Looks like the C body Dry Dock is in Dry Dock......
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Wildaugust
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It seems like the price of most of the classic stuff, cars from the sixties and early seventies has gone up. Some have gone up in price a lot more than others. Yeah, the four door versions of anything are usually the most affordable, but can still make good projects. I find myself wondering sometimes if the price of C-bodies will rise very much as other Mopars become too expensive for people trying to get into the hobby. Supply and demand, I guess, as C-bodies are becoming more scarce too, as many of them are still being destroyed in derbies every year. So other than the ones that all of us already have, there can't be a whole lot of them left. Will they go up in value as they become more scarce or is this it? I don't know. I do wish, though, that they would go up in price just enough to make them no longer practical for the derby guys.
The last C-body that I've seen around here that wasn't someones proect was a '74-'78 (Formal) Newport, I belive. It was a 2-door, dark green with a dark green vinyl top. It was just sitting in someones yard. There was also a '69 Monaco sitting in another yard. I can't remember if it was a 2-door or a 4-door, but it had a sign on it that read "This Car Is Not For Sale". It sat there for several years like that, but it's gone now. There is a Formal 4-door New Yorker that shows up at the cruise nights.
There's a really nice J-body Mirada in the area that shows up for cruisin' season every year too. It's silver and has been modified into a respectable street machine. There were a couple of J-bodies sitting in a gravel pit at one of the local "sand & gravel" companies. One was a Cordoba, the other was a Mirada. I was glad to see that somebody was keeping them because I've always liked those cars. Sadly, this whole area got flooded two years ago and I don't think whoever owned them got them out in time. They probably ended up underwater for a couple of months. I've been past there since the flood but the cars are gone now.:sad2: Too bad. They could've been nice projects.
The last C-body that I've seen around here that wasn't someones proect was a '74-'78 (Formal) Newport, I belive. It was a 2-door, dark green with a dark green vinyl top. It was just sitting in someones yard. There was also a '69 Monaco sitting in another yard. I can't remember if it was a 2-door or a 4-door, but it had a sign on it that read "This Car Is Not For Sale". It sat there for several years like that, but it's gone now. There is a Formal 4-door New Yorker that shows up at the cruise nights.
There's a really nice J-body Mirada in the area that shows up for cruisin' season every year too. It's silver and has been modified into a respectable street machine. There were a couple of J-bodies sitting in a gravel pit at one of the local "sand & gravel" companies. One was a Cordoba, the other was a Mirada. I was glad to see that somebody was keeping them because I've always liked those cars. Sadly, this whole area got flooded two years ago and I don't think whoever owned them got them out in time. They probably ended up underwater for a couple of months. I've been past there since the flood but the cars are gone now.:sad2: Too bad. They could've been nice projects.
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polara71
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I love that "not for sale" as it rust away then goes to the junk yard
fc7_plumcrazy
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I don't think the majority of Cs will really rise in price. If they go up then it is more like the usual costs of living increase, too but no major push as on muscles etc.
Maybe the rare low production number Imps and C-body verts.
tbm3fan
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Hagerty's web site tracker shows C bodies to have been flat since 2008. In fact last time I look a few weeks ago many cars have been flat for the last five years. Don't forget there is a disconnect between buyers and sellers. Sellers see nothing of Hagerty, or other such sites, but they hear a lot from auction sites ergo they have valuable cars. Most of the time they haven't seen the cars for sale to have a clue as to condition. Plus, since they didn't maintain the car, they have absolutely no idea how much money is needed to repair. As for ROI (return on investment) they have less of an idea how that even relates to cars.
Unless the car is a classic muscle car or even more so a blue chip car they will just fade with time and maybe those will fade too. I can look at the Hagerty site at the 50's classics and see the graph heading up. Then I check what they are tracking and it is 21 cars of which only 4 are not convertibles. The other four are very desirable in their own very unique way. In short the rest of the 50's isn't even on their radar now. This Gold Rush we are in won't last and since it is really coinciding with the baby boomers it will die with us.
Example of a 1970 Polara 2dr. with 335hp 383. They don't value any 4 doors. Only goes back to 2010 but further back really made no difference.
polara71
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Trust NO price guide... they are wrong
Mr C
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Nothing wrong with a 4 door Dart.
I never said there was anything wrong with a 4 Dr Dart...just that they are "less" popular than Dusters etc...and that keeps the price down.
polara71
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Then I'll say it, 4 door darts are wrong
Dave, you're just a 4 door hater in general. LOL!
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at least over there asking a question doesn't result in getting insults.
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yes, price guides are worthless.
And A-Body 4-doors are.............hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm different
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And A-Body 4-doors are.............hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhm different
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polara71
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No Will....... Useless is the keyword
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Find them kind of useful in case of an accident for insurance payments and as some ballpark figure for some completely new guy in the field maybe.
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commando1
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My Guide:
Find one on ebay, divide by two.
Subtract additional 10% for bad grammar.
Find one on ebay, divide by two.
Subtract additional 10% for bad grammar.
440Sled
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I agree....I've seen more insults dished out over here than over on the Dock. Plus the thread hijacking by the same individuals here is annoying as hell.
bluefury361
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The off topic "hijacking" that is so prevelent here is what makes this site so interesting. I like the dry-dock too,(except now I can't figure out how to post pictures there), BUT...... It's BORING.....!!!!!!!! Way more questions then answers there.
Sort through all the off topic attitudes, opinions and humor here and you might learn something. If it's a problem then just stay over at the dry dock....This is NOT a sensitivity group... Things are not likely to change here.
polara71
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I agree with Will. To add to it would be to say that this is the local car guys garage where the local guys are hanging out but from across the globe. Good ribbing, learning and teaching here. Would you stay on topic at your buddies garage with a dozen guys in it talking shop?
1Fury1
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There's givers and there's takers. Those of us that are newbs are the takers hoping to pick up a thing or two from the givers, and one day hopefully have something to give back. It's those "same individuals" that tend to be the givers.
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