Selling "custom" builds.

[747mopar]

I wasn't really considering selling the car right now. Just bummed like the rest of us about losing an entire season because of the dictators and virus excuse. In my "state of depression" I was in the garage looking at the car and just wondered. Someday it will be gone whether it is me who sells it or whoever ends up with it in the family after I croak.

Drive the **** out of it, piss on Covi!

 

[Darius]

I putt around from time to time but it just isn't the same as a multi-day, far away cruise/show. This is being made worse by finding out I will probably be out of town on the weekend of the 2 day extravaganza in Sacramento in Sept. That is, IF the dic...governor does not cancel it for us with some bullshit excuse.

 

[Hey-O]

These cars are for using, not to be held up as a trophy. I care very much for my car, but It's a car. My plan is to wear it out or die trying. If times were to get hard, say goodbye. After all I've been through in my life, my priorities have changed and I know now more than ever what's important, family, then toys.

 

[dadsbee]

Come on.. get on it.. drive it. I have a wife that can catch the flu walking through an EMPTY shopping mall! Load her up and GO !

 

[Hey-O]

Come on.. get on it.. drive it. I have a wife that can catch the flu walking through an EMPTY shopping mall! Load her up and GO !
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You and your attitude, I like!!!

 

[Dennis H]

Come on.. get on it.. drive it. I have a wife that can catch the flu walking through an EMPTY shopping mall! Load her up and GO !
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She is so nice. You don’t look so mean this time.

 

[BAFRAID]

I agree, get in it and drive. We’ve all been cooped up too long. We finally had a rod run last night. Instead of having it where they normally do down Main Street, they had to “social distance” the group so they cruised all around our town instead of just Main Street. People came from all over to sit along the regular roads of our town to watch the cars. Add another car to the group in your town.

 

[68BabyBlue]

all kinds of people out there

ol' adage;
there's an *** for every seat
just need to find that ***

they may not want to pay as much,
but they are out there

priced right, it will sell
overpriced it, it will sit with very little interest
need to find that niche'

The diehard MoPar crowd sometimes is the hardest sale too
some are really picky about what "personal" choices have been made,
Vin tag & fender-tag readers etc., will want to pick it apart
they don't read the ad before coming to look
or just there to lowball you, get a deal

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I'm sure you've heard stuff already at shows etc.

most of my old cars have been custom in one way or other
or racecars, all of them sold sooner or later, close to or what I wanted

sort of depends on how they are built
specifically built to taste cars, built to your personal taste
color, interior choices, engine choice, sound, stance, or even stereos **** etc.
has to appeal to someone, just as much as it did/does to you

need to find that guy that has to have it
& has a taste like yours

good luck if you are trying to sell

So true, and I've found it applies to the numbers matching stuff as well - colors, options, did potential buyer have one like it years ago, and so on. Also have the issue of finding someone who both loves the package, and has funds to meet your price.

 

[68BabyBlue]

These cars are for using, not to be held up as a trophy. I care very much for my car, but It's a car. My plan is to wear it out or die trying. If times were to get hard, say goodbye. After all I've been through in my life, my priorities have changed and I know now more than ever what's important, family, then toys.

Many of us have been around the block by now, in health, career, family issues. Two decades ago my own crap hit the wall, and I sold every Mopar I owned (3 at the time), plus my house, and fled my corporate gig. A decade later, life had done a 180 degree turnaround. Stars seemed to align, and the '68 GTX I'd owned in the '80s came back to me 22 years after I'd sold it. I've kept the patina intact and drive it to Carlisle every year. The car doesn't win trophies, but it's one heck of a reminder that life happens, good and bad.

 

[Hey-O]

Many of us have been around the block by now, in health, career, family issues. Two decades ago my own crap hit the wall, and I sold every Mopar I owned (3 at the time), plus my house, and fled my corporate gig. A decade later, life had done a 180 degree turnaround. Stars seemed to align, and the '68 GTX I'd owned in the '80s came back to me 22 years after I'd sold it. I've kept the patina intact and drive it to Carlisle every year. The car doesn't win trophies, but it's one heck of a reminder that life happens, good and bad.

You are a success in more than one way!!! Well done, be proud and good for you !!!!

 

[451Mopar]

Interesting topic. When I was younger, part of the fun was taking an inexpensive car and fixing it up. Back then I didn't have the funds for an expensive car either.
Now that I'm older and my back is messed up, and I make more money. A done car is something I would consider.
When looking at cars for my friend who lives in a Condo with small single garage, he ended up getting a car that was done. That was a good choice for him although the initial cost was higher. It was an older rest-o-mod type car that was in Car Craft many years ago. A nice 68 Barracuda 340 stroker with 5-speed and 4-wheel disc brakes. We still do some work on the car. Rebuilt the 8-3/4" rear axle last year, re-did the rear disc brakes too.

 

[Darter6]

True that as you get older things aren't as easy to do anymore. At one time I had no problem lifting a 8 3/4'' pumpkin and stabbing it in the hole. Now I'm lucky if I can pick it up off the floor. I'm glad and sad at the same time that I have one done car and 2 projects that may never get finished. BUT I gotta keep telling myself "I THINK I CAN !"
Almost daily I think about selling them off and all my extras in a lot sum. We will see ,, my wife tells me daily too !

 

[451Mopar]

My problem is that my cars are never "Done". Even if they are running, there always seems to be something to fix or "upgrade."
My poor '69 Coronet Convertible was running driving, and I started to "update" a bunch of stuff. Then life happened, and 4-years later it is still sitting with about a weeks worth of work to complete on it (unless I decide to make even more changes..)

 

[68BabyBlue]

My problem is that my cars are never "Done". Even if they are running, there always seems to be something to fix or "upgrade."
My poor '69 Coronet Convertible was running driving, and I started to "update" a bunch of stuff. Then life happened, and 4-years later it is still sitting with about a weeks worth of work to complete on it (unless I decide to make even more changes..)

I would guess you have a lot of company. I have a Ford buddy who has the skills, and (fading) youthful energy to do everything himself. Reminds me of my cat chasing its tail. His creations all drive fabulously, but they're never done. I was fortunate to start in the hobby with well-maintained cars, with no issues other than cosmetics, back when you could get such things for under two grand.

But even "done" cars can be a problem. l get obsessed with stupid stuff, not because I'm an OEM concours type of guy, but because I remember the look of the cars when they were still on dealer lots, as late model trade-ins. I bought a set of OEM exhaust tips for my first GTX in 1978 for $12, so I could keep it looking like when I first saw it. Did the same thing 40 years later, cut the repro tips off my "restored" '69. Spent two years hunting for assembly line NOS. Cost a bit more than $12.

 

[70chall440]

No car is ever done, even new ones (talking about interesting cars, not econobox daily trans type). Thankfully I was never bitten by the restoration bug and never cared about NOS anything.

 

[r4sedan]

I just looked through your thread. That car is beautiful. If you decide to sell I don't think you will have a problem. Good Luck.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Drive the wheels off!