For Sale Please HELP! 1979 Lebaron For Sale Insurance Auction

[shooter65]

Please help, I need an intervention for my addiction. I'm hoping someone else will buy this so I won't be so tempted. If someone else doesn't buy it I may have to fight with my wife to buy it.

I posted this on the other Lebaron thread but I felt it deserved it's own thread. This looks very nice, 55K miles and only very slight damage to the front right corner. 318 V8, looks like the header panel was saved so it should be a very easy repair. Road Wheels to boot. 2500 quick buy, auction is at 750 now. TODAY ONLY.

Clean Title 1979 Chrysler Lebaron For Sale in Rochester NY - 19159716 - SCA™

 

[commando1]

There's no enabling rational behavior here.
Sorry but you have to buy it.

 

[polara71]

In my Missouri thread 30 months ago I proclaimed "Hello, my name is Dave and I have a problem". We can not help you. Those of us that are here are here because of the same illness. Your only hope here is that one of the lurkers reaches out of the darkness and steals this away from you....Otherwise, you're getting a new car

 

[shooter65]

Anybody have for fmj body only account? This should be posted there

 

[cantflip]

Please help, I need an intervention for my addiction. I'm hoping someone else will buy this so I won't be so tempted. If someone else doesn't buy it I may have to fight with my wife to buy it.

I posted this on the other Lebaron thread but I felt it deserved it's own thread. This looks very nice, 55K miles and only very slight damage to the front right corner. 318 V8, looks like the header panel was saved so it should be a very easy repair. Road Wheels to boot. 2500 quick buy, auction is at 750 now. TODAY ONLY.

Clean Title 1979 Chrysler Lebaron For Sale in Rochester NY - 19159716 - SCA™

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Nice car... noticed it, but dismissed this as a reasonable auction site for my purposes. Go ahead and register to bid... I found a $375 Formal would be a salvage title $2500 Formal by the time it got to PA. Otherwise a couple of us would have made sure she got there.

Being this one is close enough to take a day off and drive to collect... you might get off easier. But you will have to pay to tow it off their lot, even if you tag it to drive home. Expect at least $500 in auction fees. The Formal at $375 would have been $1001 before towing.

Road wheels just aren't worth quite that much yet.

 

[goldfish65]

Just enjoy your beautiful Sport Fury, it's not like you'll really be kicking yourself for passing on this one, I know you feel sorry for the Le Baron but it will end up costing you.

 

[shooter65]

Nice car... noticed it, but dismissed this as a reasonable auction site for my purposes. Go ahead and register to bid... I found a $375 Formal would be a salvage title $2500 Formal by the time it got to PA. Otherwise a couple of us would have made sure she got there.

Being this one is close enough to take a day off and drive to collect... you might get off easier. But you will have to pay to tow it off their lot, even if you tag it to drive home. Expect at least $500 in auction fees. The Formal at $375 would have been $1001 before towing.

Road wheels just aren't worth quite that much yet.

Thank you Cantflip, I hadn't thought about the fees. The auction fee is only $250 but it must be picked up in 3 days or it will begin incurring storage fees. No thanks on undefined "storage fees" and there's no way I can get it before next week. I think I'll have to pass on this one. Would have only cost me 7 hours round trip and 60 for a u-haul trailer. I have next week off but can't take time off this week.

 

[shooter65]

Just enjoy your beautiful Sport Fury, it's not like you'll really be kicking yourself for passing on this one, I know you feel sorry for the Le Baron but it will end up costing you.

Thanks, no feeling sorry for the car. I had a 78 sedan and an 81 coupe years ago that I loved, not as much as my fury but I do love the M-Body Lebarons. This one will go to a used car dealer and he'll get it for 800 and flip it for 3K easy IMHO. Perfect color combo to filip.

 

[cantflip]

Thank you Cantflip, I hadn't thought about the fees. The auction fee is only $250 but it must be picked up in 3 days or it will begin incurring storage fees. No thanks on undefined "storage fees" and there's no way I can get it before next week. I think I'll have to pass on this one. Would have only cost me 7 hours round trip and 60 for a u-haul trailer. I have next week off but can't take time off this week.

IMO, most of what I can see in the salvage auctions doesn't work for me. Locally they all seem to require a dealer's license or rebuilder's license just to bid... salvage title wouldn't really bother me much, but another registration headache and a stigma the car would hold forever. I have seen some really nice late model stuff bid into a range it might be worth a flip, but I'm not the one. Nice old stuff that interests me is very seldom in my driving distance.

I'm not sure they allow anybody except their approved vendors to tow out of the yard either.

 

[amazinblue82]

thats a nice frickin' car man.

i respectfully join the others who may be "afflicted" as I am. My temptation would be to grab a car i really like AND can get at a really good price.

while it appears you can't go wrong at that price, but I woulda have liked to have seen it/heard it run first. that tempers my enthusiam a bit. and these auctions are notorious for leaving out important info (e.g, it runs, but it knocks, won't get outta first gear, etc.

I know it is important to have family support though. I am sure you will do whats best for you -- its still just a car

Good luck.

