Help me buy an $80,000 car
Thank you. that is very kind.
But I'm a lifer... I'm the type that finds what I like and then hold onto it.
Thank you. With all the features and flaws, it still makes me smile every time that I look at it and drive it.
As a car guy, it will never be "finished", I will always be tinkering with it.
I can't believe what some people are willing to spend on these cars. Yesterday at our Mopar show in Sacramento, an 80 year old guy (original owner) of a 69 R/T was testing the interest of selling his sitting in a field for 20 years wrecked car. He was thinking $25,000. I told him that Sacramento may not be a strong enough market to sell here but to put it on some internet sites to gauge the interest. He knew what the internet was but didn't have much experience with it.
It is mind boggling to think that someone might pay $25,000 for a wrecked car then spend another $100,000 to properly restore it.
I bought this turd in 2019 for $5,000:
It was wrecked and parked for 24 years. I had to replace the front stub:
Rebuilt the original 383:
I call the car "Jigsaw" because it is a collection of parts from numerous other cars. It looks like a Jigsaw puzzle made from several different puzzles.
In total, I have maybe $10,000 into the car including the $5,000 purchase price.
No. it isn't for sale either. I can only imagine what someone would offer for it but that is all semantics. It could be worth $100,000 to some fool but I'm keeping it.
Thank you. that is very kind.
But I'm a lifer... I'm the type that finds what I like and then hold onto it.
Thank you. With all the features and flaws, it still makes me smile every time that I look at it and drive it.
As a car guy, it will never be "finished", I will always be tinkering with it.
I can't believe what some people are willing to spend on these cars. Yesterday at our Mopar show in Sacramento, an 80 year old guy (original owner) of a 69 R/T was testing the interest of selling his sitting in a field for 20 years wrecked car. He was thinking $25,000. I told him that Sacramento may not be a strong enough market to sell here but to put it on some internet sites to gauge the interest. He knew what the internet was but didn't have much experience with it.
It is mind boggling to think that someone might pay $25,000 for a wrecked car then spend another $100,000 to properly restore it.
I bought this turd in 2019 for $5,000:
It was wrecked and parked for 24 years. I had to replace the front stub:
Rebuilt the original 383:
I call the car "Jigsaw" because it is a collection of parts from numerous other cars. It looks like a Jigsaw puzzle made from several different puzzles.
In total, I have maybe $10,000 into the car including the $5,000 purchase price.
No. it isn't for sale either. I can only imagine what someone would offer for it but that is all semantics. It could be worth $100,000 to some fool but I'm keeping it.