I dig it.... but have no idea of price .... Did ya Dady pass ?? ..... if so, hugs an best wishes to all Ricky.
First off, I'm sorry for your loss. Please don't take my comments as a knock on your dad. You asked for an opinion on price and that's what I'm giving you. Customs are like buying another man's bespoke suit. It's individual to the person it was built for. Custom is expensive because it's one-off, but that does not equate to universal appeal. I saw the $50,000 asking price, and respectfully, that's not remotely based in reality. As someone who negotiates for a living, I get that you have to start somewhere and that you have flexibility in your demand. However, from my decades of experience in negotiating, I also am cognizant that if your ask is too high, it becomes a non-starter. That's where the asking price is on this car. He may have had that much or more in the build of the car. But that does not equate to value on the resale end. In terms of the car, I see a neat, but dated build. The flames are going to be polarizing, and IMHO are a negative. The style of flames is a more modern, air brushed style, but the body modifications and style of the car is more traditional. It looks like the car was subframed and the engine and trans repurposed from the donor vehicle. The placement of the tires in relation to fender lips, as well as identifying the steering shaft in the engine compartment, which would not have been present on the factory chassis, along with the non-conventional choice of drivetrain. The interior looks passable and neat but driver grade. Overall, this looks like a decent, home-built, driver quality car. I'm also assuming it's not a real convertible, but a Carson style lift off. My opinion, this is a $12,000-$15,000 car in todays market.
I too agree with 57Joe. I'd like to see more pics of interior too. From what I can see you will have to find that 1 special person who shares your dad's same style. As stated above the "traditional" guys will want to either remove or replace the flames with more conventional flames, also too the steering wheel would be 1 of the first things they would change along with any other billet aluminum. Now the problem is that to do that would cost quite a bit to redo for a traditional buyer and he would factor that into the cost of the car. And paint work ain't cheap. That's the cool thing about customs, their custom built to 1 man's idea of the perfect ride. Down side is its only 1 man's idea of the perfect ride. Next up is how well the frame/conversion work was done, this could cause a huge hit in price if it's not done correctly or safely and that cost could be HUGE. So there is a lot of varibles.. I like the car but again, to me, the flames don't fit the build style or age of the car and I too hate billet aluminum in an old style built car so that would be a major factor to me of its sales price..... Good luck and sorry about your pops... ..
drive it to local shows, start at 18500. and see what happens............. I agree with the 12-15k range though. sometimes one gets a little lucky!
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