Hot Rods how do I sell a 32 Ford coupe??

that question was posed to me a few weeks ago by my cousin's son. I went to look at it last night. story is my great uncle Al bought it new, his son Roger (my cousin) hot rodded it in the early 60's, p***ed it to his son Roger,jr who then p***ed it to his son. he's firm at $40K which seems over priced considering the state of it. its pretty rough in my opinion. here's the info: steel 32 3-window in flat black, channeled maybe 6", plywood floor, no fenders, chopped grill shell, dropped frt axle with a disc brake conversion, 350 & 4-speed with a 10 bolt Chev rearend done in the 90's, basically no interior, aluminum gas tank in the trunk. I'm 5'9" and could barely get my legs to work the pedals it feels so cramped. I would love to buy it to keep in the family but not at that price. opinions on value????

 

Yes, I think its overpriced too.

 

I'd say the good news is, at that price, it isn't going anywhere.

 

is it bad camera pic, or is the shifter between your legs.
Tony

 

I think the problem is the seller sees it as a running driving done hot rod, which should be worth $40K, buyers are seeing $18k worth of 32 parts and $2k of s**** metal/swap meet fodder, and a complete re-do in the very near future. Until the sellers comes around to what the buyers seeing, I think its going to sit there.

 

It's worth $15- $20 thousand as it sits. Not much more than that.

 

Ill trade him my 51 Chevy, for it. Its worth around half what he thinks which is right in the price range of what my 51 is worth. The market is soft right now. I have been trying to sell a 57 nomad that was 100K dollar build when it was done in the late 90's. It easily has 25 to 30 thousand worth of really high end paint work. Has less than 2000 miles on it since built. Its a beautiful car, I cant get any bites at 50k on it.

 

I'm a Deuce guy and I see a lot wrong with the car,In my opinion he want's twice what it's worth,and that's if you want a channeled car.

It needs a lot of work before it's worth 40 grand,It sounds like they are fishing. HRP

 

Location and quality of the build come in to consideration any time you are selling a car. You can't get the same money if your selling it without Ebay in say Ky. or Ind. as you would in Calif. That being said even if he put it on Ebay with a reserve, I don't think he would get more than $20,000 for it. It's one thing if he has a quality paint job, and interior, and excellent craftsmanship, but I don't see that here. Make him an offer on your opinion of how much you think it's worth, and tell him to call you if he hasn't sold it in 3 months or so.

 

Someone over the course of its existence has done a lot of work on it. Some good-(all of the parts can be seen in the pix), and some bad-
(not able to see how it was channeled).

If the the Hot Rod was rolled out and had shots of it from all angles, some close ups and since was owned from new by a family member, perhaps a photographic history that chronicled the modification process over time and perhaps a famous owner then a price could be upwards of what he may be asking?????

"Something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it" .........

 

How much is a 32 ford 3 window body worth? How about a real grill ***y ? An original frame and an old school dropped axle set up? A ***le?The rest is just parts, but I would think he has 25-30,000 in real deal 32 there. The guy is high on his price, but in my opinion there is a lot of car there.

 

Is that a '32 frame? The front horns look like box tubing, really hard to tell with the channel job. An original steel 3W body with a ***le to go with it, even with the ****ed up floor and firewall, should still bring $20K or close to it I would think. No door garnishes ****s, does he have those? If that is a '32 frame, it's got some good value as well, if it's not, you could still sell the complete ch***is with everything except the body for like $5K to someone who wants to put a different body on it. So maybe $25K that way.

If it really is a '32 frame, someone would undo that channel job and put a stock style floor pan and firewall back in it, wouldn't be too bad of a car then.

Considering the '33 coupe body I'm s***ching back together right now, with each quarter panel probably made of 15 different pieces, I'm looking at cars like this in a whole new way. Cloth top insert, looks like a real windshield frame, and at least the hole for the cowl vent is there, it's not $40K, but it ain't that bad.

 

As 3windowLarry used to say" they are never over priced, just bought too soon."
Not much car for 40. I wouldn't spend anything over 28.

 

All 32 s are overpriced
There I said it !!!

 

the shifter is close to my leg, but its more usable than the pedals being so close to the seat....the frame does look like its steel tube, I didnt like the way the steering gear was mounted on top of the frame with a welded bracket...they lost the ***le a long time ago, but it has an ***igned ***le & vin by the state dmv.....seems like at least $20k worth of work to straighten it out.

 

no extra parts...what we see is what we get

 

I second that motion !

 

Put the car on ebay with a reserve and see what shakes out. If he's not happy with the offers he may want to put some more money and time into it. I hate to see it leave the country but there are people overseas who may pay something a little closer to his price.
Meanwhile I'm going down to the market and get a nice pair of melons.

 

X2

 

As a 32 3 window coupe owner the market for those types of cars has dropped dramatically. You can buy real nice all steel 32 3 windows for 50K done That is less than I have in a car that is only 50% done .
The car pictured as most indicate is a car in the high teens. Looks like the car will be in that family till the next generation come around and then worth maybe less. The crowd that this car appeals to are dyeing off and the new generation is into the muscle cars.
Vic

 

My wife's uncle has a similar build on his '32 3W. SBC, 4-speed, channeled, etc. He swears it's a 45-50k car. I told him it needs prolly 20k in updates just to make it streetable and comfortable. Hasn't talked to me since. Oh well.

 

The channeling and plywood floor and ***le issue thin the buyer herd considerably.

 

I'd easily give $20K for that. Sure it has some warts, but they could be fixed. And it is on a 32 frame...see the dimpled hole by the cowl?

 

I think he is high and the car is overpriced too. LOL But I have seen some pretty nasty looking rust bucket Deuce bodies ( cab only) go pretty high right here on this site.

What most of the people don't like about it don't bother me much, for example the plywood floor makes it easier to unchannel it, primer is good I probably wouldn't like the color that they chose anyway. I don't like the way that the engine sets but it could be moved back. And so on and so forth.

yea the price is too rich for my blood but even at half that it would be too rich for my blood, you just don't build a Deuce on a Fad T budget.

@911 steve where you got a problem is that you want to keep it in the family. So where you are is deciding what it is worth to keep it in the family. Come up with a value for that offer him less and ****er. If he doesn't budge then let someone else start a new family tradition.

 

The grill shell has been sectioned and chopped,the frame horns have been removed and there is a sheet metal firewall,we don't know what the frame looks like,that said it needs a lot of work. HRP

 

If it is a '32 frame and just has the horns whacked off, that's not so bad, but an ***igned VIN and state ***le ****s, some people won't care about that but it's a big downfall to me. No garnishes is a big deal too, they're available but they're pricey.

With this new info, I'm going to say low 20's. It's got lots of potential, and the family history is cool, but it needs a lot to be respectable.

 

If your avatar comes with it, it's a steal....

 

if she came with it, I'd give him $50K...btw she is Jordan Carver, fitness model, my dream girl

 

That's just more trouble that you couldn't afford

 

My dream girl would NOT include the ridiculous looking basketballs implanted under her skin