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barbee6043

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I admit to being a lifelong Mopar guy and have done many since the mid 80's, and have been playing with mainly A bodies for the last 15 years. But I am wearing out and need to find a B body project before I get too old to do it! I love the 68- 70 Runners Bees but we know how many $ and how bad those project cars are now. I love the early B bodies but a decent comlete car is way hard to find. I love the 66 Belvedere or 67 and would not turn my nose up at a decent 66-7 Coronet project. So those are my attention getters today.
I will not ask the what is it worth question, but I will give my opinion. Please tell me if wrong. You guys that have been playing with these models know what stuff actually sells for.
66-& B bodies have never been highly sought after IMHO. There are NO decent qtr patch panels I am aware of. I figure a restored "driver" as I call it, that is a car with all the rust repaired, and decent paint, good mechanicals and GOOD interior will be at about $7-8000.
I do all my own work, so I just figure costs of parts, nothing for my labor! but I figure it places a decent 66-7 Bel. or coronet , complete project at $1500-2000.
I know the economy is good but I really don't see any of our old Mopars selling well at all.
I did pick up a decent 66 Bel post car roller 3 yrs ago before I sold my cars to move to Tx. It cost me $1000 and 8 hr road trip. But the kid had to sell or the wife would divorce him!!
Anyway I am on the hunt for a decent 66-7 Bel or Coronet project. I am in SE Tx but I lived up in Missouri for 37 years. I liv drive 500 hundred mi for a good car, but I NOT interested in anything from the Rust belt!!
I will place a wanted here in FBBO also.

Thanks guys.
 
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I think you’re a bit low, but I’m a long ways away in a different market. From what I see complete project cars are around $2500 to $3500, running driving are about $5000 and up. Four doors are cheaper. Wagons are currently hot.
 
I think you’re a bit low, but I’m a long ways away in a different market. From what I see complete project cars are around $2500 to $3500, running driving are about $5000 and up. Four doors are cheaper. Wagons are currently hot.
I look at what is selling and when it does, for how mucsh. Not for ale ads. But Texas is NOT a Mopar state and we are a long ways from New England. Back in Missouri cars were even cheaper. Look at the for sale ads here, and FABO, and see what has sold and how long it took. Few cars are selling. The market, in general has been cold for years.
I bet the guys that are into the 66-7 cars here, will say a restored driver quality car real world will be at bout $8000 maybe???? NOT someone that spent $4000 on the engine and $6000 paying the shop to do the body/paint though. Maybe I am wrong.
At any rate, I would not give $3500 for a car that needs virtually everything. Everything is guess is relative!!!
I admit I have always enjoyed the hunt.
 
Buy a finished car in the 25-30K range. Parts are almost impossible to find for 66-67's.
 
Parts are almost impossible to find for 66-67's.
Except for the ones that have a stockpile of them.....but yeah, you're right and that's the reason the old farts hang onto them.

And my wife divorced me but not because of my cars! Oh man.....gotta fart now! :D
 
I admit to being a lifelong Mopar guy and have done many since the mid 80's, and have been playing with mainly A bodies for the last 15 years. But I am wearing out and need to find a B body project before I get too old to do it! I love the 68- 70 Runners Bees but we know how many $ and how bad those project cars are now. I love the early B bodies but a decent comlete car is way hard to find. I love the 66 Belvedere or 67 and would not turn my nose up at a decent 66-7 Coronet project. So those are my attention getters today.
I will not ask the what is it worth question, but I will give my opinion. Please tell me if wrong. You guys that have been playing with these models know what stuff actually sells for.
66-& B bodies have never been highly sought after IMHO. There are NO decent qtr patch panels I am aware of. I figure a restored "driver" as I call it, that is a car with all the rust repaired, and decent paint, good mechanicals and GOOD interior will be at about $7-8000.
I do all my own work, so I just figure costs of parts, nothing for my labor! but I figure it places a decent 66-7 Bel. or coronet , complete project at $1500-2000.
I know the economy is good but I really don't see any of our old Mopars selling well at all.
I did pick up a decent 66 Bel post car roller 3 yrs ago before I sold my cars to move to Tx. It cost me $1000 and 8 hr road trip. But the kid had to sell or the wife would divorce him!!
Anyway I am on the hunt for a decent 66-7 Bel or Coronet project. I am in SE Tx but I lived up in Missouri for 37 years. I liv drive 500 hundred mi for a good car, but I NOT interested in anything from the Rust belt!!
I will place a wanted here in FBBO also.

Thanks guys.

Greetings. Fellow FABO member here also.

