1970 barracuda

Cuda Hunter said

I have over 12K to get the car to the shape it is in right now. The price of Ebodies is very expensive. If any of you know where I can buy an equal shape barracuda with no rust for less than what I sold it for I would be glad to come out and purchase it. I have lots of pontiacs and other mopars and none are worth the price of ebodies. Nothing stands up to them in the pocket book. I have purchased running abodies for less than an ebody grill, or rally gauge cluster, or any number of single parts on an ebody.

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Mecum Auctions have been happening across the US this year, including one in Indy.

A beautiful EV2 1970 'Cuda 340, factory 4 speed car, wonderfully restored original, black factory 340 hockey stripe, all history documented, was only bid to $25,000. This bid did not match the reserve (unknown) but this one example points out that even nice factory original E bodies, admittedly not a big block car, but a desirable 'Cuda 340 with a 4 speed, are not selling.

This is 2008, the economy is not doing well, consumer confidence and spending is way off, home equity lines are really tougher to qualify for, and prices for toys like classic cars are down.

You'd think some of these dealers would get the point, but they are stuck with the cars, unless they adjust prices to current levels.