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WIW 66 Satellite

moparker

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A freind of mine ran across a guy wanting to sell a 66 Saty 383 auto, low mileage all original, Numbers match. It has been on a dirt floor for 2 years and is now outside. He is the original owner. It does not run due to carb is off and is in pieces. He doesn't know what to ask. The quarters and front fenders need work. The floors are solid. He says the brake lines need replaced. The chrome needs redone. Exhaust is roached. The trans he said was weak 15 years ago. Interior is good except one tear on the drivers seat. Very desireable color combo. I'll leave it at that. Let me know. I was thiking on the high side 3 to 3500.00. On the low side 1000.00 to 15.
 
Take a pad of paper with you and right down what needs to done, or replaced.
Do your home work prior so later you won't get any surprises when it going to cost "X" when you thought "Y" to get it running and on the road.
 
Without detailed pics, it's hard to put a price on it but with today's economy, prices are way down on cars that need work but even cars that are nice are not bringing top dollar anymore.
 
Just got back. The quarters are boogered up with bondo. The bottoms of the front fenders are soft with a small hole. The interior is very complete and original. No cracks in the dash. Two small tears in front seats. One in each. The floors and trunk are F'n great. Has factory air.PS,PB. All the air stuff is there. The certicard is there as well. He is the original owner. I'll have the wife piost the pics tonite. 48,000 original miles.
 
Here's a 67 GTX, long way's from you but a comparison, asking 4500.CAD
http://classifieds.castanet.net/showproduct.php/product/833578/cat/150

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Well, I offered him a grand and he pretty much hung uo on me. This explains why the car is sitting in his yard sunk up to the hubs. I'll still try to post the pics. Thanks for the advice.
 
My brother recently paid 1000 for a 361 a/c car that needs floors and a big quarter patch among other things including rebuilding the motor (it's disassembled.

It's pretty much all there and unmolested, though.

I think he would have gladly paid 2500 for one that didn't need floors and a 1/2 quarter on one side.

For reference I paid 1500 about 4 years ago form my Coronet 440 383 a/c car with almost perfect quarters and floor and the motor locked up, but also unmolested and 99% all there.

I think I stole that!
 
He must have a price in mind.....I hate dealing with people who just ask for offers.
 
He said he didn't know what to ask for the car. As far as my offer I would have offered more if had countered. Also I don't know if the block is cracked etc. Cranky is right. He had a price in mind and that's why it is sinking into the earth. What a shame.
 
I hate that too. We dickered with one guy for a couple of hours. 90% of the things I asked about, he had a reason he didn't want to sell. (Why does he advertize??).

...and he kept saying "I gotta sell this stuff". and "I need the money, bad". He had a 66 Sat 4 door missing the bumpers and lots of trim. We needed the floor and maybe a quarter patch. After an hour of hemming and hawing and him not telling us what he wanted, I finally said "how about $500". The guy started cursing and said "I'm not giving it away, I want at least $1500".

That's when I laughed, and said "maybe $650", and he never counter offered again.
If he'd have said 1000 or 1200, maybe we could have met at 700-800. Still way too much, but he didn't even try, although he did still keep saying he HAD to sell.

I guess not!

We had another guy that wanted $400 for a rusted hood and fenders with dents and bondo.

He kept telling us how "solid" it was, and how easy it would be to fix.

We tried to be nice and said no thanks because wasn't any better than what we had.

That guy immediately stomped into his house and slammed the door.

What a DICK!
 
If I had a nickel for everyone of these guys, will you know the rest.
 
People think this stuff is gold and for the most part, it had better be perfect to fetch top dollar and with the way the economy is, people are not willing to pay top dollar for parts that are really not rare and are not in nice condition. Every now and then, someone will come along and is happy to pay for a part or car that's really nice and rust free....the ones that kill me are the ones that are calling a 4 door 69 Valiant a classic and then say it's worth a lot of money. I've told many of them that it's obvious they don't know what that word means.
 
people are paying too much for rusty cars nowadays. Nothing special base sattelite your price was right. Give me a car with a good body and bad interior. interior is cheap unless you gotta buy resto pieces. Here in tx you can get a whole interior done for a grand if you dont have to make it factory original.People who shoot those high prices are hoping theres are worth more.Russ Davis had a nice driver on here for close to the top quotes.
 
Now that you have looked at the car. Sit down and write down all that needs to be done and how much it will cost.

if it been sitting for awhile, and can figure that every seal in the motor, transmission, and rear end will need replaced. Hopefully the wiring has not been eaten up by mice.

Now the body is what is really going to cost you the big money. From what you have described, it going to need some serious love with the rusted quarters. Unless your good at welding, body work, and painting, it going to be a wallet braker.

You got to figure it going to cost you a small fortune to get it back on the road.

Unless you can get the car for a reasonable price, and have the a rather large saving account, keep looking.
 
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