What is the best resale color for the B bodies?

[440 4 speed]

Convertible with 170"slant, three on the tree, and manual steering, are rare. Want one?

Would be interested if it happened to be a hyperpack (sp?)then I could pull a small trailer.

 

[440 4 speed]

WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!
As a buyer I would be extremely happy if XX1, LL1, GG1,HH1, JJ1, code7,QQ1 stay with less interest. Means they would be less expensive to finally get to the end result.
Most of these are 67 codes.
Had a money grubbing flipper that had a decent 66 XX1 383 Charger that he was selling. Ended up doing a paint and body (cheap side) changed the colour to black. Pawned it off the a charity, which raffled it off. Should have kept it XX1 I believe.

 

[33 IMP]

XX1? Beige?
My parents first car that I was aware of was a beige 42 chevy Aero fleeting (the fastback).
I have three 55 chevies in beige and x. (Blue, red, and all beige.) The all beige ended up black and gray (not my choice).
I guess I like beige just fine.

 

[YY1]

B5 has always been popular with the Mopar crowd.

I personally like B3 on 68/69, as it is the exact color of a B interior.

 

[68BabyBlue]

B5 has always been popular with the Mopar crowd.

I personally like B3 on 68/69, as it is the exact color of a B interior.

I just talked to Baby Blue’s current owner, who replaced the QQ1 blue with B5 because of paint costs. Still won his class at a show last weekend.

 

[autoxcuda]

I just talked to Baby Blue’s current owner, who replaced the QQ1 blue with B5 because of paint costs. Still won his class at a show last weekend.

In all the costs of painting a car that color cost differential can’t be that significant. I wonder if that’s just an excuse to use for painting it a color he liked more.

 

[68BabyBlue]

In all the costs of painting a car that color cost differential can’t be that significant. I wonder if that’s just an excuse to use for painting it a color he liked more.

I think the difference was about $2000 in materials. He was on a tight budget, did all the prep work with his son who is a body and paint guy, then the kid switched jobs, and they lost the use of the paint booth, had to pay for someone else to shoot it. By today's standards, I practically gave him the car, I didn't hold our for more money, knowing his kid would be a good caretaker down the road. But I also know his dream GTX back in the day was a B5 '69 that got away. So you may be right.

 

[autoxcuda]

I think the difference was about $2000 in materials. He was on a tight budget, did all the prep work with his son who is a body and paint guy, then the kid switched jobs, and they lost the use of the paint booth, had to pay for someone else to shoot it. By today's standards, I practically gave him the car, I didn't hold our for more money, knowing his kid would be a good caretaker down the road. But I also know his dream GTX back in the day was a B5 '69 that got away. So you may be right.

Did he repaint it very long ago?

About what year did you sell it to him? I can sorta understand if it didn't have much in it.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Did he repaint it very long ago?

About what year did you sell it to him? I can sorta understand if it didn't have much in it.

I sold it to him in fall 2021 after I bought my Hemi car. Different market than current. He wouldn’t be able to buy it in the first place today.

 

[autoxcuda]

I sold it to him in fall 2021 after I bought my Hemi car. Different market than current. He wouldn’t be able to buy it in the first place today.

Yes different market, but not like he bought it in 1997. He spent some $$$ in his initial buy.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Yes different market, but not like he bought it in 1997. He spent some in the initial buy.

The GTX I owned in 1997 cost me $10,000. Seismic shift by 2021. The upfront purchase pretty much tapped him out.

 

[autoxcuda]

While it may seem like an off-topic convo with 68Babyblue and me.... It shows how important color is to people. When this newish buyer repainted his 68 GTX he changed it from QQ1 to B5. And QQ1 is typically viewed a very desirable 68 color.

 

[33 IMP]

Color is important.
The mid fifties Fords had lots of beautiful colors and schemes, along with a couple awful ones.
I saw an F T-bird (57, blown y-block, one of 211) bring about half what it would have been worth at auction, in red or black. It was professionally restored by the best T-bird restorer in the world, and he refused to change the color.

It was basically gloss army green. Hideous.

 

[BSB67]

While it may seem like an off-topic convo with 68Babyblue and me.... It shows how important color is to people.

Agreed. Very important. But it is a personal preference. I had a B5 68 Charger. The color was okay to me. The blue interior was pretty cool.

The colors that have come up the most in this thread as colors that folks believe command the highest sale price, I would not buy. That’s good news for me I guess.

How do you factor in the fact there are simple more of certain colors out there.

 

[SteveSS]

I walked by a new Lexus sedan this evening it was kind of a dark silver/light charcoal. Really caught my eye.

 

[Pecos Bill]

There's always that one person who'll eat just one colour out of a bag of M&M's, even when all the candy available came out of the same bag

 

[Belvedere408]

Ima go with Red, blue and orange.

 

[Hey-O]

Red. That's what drew me in to this one.

 

[Roadhog51]

Purchased my RR in 2019, it was not painted the original color which was F5! I wouldn't have bought it if it was!

 

[Hey-O]

Purchased my RR in 2019, it was not painted the original color which was F5! I wouldn't have bought it if it was!

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Not everyone has to be a purest. That's just one side of the equation and opinion. Mines Subaru ruby red I get it and like it!!