1978 NYB, 392 MILES,For the sceptics.

And,for the last time,,,, if an example with 62000 miles can be 21000 dollars,where do I begin with pricing my car?? 2500,so one of you can buy it,then brag about it being what I am claiming?? Thanks to all the supporters,I deeply appreciate your insight,and passion for these cars.
 
Richard, you won't find a better group of passionate C body owners and admirers as here on this forum...this could be the venue to find your car's next caretaker...so, just cough up some more quality pics.
 
Richard, You will have to prove what you have. "Not the last of the run,but THE LAST ONE. I stand by that claim, until it can be proven otherwise.", Eventually, the REAL Last C Body or one produced after yours will come up with documentation and proof. IF you can't prove your claim then you are going to have to cough up the money you get on this car, plus court costs and attorney fees. Many cases of this happening. The guy that buys your car for $25K or $50K can and will hire an attorney to come after you. 392 miles does not qualify a $25K car to jump to $50K. IMO its not a $25K car, but i don't doubt you could get that if you convince someone its the last C body. You had better be able to prove it. If I thought you had the last C Body, my crew would be at your doorstep already, but the cash only trades with the proof you have, which i haven't seen any proof, just lip service.
IMHO, your Mouth is Writing a Check your *** can't Cash.
 
TNTrooper428 said:
Eventually, the REAL Last C Body or one produced after yours will come up with documentation and proof. IF you can't prove your claim then you are going to have to cough up the money you get on this car, plus court costs and attorney fees. Many cases of this happening. The guy that buys your car for $25K or $50K can and will hire an attorney to come after you.
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Let's put some late cars in MDH order:

CS43T8C181591, SPD 619, MDH 052212
CS43T8C173849, SPD XXX, MDH 060510
CS23T8C183615, SPD 626, MDH 061413
CS23XXXXXXXXX, SPD 619, MDH 061611
CS43T8C181574, SPD 619, MDH 062011

Now Richard, where is your car in this list? Maybe that attorney can find it?
 
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The last prime Formal that went for big money was about 2 1/2 - 3 years ago and it was a 1975 Blue Imperial 4 door LeBaron with 7000 miles. It went for $13+ Grand on ebay. That owner has been trying to sell that car for at least the last 2 years. If I recall, the last time on ebay it got bid up to $9+ grand and didn't sell or meet reserve....just for reference. It was beautiful and a very nice color my favorite....Blue!
 
Well, I know I don't want that car. If I paid $25,000 now I know my estate will never make that back 20 years from now.
 
richard p jannine said:
2500,so one of you can buy it,then brag about it being what I am claiming??
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richard p jannine said:
This car is the one you guys dream about,so, just admit it,and quit being such drama queens,searching for any possible little defect,or whole in my story.
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Richard, you have a nice enough car.

I don't care about mileage, but would probably brag about it if I was to become the next owner... while bragging, I'd have to increase the mileage, because it's a car and too big for any desk I own... around here we just use a cat as the paperweight.

Much of the drama, and confusion, has been a direct result of your inability to provide photos yourself. There are ways that you could correct that, but AKAIAC the ones posted by the folks you sent them to do the job for our discussions.

Lets lay this out...

Pro #1- Stupid low mileage... tough to find
Pro #2- Last model year... and somewhere close to the end of production. Might matter to someone.
Pro #3- and maybe the biggest IMO, the steering wheel is intact (I think, hard to tell for sure)

Con #1- Stupid low mileage... there's no legitimate way that car went 400 miles in 40 years and properly circulated all of her fluids... there is no magic cure for the aging of rubber components... for some of us, the mileage is a negative.
Con #2- Rat poop aside (which I hate, especially when accompanied by that "mousey smell"), the rust looking stain doesn't bode well on a car that supposedly was in climate controlled storage. These cars have some interesting and often hidden rust patterns. It doesn't mean you have a rust bucket, but it is a big red flag for many folks here.
Con #3- The current seller is apparently very determined to get every penny of current and future value out of this car, and then multiply that by "x". While there are folks who pay big $$ once in a while, they typically also eventually turn out to be poorly informed investors. If you want to get an honest appraisal of what an informed investor would pay, if even interested, reach out to the Gesswien folks. They do buy, and then they do sell... in between they will put some effort into cleanup and repairs, and they advertise the living poop out of the car...

I'm not against you making some profit, if you bought the car right. I'm also not even close to believing this car will wind up as anything but heartbreak for whomever overpays and tries to either flip her again or use her as a low mileage, needs nothing car.

Good luck with her. My opinion is probably only important to me. Chances are, the next Formal coupe I buy will be a convertible project anyhow.
 
If this was a 72-73 Imperial I would honestly send Richard my camera and he could send it back to me with a bunch of video and stills. Some sellers need to get over the hurdle of providing good photography/video and uploading the data to YouTube, etc...for the benefit to all parties in the selling of a vehicle when it's a long distance communication.
Good thing I didn't try this with Kenny...I might of gotten a bunch of Hooter girl/pole dancing videos.:poke::lol:

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richard p jannine said:
I challenge any one of you who are in disbeleif,to come and inspect this car,and paperwork,and tell me that I dont have what I have.
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I challenge you to use the space bar after a comma.:poke:

Nobody in their right mind is going to cough up $50k for a NYB. You might as well kick it up to $100k. You're just being obnoxious at this point.
 
Richard, you are just looking for a payday. You probably didn't even know what a C-Body was before you stumbled on this car. None of us think flipping a car for a little profit is terrible. But as Cantflip said, you are trying to squeeze every dime you can out of someone else's great idea to preserve a C-Body. You will be lucky to get someone to offer $12k - $15k for the car. If you think it's worth more take it to a no reserve auction and find out what the true value of the car really is. If not.... be prepared to be stuck with this car for a long, long time. BTW, just because this car has an odd color combo it is FAR from being a desirable color combo that someone is going to fork crazy money over.
 
There's no way anybody is going to buy this car.
$50k ror a 392 mi., close-to-end-of-prduction, NYB is beyond laughable and just shows how the seller should not give up his day job.
Just as laughable is a possible 100,392 mile NYB of any type, even selling over $10,000.
 
You never know. If you just keep the right marketing going it might do the trick. Have the car prominently featured in a magazine, invent an even more odd and unbelievable story about how it never was driven, and finally take it to Mecum. And then watch if some self-declared investor will shell out big money believing this is the best opportunity in decades...
 
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