parts car!! lol, theres a rim and two trunk lid hinges useabale....sounds like seller is trying to avoid paying $50 to have someone remove the junk.... there`s not $200 worth of anything there...
It's beyond rusty. It's now a planter box for plants like like a little iron in the soil.
2012 Mustang Boss 302 #1918, Competition Orange. FGF replacement 2006 Mustang V6 Pony, Vista Blue. Factory ordered. 2019 BMW X3 (Titled to the wife, but I'm always driving it for her. So I'm claiming it) Old projects, gone but not forgotten: 1967 FB 400, original CA car. After 22 years of work, trashed by the guy who was supposed to paint it. I had to sell it. 1980 Turbo Trans Am 1970 Mustang fastback, 351C 4Bbl, auto 1988 Mustang GT, 5 speed 1983 F-150 4x4, built 302 1994 Chevy K2500 HD 4x4, 454 TBI
My friend Pat had a '68 convertible parts car in his back yard for years. It rusted away to nothing like that one. The only salvageable part I pulled from it was the parking brake pedal assembly.
Pat's wife made him get rid of it. He cut it up and hauled it off. He had the sense to know it wasn't worth anything but scrap.
Just goes to show that "you can sell anything on Ebay"...
Good Grief!
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
the buyer is not stupid.he can get a new camaro body and use the vin and title to make a camaro.camaro guys have stepped up to the plate and put a higher value on their cars than most firebird people.the plain fact is,camos fetch twice the price as a firebird
I ran across someone yesterday selling a Pontiac 350/350 combo (I had to decifer it over the phone, he did not know/care what it was) that he pulled from a 68 firebird. He informed me the car is being converted to a Camaro using the same technique, as he put it, "worth double"...sad but true...
I don't think there is any shill bidding here. This car is valuable because of what it was and what it can be made into. Is that a 10-bolt as described, or is it a 12-bolt? It looks like a 12 to me.
The axle alone is worth $1200-$1800. There are 20 bids tonight. This rusty stuff is valuable because of what it was and what it can be restored to. Camaro's are just plain precious, even as documented Camaro rust.
Here's an example from Carlisle 2006 before prices ran away.
Asking $22,500 OBO as you see the project this far along.
Firebirds are going up too. This one is a bit further along and I think the price is reasonable for what he is selling, but my wife says absolutely not unless there's diamonds included.
The thing I struggle with (and I admit it may very well be my limited perspective, as I don't have the restoration skills that other members here have) is that I tend to put a value on what I'm actually getting for my money and not what is potentially there.
There's way more actual car in the Maryland bird than in the Carlisle Camaro - and for exactly one-third the price.
So, re the $2,400.00 Camaro, you get a rear axle that looks ok and a transferable title and VIN plate. To me, that's like paying $2,400.00 for a deed to a house, but knowing you still need to build the house, which would be a good start if you could build the house yourself. Guess it's what you are capable of and have the time to do.
Mark
68 Firebird 350 auto (sold) 70 Trans Am RAIII 400 4-speed (sold) 2011 Challenger SRT8 IE392 6-speed (sold) 2017 Challenger Hellcat 1966 Dodge Coronet 440
Hmmm... To me, that's like paying $2,400.00 for a deed to a house, but knowing you still need to build the house, which would be a good start if you could build the house yourself. Guess it's what you are capable of and have the time to do.
But you have to understand the market. Around here, a tear-down house with an approved buildable lot is worth a few hundred thou. Previous use and titles set the value and future use. The deed to a buildable lot is pretty valuable. The lot next door that was never built is not sellable because it doesn't have the necessary documents to build on, even though there is not any difference in the property other than prior history and documentation. The adjacent piece of land that is not buildable isn't sellable because building permits won't be issued. An existing structure (deed or VIN/registration if you think of it that way) makes the project buildable and valuable.
I looked up a home we drove past on two acres of land here in Maryland where the realtor listed the price at nearly $400K because of where it was. That location wasn't even in town, it was just a rural road close to town.
A deed to a lot buildable because of an existing structure or a buildable car that has a worthy title can be worth considerable money because of the potential for a buyer or speculator.
To someone, that Camaro is a diamond in the rough. Twenty bids tell you that already. Anyway, I don't see any shill bidding here. This car is on the auction block with plenty of keen and interested buyers. Watch the auction results. The last minutes might astonish you if anyone has gone to take a first hand look at what remains.