What's it Worth '71 Charger

[Grizzlys Garage]

The '71 Charger shown above is a nice looking car, and I would love to have it, butt....

Check out what happened to this guy and his Corvette after he bought it from a dealer with the wrong rivets on the VIN tag:

1959 Chevy Corvette Seized by Police Returned to Owner After 5 Years With $28K in Damage

After six long years, Kansas police have returned a classic Corvette seized after it was found to have an improperly affixed VIN plate.

www.thedrive.com

 

[QuickBpBp]

I think the car is going to be a hard sell. The VIN issue is going to scare away most buyers. Tabulate the sum of the parts and that is the number.

Completely agree. It's a tough sell but seems like a really decent car. IMO it would have been better off with the Charger VIN and "cloning" to an R/T. Cause then all paperwork is legit as the car it shows to be now is a serious collector car while the car it now is really isn't. My opinion would be 18-20k with the paperwork issues. Good luck with the sale and nice to see you being upfront with the issues...

 

[davek]

I would buy it and drive that gorgeous car. I hope it works out for you . Good luck

 

[Skytrooper]

Thanks for all the replies and advice ! I will see how it goes at the next couple of car shows.

I appreciate the feedback, especially since this car has “its issue”.

Thanks

 

[DeltaV]

Another recent data point for comparison:

1971 Dodge Charger SE
440, automatic, GA4 paint, 78,000 miles
Reduced to $19,995 firm; was $22,500
St Paul, Minnesota
Facebook Marketplace

1971 Dodge Charger · SE
****************
For posterity:
VIN: WP29U1E131491

 

[WS23U1]

It's illegal to "tag a car". It's worth nothing. Sorry. Keep it and enjoy it and keep your mouth shut.

 

[Belvedere408]

It's illegal to "tag a car". It's worth nothing. Sorry. Keep it and enjoy it and keep your mouth shut.

Worth nothing. How about you shut up.

 

[Don Frelier]

Worth nothing. How about you shut up.

 

[1968rt]

Back in the 80s we would take quarters and dash pads off at the junkyard with the vin numbers on it. Slap them on our cars. Replaced it with our vin and no one cared. Its what was available. How much of the body can be replaced before it is considered tagged?

 

[chargervert]

I had a friend who had so much trouble registering his Challenger, he vowed to never step foot in the registry of motor vehicles again. He used to swap the e body dashpad from one Challenger to the next,never caring what numbers went with what car. For thirty years his original Challengers registration was on over a dozen different Challengers.

 

[Skytrooper]

To answer a previous question that I missed. The car is inspected until the end of October. The parking brake cable broke in the spring. I have the complete new assembly, and will be installing it today. Then it is off to get it inspected. It would not have passed inspection without it. I had hoped to sell, which is why I put off the job.

 

[Skytrooper]

Sold

 

[WS23U1]

Worth nothing. How about you shut up.

I didn't see this before but I will respond. After you buy it, pay for taxes and put $$$ in it and someone comes around and says Hey that's my old car that was stolen 10 years ago and the police impound it and charge you with having a stolen vehicle (a serious felony) and you pay your lawyer lots of $$$ and the car goes back to the original owner with all your new parts on it, now if you are lucky maybe you are out total 50-60k on this car and have 0. YES 0. And maybe 10 years free time. Now what's it worth? O by the way did you have a good enough lawyer or are you gonna see Bubu every morning for the next 10 years. If you think I'm wrong stop at your local State Police Office and ask them. But I am happy that he sold it and if the new guy doesn't ask stupid questions he might keep it. Like I said before keep your mouth shut and enjoy it and keep it forever!

 

[Cranky]

Nuts....

 

[70chall440]

I am late to this party and must have missed something along the way but from what I have read here (all 3 pages) is that the OP "believes" his car is a rebody but it has a Title, VIN tag on dash, sticker on the door and the VIN on the engine that all say 71 RT.

So what is missing is the core support and cowl numbers. Seems to me that it is more likely not to be a so called "rebody". I did not read anywhere any information that would suggest that it is.

If this thing has passed inspection then it is what the title says it is. Sure if there are questions that the OP could pass that onto the new owner (which I have no doubt occurred) but this entire "discussion" seems devoid of factual information and opinion based on some fear that the DMV knows more that the owner.

I definitely respect the honesty shown but the OP but IMO it seems slightly misplaced as it seems that the entire rebody deal is itself suspect.

Oh well the car is sold and it would seem that the new owner probably got a good deal.