found a 1993 Deals on Wheels

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Couldn't sleep last night and digging thru magazines I found a Deals on Wheels from 1993. Had to laugh at some of the prices. First was the $1.95 price on the cover. Some of the mopars are a restored 67 Coronet convertible for $6,800. A 67 Dart GT convertible (no price listed) but I bought it for $7,000(yeah I know probably a premium price at the time), a 70 Superbird, numbers matching 440-6 pack, 4 speed, 50,000 miles $29,500. 70 Charger, 440 6 pack, 4 speed, 67,000 miles $18,000. 68 dart gts convertible 360 auto, new top, $5,500. 69 road runner, number matching, 55,000 miles 383, auto, factory air, am/fm , $11,250. 68 hemi roadrunner 4 speed restored, $27,500. 68 Road Runner 383, 4 speed (non matching)runs good, needs restoration $1,350. 71 Duster 340, 90 percent original, needs minor body work and paint, 10,000 miles on engine and trans rebuid, Plum Crazy, black interior, ralley package, auto, buckets, console, $3,750 obo.
 
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Couldn't sleep last night and digging thru magazines I found a Deals on Wheels from 1993. Had to laugh at some of the prices. First was the $1.95 price on the cover. Some of the mopars are a restored 67 Coronet convertible for $6,800. A 67 Dart GT convertible (no price listed) but I bought it for $7,000(yeah I know probably a premium price at the time), a 70 Superbird, numbers matching 440-6 pack, 4 speed, 50,000 miles $29,500. 70 Charger, 440 6 pack, 4 speed, 67,000 miles $18,000. 68 dart gts convertible 360 auto, new top, $5,500. 69 road runner, number matching, 55,000 miles 383, auto, factory air, am/fm , $11,250. 68 hemi roadrunner 4 speed restored, $27,500. 68 Road Runner 383, 4 speed (non matching)runs good, needs restoration $1,350. 71 Duster 340, 90 percent original, needs minor body work and paint, 10,000 miles on engine and trans rebuid, Plum Crazy, black interior, ralley package, auto, buckets, console, $3,750 obo.
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woow those were the days , i shoulda been smarter with all the iron ive owned through the years and picked em up while they were reasonable in prices .... coulda,woulda,shoulda.....
 
In '93 I was in the business of buying and selling Mopars, We would scour Georgia and South Carolina fields and back yards buying anything Between '65 and '74 High Performance and resell in Old Car Trader and Hemmings. I learned allot about Mopars. But to be honest I didnt care alot for how the guy I worked for did business. but I was young and I got to work with and on allot of cars most people have memories of or dreams about. The guy killed himself about 3 years back. David
 
I think the thing I had to do while working for this Guy that bothered me the most, was he had me wipe down a badly oxidized factory yellow '70 R/T with transmission fluid before he took pictures for an ad in Old Car Trader.
Then there was the '67 GTX that he sold as a running car with no engine. I had to cobble together a year correct 440 using parts from the scrap pile including sandpapering spark plugs from the junk pile to get them to fire. the clutch came from the scrap pile as well I had to sandpaper the flywheel by hand to get it to bite. It ran when it left on the transporter, but that 440 sounded like a air cooled VW.
I don't know about now but back then the guys in the business end of the Mopar hobby were a rough bunch of guys that would definitely sell you a bill of goods if you weren't very careful. He used to tell me "were just selling people dreams".
It was always more of a passion of mine, not a quick way to make a buck. Probably why I'm not still in the money making end of it. David
 
They have an online car booking facility, which makes hiring cars even easier and comfortable. It's pretty much a cliché to say that the best time of year to buy a car is in early fall because that's right before the newer models come out.
 
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