I recently purchased a basket case 1968 Sport Satellite convertible and found my way over here.

Just like FABO, these are a great group of guys. Always here to help.

Good luck in your search.
 
Buy a finished car in the 25-30K range. Parts are almost impossible to find for 66-67's.
I have no problem finding parts decent patch panels do nt exist that I am aware of. I want a pretty complete project It can be expensive buying a project needing all the odds and ends !!
I am no expert but over the last 30 years I have restored Hemis, Maxies, 6 pacs E and B bodies, all the way down to A body slants. NO way would I give $25000 for a done 66-7 B body. That WILL buy a done 68-70 Runner or Bee, but I do not intend to have that kind of $ in a toy and that is all these cars are.
I realize the guy that has paid a resto shop or has spent the big $ on his 66-7 car and does not want me to say it is not worth $30,000 probably to anyone??
I know this. There are always way more of these old cars for sale than there are buyers. Especially now days, with down turn of prices, with all the modern muscle, and the resto rods taking the big $ at the BJ circus.
 
Although I'm even earlier in the B-bodies ('63 Plymouth) restoing these cars ain't for the faint hearted. Doing a lot of the work myself, while having others do some of the resto, (a longer story about my decisions on this vs following my gut instincts to some regret) it was difficult to keep the costs down as much as I'd a liked. Restoing Mustangs and Chevies is an easier ball game; but having my '63 for some 25 years have found more parts available the past several years. Some of those repro parts though I've found several times higher than for the more common older cars. With you being a handy sort, all I can say is look forward to your ingenuity skills being tapped...and my thanks again to fellow forum members who offered their tips and had some parts available to sell. Joined this forum in 2016...coulda saved myself some pre-mature aging if I would joined sooner than I did. lol
 
Not a chance in hell you will find a mechanically sound, decent driver quality paint and interior 66-67 b body for 7 or 8 grand.
 
I don’t spend a lot of time studying these cars, I’m okay with R/Ts and GTXs values. I think you’ll have a hard time finding what your calling a driver for under $10-15k. I think a 2 door post with a small block is the lower range and hardtop with a big block swapped in would be the $15k. These would be 440 or Belvedere models. Project prices will be based on how much of a project they are I suppose. $15k doesn’t buy a whole lot anymore but there’s always a deal out there if you look hard enough.

I think the ‘desire’ has been on the rise. I’ve seen two 67 R/T auto cars with 440s list for just under $50k. I don’t think they’ll ever sell at that price or even close to it but someone thinks the value is on the rise.
 
I admit I have built from rollers or complete (project) cars 95% of the old Mopars I have owned over the decades. It has always been difficult for me, to get my $ back out of a car even when I did most or even all of the work.
Ialways bought the project car well worth the $ and still always hard.

Look at the classified section here and see what has sold. I general A first class resto job, on a rarish model like a M code Runner or V code six pack seems to always sell easier,and obviously for many $$, than a $10,000 base (318) Bel. someone transplanted a 383 or 400 into. Wealthy people want the rare and most desirable. They never are foolish spending but they will spend The guy after that Bel. I just mentioned generally is slower to spend and has less to spend. The wife says .......

Lifelong Mopar bud called other night asking about my '77 Volare wagon. He had one he dragged some years back. Wants another. He is 500 mi away but... he called because my wagon is complete, rust free and cheap. I bought it cheap. I traded out the grill for my Runner, and I can sell the wagon for $1000 and still be $500 ahead. I bought it for what it was worth, but not what someone else that really does not know thinks it is worth. Priced at market at $1000, no it will not bring $2000. In our conversation, he has found a # 69 GTX survivor. He will flip it for a reasonable profit, he bought it cheap enough. NO it wasn't on CL or Marketplace. Well it is a good buy for what it is but I do not want to have the $ in it after I restore it. Too many $for a toy for me.

Most of these old Mopars
 
Tell ya the old mopar wagons I had a chance to buy pretty cheap I passed on and have regrets seeing some well done wagons! They were not an attraction back when; but damn I have other impressions today. Recalling the '59 Dodge and a '63 Plymouth wagon I had stared at for a while that were for sale for cheap! Yeah...I should a bought Fastenal stock too...
 
13k BIN

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Dodge-Coronet/323865184707?hash=item4b67de89c3:g:mqkAAOSwG9Fb2I3T

running, driving 66 500 with big block, decent paint and good interior.

has been on CL for almost a year, now on EB

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on any 66/67, carefully check the rear wheel arch

EXTREMELY difficult to get right if body work is needed
 
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