Looks like a pretty sweet deal to me... Seriously though, that's an insane amount to ask for that thing. And to bring BJ up for comparrison pricing makes it even funnier.
That's like throwing a 350lb woman in a bikini on there and saying she'd be just like a playboy bunny with a little work!
It's like those idiots you hear at swap meets talking bout ebay prices!!! Somebodies a few bricks shy of a full load!!
$40-$80000 thats a pretty huge gap and ignorant assumption. To some people that see a Charger R/T convertabile go for $170,000 + they think their rust bucket at home w/ a slant and pillars should be the worth the same.......with a little bit of work, of course.
I have 5 of those in better shape than that one, I would sell for half that amount, but they are only 63 / 64's !! Damn 62's are the mint I guess, I wonder if I throw in the 409 for my SS if it would raise the price?? I just can't believe some people...I hate what Barret jackson and Gold-chainers has done to our lifestyle!!! Ken
it is out of control, I've had to tell plenty of people when they compare a car that they have to the value of a finished one and lets say they are asking 20K, you have to explain that yes, but it took 12K to get there! I've got a 62 Impala just like that, in better shape, it needs an engine. I just missed a 500.00 348 Damn! I get that car running I would be happy to get nine thousand for it here in the real world....
It only seems high to all of us because we are sober.... It does not seem high to the seller because he already is high...
There was an SS of the same year on ebay a few weeks ago in waaay better shape with a Buy It Now of $5k. Not a scam either -- I saw the car in person before deciding that I didn't want to get into another project, but now I kinda regret it.
Yeah that's too bad what is happening lately, that seems like BIG money for that car. 62 is a great year for those, but come on.
hay there is nothing wrong being with a 350lb playboy bunny, as long as your friends don't catch you..............
hah hah, thats bloody stupid- but It is already happening in Australia and im sure everywhere else with old tin I got 9 cars for a carton of grog each and now the farmers want $1000 for a 60s car shell thas been on it s roof for ten years! arsholes on "rebiuld a shitbox in a week" car shows have a lot to awnser for!!!
You know, I've always wondered what kind of shape those cars are in a few years down the line. Not just because of the speed at which they are done but also the places and conditions the cars were in when they started. If you 'Overhaul' some asshole like me with my 54 Bel Air sitting in my driveway year round without a garage to store it in and the car is now worth an elevated price, where the fuck do they expect me to keep it? If I had the $25k to put into a heated pole barn with radiant floors, useable lighting, and tools to start with my car wouldn't LOOK like the $19k Impala on crankslist. Does the guy with the ratted out 66 Mustang vert take it home and stuff it in his garage next to his wife's door dinger SUV?
TV has messed up more than car prices. I am a self employed furniture maker and shows like new yankee work show have people beleiving that a fine peice of furniture can be made in two 15minute days. We wont even go into DIY and remodeling. And for all of the bad rap e-bay get I have found some reasonable peices there for both of my projects.
i dont think the impala can go for anything like what the guys asking. my friend has a similar car completely restored and a show winner and it wont insure for anymore than 13,000. whats worse is that car will stay at 19,000 forever, irregardless of how much more it rots in his backyard.
There's a guy here in town that has a rusted 63 SS Impala, has a torn apart 409 with new parts and a 4 spd for it. I don't think the engine and trans came with the car. He wants 14,000 for it.
Oh, Barrett Jackson's just the latest thing to blame overpriced cars on. First it was Hemmings, then Hershey/Carlisle, then Ebay, and now B-J. It's kinda like the cartoons I watched when I was a kid; most of us knew that you couldn't really fall off a cliff over and over and come back in the next scene, but then there was those couple of idiots that couldn't tell fantasy from reality.....
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