Thinking about another Chevelle

[flash]

If its solid its well worth the asking price and leaves room for some profit.

[earthquake68]

The market is still on the rebound. It would be hard to make the necessary repairs AND make money on it. It would be real easy to get upside down on that one. A Malibu convertible in great shape would go for around $8 or $9K if you don't want to sit on it for any length of time. You could get more, but it'll take time.

I'm trying to sell a REALLY nice Nova for $8K. It's been for sale for 3 years. I've had an offer of $5K. I told the guy he could have the engine and trans for $5K, but I keep the car. He seemed insulted about that. After three years, that was the best offer I had.

Now, a Chevelle would obviously do better, but I haven't seen them do much better. There's plenty of true SS cars that can't sell for less money than that. (at least around here) ....I'd probably play it safe and let it go.


........of course if your daughter digs the rag top, maybe that would be a good car for her?

[shadowgray396]

Carpet is not that bad to replace, but I wonder if the smell in in the seats. Keep us posted on it.

Ray

[grandsport]

That car is worth $10k all day long.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by grandsport

That car is worth $10k all day long.

I agree with that too.

[Ms Grumpy]

Originally Posted by grandsport

That car is worth $10k all day long.

Maybe where you are Gary. But here in Michigan, we are still not rebounding like the rest of the country. I wish we were !

I know that the Malibu is not as popular as the SS. But the convertible option is extremely popular. Tough call.

[flash]

I agree with Gary and Ray , that Malibu vert is easily worth $10,000 with some cleaning and new carpet . Mine would not be for sale anywhere near that cheap .

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by flash

I agree with Gary and Ray , that Malibu vert is easily worth $10,000 with some cleaning and new carpet . Mine would not be for sale anywhere near that cheap .

I'm in too if the body is solid. Don't see that many converts and who doesn't want one?

[flash]

There were only 5000 or so Chevelle Verts made in 71 and 72 and nobody knows how many are left so that makes them somewhat rare . Also when the top goes down the price goes up .

[Bowtie-Bri]

I had a friend check the car out throughly. He found that someone had put cheater panels on the rear quarters. The car originally had a bench seat. Someone just bolted a set of buckets to floor without the proper brackets. The sheet metal under the rear seat was shot. The front section from the front seats forward was in good shape as was the frame. The trunk pan was rustier than I thought, so that would need to be replaced.
The original color was a "Cream Yellow" with a black interior and top.
It was a 350 w/a 4spd. The mice had made nests thru out the car. The cowl area below the windshield was their "latrine". It was full of mice crap.
I decided to pass on this car, because there would be so much work that would need to be done. If I were to restore this car, I think I would have way more in it than it would be worth, unless it were cloned into an "SS" and I wouldn't do that.
Thanks for all your input Guys, I really appreciate it!