get him to add it for the price already.
Hate to leave the motor for the car sitting there without the body.
 
cuda hunter said:
The motor was taken apart 20 years ago and is in a garage.
Not sure about transmission.
Not sure about grill or front fenders yet.

As I recall he said the motor had some type of issue.
What would the motor and trans be worth to add to the car if I can't get him to add it for the price already.
Hate to leave the motor for the car sitting there without the body.
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A decent core would be worth $500, core with issues, idk, depends on how good you are with mechanicals. If this is a complete car with all the pieces and decent sheet metal it’s worth gathering it all together. Take inventory and see what’s missing, you can always decide what to do later on. Just looking at the pics, there are already a number of hard to find ‘71 only parts there. I wouldn’t pass it up. Could be a fun project as long as you don’t go down the rabbit hole looking to make a show car with NOS parts.
 
cuda hunter said:
The motor was taken apart 20 years ago and is in a garage.
Not sure about transmission.
Not sure about grill or front fenders yet.

As I recall he said the motor had some type of issue.
What would the motor and trans be worth to add to the car if I can't get him to add it for the price already.
Hate to leave the motor for the car sitting there without the body.
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The 440 non HP w/o knowing Block, cyl head, crankshaft condition value w/ correct date codes maybe 500.00. Transmission complete w/ convertor core value 200.00. Other missing pieces carb , trans crossmember, alt-starter do impact the overall value.
 
Call me crazy (aren't all of us Mopar Nuts a little?), but I think it's re-buildable! Looks a lot better than some of the E-Bodies people are piecing back together! Sure it wouldn't be worth as much an an E-Body, but this hobby is more a passion of love than anything else. I've got eight (8) Mopars not counting the wife's 2014 300c Hemi. What's one more, right?

Speaking of weather, and I know a lot of you folks are much colder than here, but I've had two weeks of 14°F to 20°F in the mornings! And I live in the Arizona desert!! Observation: Summers are HOT! and Winters are C-c-cold unless you live on or near the equator! Must be that 23.5° tilt of the earth.
 
71Polara383 said:
Thats crazy my posts asking similar things got removed.
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I agree. Kinda bull crap.
I put this into the fuselage discussion page so we could discuss what any of us might want or do with the car.
Probably ok to say you wanted to marry it and have kids with it. But purchase it for parts? No waaay!

This isn't a for sale ad. Not posted in the for sale ads. Not posted in the wiw area (not acceptable)
This is a discussion thread. @71Polara383 please discuss what you would want from the car if it were available.
 
If parted out I would like a shot at the rear package tray and Dutchman panel for the orange 2dr I saved out of Washington last year.
 
@cuda hunter -- stick to the original plan to part the car, your wallet will thank you. Now, if I wanted to tempt you the other way, here's a GY5 300 T-code that is currently for sale in Germany -- many thanks to @Lycidias for alerting me to it (ignore the TNT pie tin, it's a CM23T from the engine bay pic):

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The exterior is the same (color, lack of vinyl top) but the interior of the German car has gold buckets:

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So why did the comments get deleted??

Anyways like I was saying, just bring the shell out to Carlisle and I'll bring it home like the Fury.

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I may be in the minority here, but it would be nice to see this car put back together instead of parting it out.
 
Don't part this one. I've seen worse put back together, my vert included. If the metal is good and the HTF parts are there, put it together and join the Ratty C-Body club.
 
If a guy already had a suitable parts car, or a big pile of parts, IMO it would be a different situation.
For the 2 finished cars that show its potential, $20k is needed to go from 1 picture to the other.

It would be a shame to part it out, but a guy would be so far upside down to restore this car.
But a beater - different story.
 
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