Who Is In the Market for Early ABodies These Days?
So do I. I tell Kitty all the time I may just put the 170 back in it and leave it stock. Who knows? That's kinda why I want another one. I'm lookin for either a 64 or 65 4 door slant 6 Valiant. I would leave that one bone stock and it'd be our new daily to give the Escape a break.
The more door bug. I got it the first time about 10 years ago. Projects were cheaper back then (duh) and I knew a guy that horded out of date old farm equipment back in Missouri (the state of missery). He had a complete pretty solid 68 dart more door, solid sitting in the edge of some timber. But I never got around to getting it I had 6-7 old projects as it was. $400 was the ask $.
Bad part about more door is IF you ever want to sell it, hard to find a buyer, no matter how nice or cheap. I bet there are parts of the country where a good more door can bring a buck, just not where I have ever lived>
I have always though a person should be able to buy a "typical" Mopar project for a "realistic" ( as in not overpriced junk), restore with YOU doing most all the work, and NOT be upside down in the darn thing. Forget all the talk about it "just my (expensive) hobby".
I never could justify expensive hobbies so I always looked for good projects and worked my tail off the have a car I wanted. This goes back to the 80s. Back when I could buy, for example, a complete 69 383 Road Runner for $1000, I would have $7500 in it by the time it was restored, as in perfect paint, rebuilt drive train, new Legendary interior, etc. and that was ALL it was worth when I would go to sell it. Why would I sell it? because I had "my" keepers that were the good stuff, 6 pac and hemi cars. BUT my point is, I always figured a guy should be able to buy a project at a price where most anyone could restore it and it be worth the $$ he put in it!
I have today a 98% done 64 Belvedere more door I really like. I traded a $500 Volare for it, a solid poly driver. Good thing I like it, cause I could not sell it for it for its value in parts!! But like RRR, I like the idea of a good more door driver!!!!
