the more i thought about this, the less i think that's a good deal. i frequently tell my clients that if you want a race car, buy one that's already done. it's a bigger upfront outlay but you'll wind up spending less money-- especially if you want to use it right now and not stretch the build out over years.
just as a quick example, if you were to pick that up and get it going-- and here we're talking about just make it a nice, fun car, not full on motor work and competitive race car-- you're probably talking about dropping another 10K into the project.
>right out of the gate you got the big one of paint and body. there's 3~5K easy.
>then add in all the little fiddly stuff like new badges, lenses, hood scoop, bright work. let's say 1000.
>from there, tackle the wiring and plumbing probably another 1K. (does it have a tank?)
> then work out the cage, rear fenderwells and whatever is going on with that spring relocation, the subframe connectors (if needed) additional bracing (needed), and tack on some front and rear shocks, get the headers and exhaust sorted. probably 1500
>then get to town on the interior. you're gonna need a shifter at least and some seats. let's say bare bones and you can make it happen for 1500
all this back of the napkin math is all assuming you don't touch the engine or transmission, and you're still in a conservative 8K
now let's run some comps!
on the project side you have these:
[URL]https://www.forabodiesonly.com...camp-project-lots-of-good-parts-7-500.533179/[/URL]
i think this is a fair price for where the project is at in terms of the parts that are involved and the work that's been done.
[URL]https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/1973-plymouth-duster.534587/[/URL]
this isn't my cup of tea, but it scratches that "let's go party" itch and the ad laid it out fairly that it's got good bones but just needs some love. price wise, i think it's slightly inflated but not by a bunch.
on done and ready to rock side of things:
[SOLD] - 69 Plymouth Valiant
at an ask of 26 i think this is a good score. you couldn't make the one you're looking at this nice for 15 on top of the 10 going in. granted it's sold, but i think this illustrates well what a comp could be.
and for a clean slate:
[URL]https://losangeles.craigslist....1969-plymouth-valiant-project/7592689775.html[/URL]
i think 5 is inflated, but if you could swing that down to 35 as a roller? it would be an excellent place to start.
also, spring fling is coming up. sit on your wallet a bit and you might scoop something there too. or get the c'list one and source the go fast bits on the cheap in the swap meet!