 

[shooter65]

IMO, most of what I can see in the salvage auctions doesn't work for me. Locally they all seem to require a dealer's license or rebuilder's license just to bid... salvage title wouldn't really bother me much, but another registration headache and a stigma the car would hold forever. I have seen some really nice late model stuff bid into a range it might be worth a flip, but I'm not the one. Nice old stuff that interests me is very seldom in my driving distance.

This car appears to have a clear NY title. I suspect it was a stolen recovery, not a crash. This yard doesn't have restrictions and appears to be open to the public according to the website when you register. No Dealer or Rebuilder Lic. required. The only monies need I saw were $1000, fee to prove your not a deadbeat but it is refundable and the $250 auction fee. The only thing holding me back is the "storage fee" Earliest I could get the car would be Saturday the 4th. 6 days storage could calculate very high. If I could get it Monday or Tuesday, I'd be making a road trip. Bid 900 or 1000, you can hardly go wrong. Oh well, another future regret I'm sure.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Yeah the deposit is a sore spot. Let's say you win the auction for $500 plus the $250 transaction fee your at $750 how long do you think you will have to wait to get the $250 back and close your account? Another thing about those yards is picking the car up, if the car starts up and drives with no problem you might be okay one of their employees will drive it to customer pick up area, otherwise it will be picked up by a large high lift with forks and brought out to customer pick up area after you sign a damage waiver. Or you can pay one of the available towing companies to tow it from yard to customer pick up area and no your $250 cannot be used for that you have to make the deal with towing company. I have a friend that buys a lot of totals from co part type yards around the area and he has a dealer licence, insured tow truck for towing anyone and he has to play by these rules also, most of the totals he is picking up are just brought out on high lift then he drags them up on truck and off to scrap or parting.

 

[Fury Pursuit]

My $.02, would be if you can add value by making improvements, clean it up and do repairs,...sell it for a reasonable profit AND you have the time. Then it seems viable.

Otherwise "EYES ON THE PRIZE" Rick!

 

[shooter65]

I still keep going back and looking at it and I know I wouldn't be able to part with it to make a profit for funds for the Fury resto so thank you everyone for talking me off the ledge...

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I still keep going back and looking at it and I know I wouldn't be able to part with it to make a profit for funds for the Fury resto so thank you everyone for talking me off the ledge...

It is a shame that these cars still get taken by the big insurance companies because people don't put proper insurance on a classic car. The 78 2 door formal that was on here last week had me all worked up but when i did the numbers I was at a minimum of $2000 for a car with a salvage certificate and no keys/no run at my driveway. I hate to think what happens to it but in reality I can buy a nice one for $1000 more and fly out drive back.

 

[71Newp]

I have posted this on the FMJ site. I saw this on "coparts" a month or two ago. It was at a auction yard in the Hudson valley area. I think it was a charity donation vehicle. Probably one too many fender dings and the kids talked the parent into donating it to some organization.
I went thru the whole addiction thing then...sweaty palms, shallow breathing, nervous pacing, checking bank balance, double and triple checking for extra room in the garage and the cost of transporting it, I thought I had it beat...and now it's back..

 

[78Brougham]

I suspect it was a stolen recovery,

I'm pretty sure in N.Y. the title would have to show it was a stolen/recovery vehicle.
Clear is clear up there. A phone call in the morning would clarify it though.

 

[Mr C]

Anybody have for fmj body only account? This should be posted there

It's on there. Not much chatter about it.

I would never buy an FMJ body without inspecting the bottoms of the front frame rails...especially from the rust belt.

A notorious rot out area on FMJ cars. A example of what I mean below.

 

[amazinblue82]

It's on there. Not much chatter about it.

I would never buy an FMJ body without inspecting the bottoms of the front frame rails...especially from the rust belt.

A notorious rot out area on FMJ cars. A example of what I mean below.

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yup. water/sludge/salt/whatever gets in there .. and stays wet a long time. my theory anyway, and its first thing i look for.

https://www.autorust.com/product/front-subframe-rear-section-fjm-body-mopar-left-art-007-l/

 

[cantflip]

Yeah the deposit is a sore spot. Let's say you win the auction for $500 plus the $250 transaction fee your at $750 how long do you think you will have to wait to get the $250 back and close your account? Another thing about those yards is picking the car up, if the car starts up and drives with no problem you might be okay one of their employees will drive it to customer pick up area, otherwise it will be picked up by a large high lift with forks and brought out to customer pick up area after you sign a damage waiver. Or you can pay one of the available towing companies to tow it from yard to customer pick up area and no your $250 cannot be used for that you have to make the deal with towing company. I have a friend that buys a lot of totals from co part type yards around the area and he has a dealer licence, insured tow truck for towing anyone and he has to play by these rules also, most of the totals he is picking up are just brought out on high lift then he drags them up on truck and off to scrap or parting.

You know I did pony up the deposit just to fully tire kick that one when you said you were out... they did refund me right away. No kidding, purchase was $1001 if it sold at $375. Plus the yard hauling fees etc... their approved shipper was over a $1000 anywhere I could think to ship to.