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for around 10 years now my grandmaw has had a 1972 malibu in the garage
which belonged to my great grandmaw since well...1972. ive been trying to
buy this thing forever and even posted pics on here about 4 years ago i
beleive. I finally got the ok the other day and im looking for a fair
market value price on it. anyone have any idea? im going to get some more
pics probably tomorrow but ill tell ya its a 2 door, baby blue, 307, hasnt
been started in 10 years or so i dont know if the motor is locked or not,
original tires around 40000 on her. got a few slight scrapes on her. last
time i checked there might have been mice inside as well :banghead: body
was solid from what i remeber and all the glass was good last i checked. i
figured it would be around 2500-3000?
adamc44
That price seems reasonable. But as I have said before it is almost
impossible to value an older car. As they are worth different amounts to
different people. If it was ran through an auction and there were two
people there that needed a good parts car for a mega dollar SS car it could
bring double that..... on the other hand, if it was parked in the front
yard with that price written in shoe polish it may sit there forever....
With that said the price of unrestored original cars are increasing in
value at a very rapid rate. Once all of the big block SS cars are snatched
up, these "plain Jane" cars will sky rocket.
Do you want to know value so you know how much to pay? or how much you can
sell it for?
corbett_auto
that was the main problem, not really any way for me to gauge a fair price
on it, i was wanting to buy it for myself for a resto project.
adamc44
tried to roll the engine over but she wont budge. has a dent in the
passenger side door. also have 10 additional pictures but didnt get them
posted, will do that tomorrow.
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adamc44
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adamc44
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adamc44
Wow! it is hard for me to put a price on this car as it sits.... because
all I see is what it will look like after about 2 weekends of cleaning. If
it was cleaned inside and out, had 4 matching tires, and could make it
around the block on its own power it could be worth over $10K.
Will you please post pictures of this car after you give it a good bath? I
would love to see it..... if all cars looked like this I wouldn't have a
job.
Good thing most cars this age look like this:
http://www.corbettsauto.com/pictures/1970_Chevelle_SS396/Before/DSCF4727.JP
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http://www.corbettsauto.com/pictures/1970_Chevelle_SS396/Before/DSCF4691.JP
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corbett_auto
Wow. A wash and wax and a reupholstering and you are good to go, even the
chrome looks descent, which is amazing, especially for an Ohio car. To bad
about the engine though,:ohcrap: might want to try putting a little
something in the cylinders, see if it will work loose. Of course if it did
work loose, I would want a complete rebuild before I tried to run it.
Edit: is that a studded snow tire?
dvdrose18
no need to recover the seats, they look good to me... nothing some good
cleaner wouldn't fix. The value in this car will be in not replacing
anything unless you have too. As soon as you put something new in/on the
car it will make the thing beside it look old and dingy.... this is the
domino effect of restoring a car. The next thing you know you have replaced
everything. Trust me the people paying high bucks want to see the old
original stuff still on the car. Anything that looks new will look out of
place.
And as far as the engine goes... I'd just pull out the plugs, pour in some
sort of lube, let it soak and see what happens. If it spins: drain and
change all fluids (including the fuel), and see if it will crank. If it
does I'd drive it until it breaks... If it ain't broke why fix it. You may
want to check out the brakes real good before you take it around the
block.
Just to clarify, this is not my typical advise. But then again this is not
a typical car. I normally recommend a complete tear down and rebuild of
everything from engine to brakes. But in this case, it has obviously been
taken care of and in general age does not destroy things as bad as abuse.
corbett_auto
I thought I saw stuffing coming out,:oops: but I looked closer, and you
are right, the seats do look good, just need a little cleaning. I am just
curious, is that the headliner hanging down in front of that one picture? I
guess even that could be just put back in place. Give it a good bath and
let us see what it looks like.
dvdrose18
well the thing about this ohio car is that its been garaged its entire
life. it belonged to my great grandmaw when she bought it new, then she
went to a nursing home so it sat in her garage all those years. after she
died about 20 years ago, they moved the car to my grandmaws garage where
they planned to fix it, but never fooled with it. my grandpaw didnt want
to sell it, but he passed on and my grandmaw wants to get it out of the
way now. well do you guys think in its currnet condition, the way it
sits, what do you figure its worth 2-3000?
adamc44
At least.. I'd pay that much for it just from the pictures.
corbett_auto
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adamc44
Some people would be willing to pay double that, especially if you have any
of the original documentation that came with the car. (owners manual,
original title, 1972 license plate etc.) Of course price depends on demand,
which can vary greatly with location.
dvdrose18
I agree 100% with that statement!:thumbs:
corbett_auto
I'm learning, I'm learning.:laughing:
dvdrose18
I would be willing to pay about 4500...seems like you can get a few hundred
more if you really get the word out there.
JPolito830
