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Keep it or sell it?

BigYellaStella

BigYellaStella

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Easy(?) question here;

Do I keep Stella or not? If I keep, what direction should I take? It's a low mileage 4 door with a v8, opportunities are endless.

If I sell, what do I ask for it?

Conflicted here...
 
Well since your site name is BigYellaStella how can you kick her to the curb and abandon her....it's your call man :lol: just yankin your chain, good luck.
 
A car like Stella needs saving too. It's history!

You can clean her up, a little detailing, check it over mechanically and she'll be like new.

Then if you want you can use her for a "stepping stone" to get something else. The more doors aren't as desirable as a two door. 318s aren't as desirable as a big block. But like I said, they need to be saved too. It's your choice...
 
khryslerkid said:
A car like Stella needs saving too. It's history!

You can clean her up, a little detailing, check it over mechanically and she'll be like new.

Then if you want you can use her for a "stepping stone" to get something else. The more doors aren't as desirable as a two door. 318s aren't as desirable as a big block. But like I said, they need to be saved too. It's your choice...
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Would that then make it BigYella4Sella?
 
I have a 68 Barracuda to hotrod, but Stella seemed like a decent cruiser if done right...
 
Only you can make the decision on keeping or selling. I would list the pros & cons and go with the longest list. Keep in mind they're hard to get back once you let them go..... I've kept mine for 45 years thru every stage of life.
 
BigYellaStella said:
I have a 68 Barracuda to hotrod, but Stella seemed like a decent cruiser if done right...
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Looks like a super clean car. I remember years ago my dad was a Texas state trooper and he had a 72/73 Polara and as a kid that thing seemed huge...like titanic huge. Anyway when he worked an area between Grimes and Robertson counties ( near Tx A&M) but he would take a tape recorder with him and record his stops and chases, sometimes he would give comentary like he was on espn...I used to love listening to those tapes. You could here him lay into that big block and it sounded like it was going to suck the hood in... Those old boats are different and worth saving, they will never be a Bee or a RR but still are cool in their own right. Good luck!
 
What you do, is sell it. Find out that nobody is looking for one, and so you sell it cheap. Then a few days later, you have regrets.

Two years later you manage to find another one and buy it, for three times as much.
 
Keep it, it looks clean and a like a sleeper. You can always change the drive train but a solid car is a good platform to start with. A 4 door Coronet was my first car with a poly 318 which I drove my sophomore and junior years. I worked at at red carpet car wash and saved up enough to get a 400 police interceptor and big block trans case.
 
Unfortunately value will play a role, most people either don't want 4 doors or look at them as a cheap alternative. There's plenty 4 doors that I'd gladly own but if nobody wants to pay anything?????
 
Photon440 said:
What you do, is sell it. Find out that nobody is looking for one, and so you sell it cheap. Then a few days later, you have regrets.

Two years later you manage to find another one and buy it, for three times as much.
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^^^^^THIS
 
Thanks for all of the replies, I have alot to ponder on still..

With that said, then ponder this, since now we're speaking of pondering..

If I keep,do I "beef" it up to my own preferences (headers & duals,a 4bbl, mild cam, maybe gears) or do i keep her factory to a fault and preserve it for future generations to enjoy (or for the future generations to transform it into some post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-esque death machine fighting in a vast wasteland someday,depending on what the future may hold)?

I'm torn for sure, but i am leaning more towards keeping it.....unless a number comes along that cant be ignored(all things considered,naturally)

Thoughts?
 
Yeah - it's a matter of personal preference, the condition of the car, what needs fixin, how much you can afford to do having someone else do work or what you can do yourself. Then how much you would spend on it and the value the car holds. I've always been a drop-top fan but over the years it's been an evolution of more people doing wagons and have seen some really neat resto's. I've passed up some sweet deals on those over the years a '63 Plymouth and a '59 Dodge I'd like to have today. And I've seen more doing 4-doors at the shows; but as you know the 2-doors and convert's have the highest value sometimes by a lot. Again, if you want to spend a lot of cash to make it cherry expect you won't get what you put into it come the time you may want to sell..
 
I like the Mad Max option !!!!:elmer::elmer::elmer:
 
If I were you: I'd keep it as a daily driver, or a parts getter. Then I'd invest my money into building that 68 Barracuda to be a really nice car with plenty of power!
 
I have to sharpen her up then, 15s, duals, a radio that works.....


Speaking of Mad Max &, by proxy, Barracuda....

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