Hot Rods What's It Worth..........THE LEGION SPECIAL?? .......Yeah, yeah....I KNOW!!

I'm getting really ****ing tired of building cool **** and then having to sell it, but it's happening again. My house needs a $15k+ roof and other repairs. Plus the wife is starting her own business so we're down to one income and the bills are piling up. The only thing I have worth **** is the Legion Special, so it has to be done.

You guys know it almost as well as I do from all of the build threads etc. Talking with Matt last night, he kept track of all of our hours and the shop rate for fab alone would be over $75,000 if someone was to pay full pop. Then there are parts...so somewhere in the $100k range to reproduce. Gawd, that's ****ing crazy! Thankfully I'm nowhere hear that into it.

How the hell do I come to a price? Where do I sell such a unique piece? Ideas?
















Matt and I discussing it...

 

Thats a tough one Kirk, maybe talk to an Appraiser?

 

There's an idea. contact Jon Lundberg, I think he's here. he is a certified appraiser.

 

Damm Kirk! That ****s, some thing like that should get $25k to $50K no problem, Man try something Eles!!!

 

That's a tough one man....... I've seen cars like that sell for good money, but nothing close to even halfway to 100k. I can see more money if it was a car with "history" but being a new build......

I say keep it and hustle something else......it's too rad.

 

Kirk, sell yourself into pros***ution........not your car.......might be more fun as well

 

I don't know man, had you called it "The ***dumpster" you might get the big bucks, but ......


Seriously, it's going to take the right kind of collector to buy it for serious money ~ a Bruce Meyers, Ron Pratt, Richard Munz kind of guy I think.

 

I know, I totally blew it!

 

hard to figure a price on a car like that. does the fact that it belongs to KIRK! add value or take it away???

 

Man I love that ****ing car I really really do. There was one at Good guys that was top notch and built by a pretty well known builder and he was asking 30k. I thought he was high.

I'd probably ask 25k at the very most if you wanted to sell it or ask 45k if you wanted a roller to come in and throw his cash around. There's an *** for every seat so you could potentially get 100k out of it but realistically I couldn't see more then 25k for the car.

What the hell do I know though. I'm just not in that bracket of income so I'll probably never have more then 30k into a single car.

 

After you figure out what you are going to ask for it you can advertise it in the back of the GoodGuys Gazette, ever hear of it ? I think that you have to have a current member ship to do that. Might be worth joining if you are not a member.

 

I hate to say it....
but try listing it on Ebay with a reserve?




Malcolm

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

Of course, 7 days on Ebay with no reserve doesn't lie either.

JH

 

Yeah, but that's scary. Auctions are scary. They can be great or a disaster, depending on who's there or happens to see it.

 

ha ha. he blew it! get it. 'cuse he said ...

 

Yeah I would definitely be afraid of doing that. Touch choices man.

 

But you'll have an answer!!!!

It'll bring exactly what it is worth, that week, to the people who see it. Scary as hell, I know.

JH

 

I've done it in the past to get approximate values. Just list it on ebay with a really high reserve so that it doesn't sell. Don't answer any questions about reserve, just let it go like a normal auction. It will find it's own value then you canm decide if that's the neighborhood you're comfortable in.

 

Limited market, big time.
There was a gorgious little roadster built a couple years back, tried for the AMBR. Saw it at SEMA and then it went over the block at BJ, I think. It went way low IMHO for the time, effort and quality of it. It went for 190K??

 

I'll start the bids, $1500.00? I know it worth more but this is all I can afford right now!

 

IS this going to be a HAMB auction?