I just went and looked at a 73 Roadrunner in my area (Western New York). The price he was asking was $4500. It apparently had a numbers matching 340 with numbers matching trans and it did have an 8 3/4 rear with what the owner said was a 3.55 posi, but there was no fender tag to confirm any of that, and the owner had no idea that there was even supposed to be a fender tag on Mopars (what a dope). The funny part was that it had no soft interior pieces, no drivers floor, no trunk, and no rockers. There were fist size rust holes in the bottoms of the doors and quarters, as well as behind the rear windows. The best part of the adventure was that the owner told me that if I bondo-ed the rust holes, painted the car one color and put an interior in the car, that it would be worth 10-12k easy. I asked if he would move on the price, just for grins and giggles. He insisted that the car, as it sat in mud and foot high snow was a deal at $4500. I'll give him that I'm young. But I'm not stupid. Needless to say, I shook the guys hand, thanked him for showing it to me, and ran away as fast as I possibly could.
But I've been watching that red SSP car for awhile. It seems like he is getting caught up in the Mecum and Barrett auctions like a lot of guys are. CL and Ebay are practically breeding grounds for overpriced cars and trucks. Guys wishing upon a star to hit it rich with nothing more than a halfway decent parts car. Some of the cars on the market now are just unbelievably overpriced, as are some parts cars. Especially the 71-74 stuff.
