Advice on ‘74 Duster

diymirage said
Not a penny over $10,000.00
And that's a good offer

This clearly isn’t some rusty Michigan POS.

And it sure isn’t the same market. Maybe if all you rust belt guys shopped at home the prices would be better here. I don’t think you’ve got a clue what that car would actually bring here.

teringer said
I have a number matching 1974 slant car with ac ,rally wheels all original nice looking good
paint and only 100,000 miles could only insure it for 7000$ max and had to send 20 high quality pics to a historic car ins company and if I wanted more ,would make a appraisal to see car in person . so I think the price is over inflated

So, your insurance company cheaped out and you didn’t get an appraisal? That doesn’t mean your car is worth $7k. Just means your insurance company doesn’t want to be on the hook for more than that, and you haven’t done the homework to convince them otherwise.

As for the car in question, I would totally expect it to bring more money than a numbers matching slant 6 car. And less than a matching numbers 360 car. Just the way it is. I’d pay more money for it than a numbers matching 73-76 slant 6 car, they just aren’t that valuable. Non-numbers, converted big block cars bring more money than matching 318 cars all the time.

ledman said
I uploaded the pics from my PC instead of my phone so they should be easier to see now.
I really like the car, and the video of it running, well it sounds amazing to me, a nice lump to the idle, and that gives me a lump in the front of my pants lol.
SOMEONE, put some money and time into this car...If they did the work themselves they saved allot of money, I think they probably still spent at least 15k in paint and parts. I am going to assume for the moment, if they went to the trouble to drop a 360 in and re-do the trans, and were smart enough to do that, you would and should upgrade the rear end. I can only hope that is the case.

I see some plain jane dusters that some one goosed in a 383 or 440 and the motor looks like it is sitting crooked, and the interior is a mess with a HUGE tach bolted to the dash pad lol, and all their soda bottles all over the floor and their cig packs on the seats and they want 12K or more. It will cost that much to un-do everything they did attempting to make it better.

Way better pictures!

It does look like someone put some time and money into that car. It looks pretty well done. I’d still have to see it in person. And to be clear I don’t think it’s a $15k car, it would have to be darn near perfect to get that as a clone car.

But here’s the thing. If it looks as good in person as it does in the pictures and it runs well, you couldn’t build it for much less than $15k. So if it’s the car you want, and you can negotiate the seller down a bit, I don’t think it’s a terrible deal. It’s not like these cars are everywhere, if you find one you like and it’ll do what you want it to do, buy it if you can afford it.