1976 charger value?

[biginch=bigfun]

A local lady asked me to look at her son's car she has been storing for 12+ years. Its a 1976 charger, odom. shows 60,000+, might be 160,000...

The car does not run, the seats are ripped, the trunk floor is rusted through. ETC

I explained that this isn't the most sought after body but I have no idea what it is worth. I'm try'n to help her out by asking all of you.

thanks in advance!

 

[eric383]

I would think she would be lucky to get $2000 for it. Like you said it needs a lot of work and doesn't run. And like you said not the most desireable Mopar.

 

[WP29440SE]

that is actually a one year only , base model charger sport and used the Plymouth fury platform. the charger Daytona and SE models used the cordoba body. it is a fairly rare car in its own right. there are not many around. if its rusted , then that's going to really hurt the value. I would say 2500

 

[pabster]

That has the potential to be a boss pimpmobile, but from what I know, there's not much value there. Realistic number IMHO is $1500.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I'd take a zero off on all three estimates.

 

[tallhair]

Let her down easy big'un. She been storing it for 12 years and possibly parking outside because of it (for her son). Looks to me with a little work / hopefully not seized engine it could be a pretty cool driver. Not every old Mopar can be valued based on collectability but this would be a cool driver as is with just fixing up the basics ... maybe.

 

[biginch=bigfun]

Thanks to everyone. You've confirmed what I suspected...

I can say i honestly tried to get real info on its value. I agree it would make a fun driver but I couldn't intertain the idea of dumping money into it.

She is going to have to decide what to do with it, scrap it or pay to move it into storage.

 

[YY1]

If there's no body rust, I'd say anywhere from just above scrap to 1500.

http://collectorcarmarket.com/menus/ccmprcs/76dochse.html

 

[Bruzilla]

This car is a perfect example of what ebay was made for! This car is worth scrap value unless you can find a buyer who genuinely wants that year/model of car, and there aren't many around so finding one locally would be a miracle.

Have her put the car on ebay at $1,000 and see what happens. At worst it doesn't sell, at best the half-dozen or so guys who think this year/model is the cat's *** bid it up. Make sure she plays up the story of the car being stored for 12 years, that this is an unmolested survivor car, barn find, etc.