You finished the car and now you want to sell it ???

[Kern Dog]

I like it when a thread like this brings out some members that don't post that often. It is good to see you guys chime in. Thanks for that.

 

[moparedtn]

As I've written about ad nauseum in these very pages, Fred not only won't ever be for sale - but he can't
ever be for sale as long as I'm still alive.
Even if I got the notion to, my wife would kill me.

There's just too much me in he, as ridiculously imperfect as that is.

 

[ZR9B]

I have had my 72 since 93...I have wanted to sell it ever since...lol Its not my favorite car but it is cool. I just landed a 67 dart that I have known since 92. I don't think the dart is better looking...just a different car. I am looking to build a 24x24 garage though.

 

[65satelliteman]

Hello Guys & Girls-----This isn't o brag, but to show you how a younger guy operated back in the day. My dad was the sales manager of our small town ( 2,500 people ) Dodge, Chrysler, & Plymouth Dealership. That let me have the pick of most cars traded in or dealer cost on any new ones and I had plenty of both 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury, 3-1964 Belvedere's, 1965 Dart GT, 1965 Sport Fury, 5- 1965 Satellites, !966 Belvedere, 1966 Satellite, 5- 1969 Road Runners, 1969 Dart 340 Swinger, 1970 Satellite, 1970 Challenger, 1971 Challenger, 1971 Charger, 1972 Challenger, 1973 Charger and a 1974 Charger of the Mopar ones that I can remember. I also had a lot of off brand cars that I took in on trades when selling the above cars 1958 Corvette, 1962 Corvette, 1965 Corvette, 1967 Firebird, 1968 Camaro,1965 Mustang, 1966 Mustang, 1968 Chevelle and a 1967 Mustang GT 390 Fastback. I basically wasn't making great money up here in Northern Michigan when I was younger and always had to sell whatever I was driving in order to buy the next one. I did a lot of street racing back in the day and almost all of my cars were 4-speed cars. I basically beat every one around here and then someone would want to buy my cars, sometimes just outright and sometimes I would take their cars in trade. I might have been a spoiled Mopar brat back then, but I had to pay for my own cars and I worked 2 jobs 7 days a week to be able to afford all of these fine old cars and I sure had a lot of fun doing it. Then when I got older I parted out and restored old Mopar's for over 45 years until three back surgeries put an end to me being able to do whole cars anymore and that left me with a 28' x 56' warehouse full of 1962-1967 nice old Mopar parts to sell off and I still have thousands of them here. I've also been successfully restoring all of the old 1962 to 1970 Mopar Steering Wheels now for over 35 years for customers all over the world and quite a few from this site. Wishing the Best of Luck to you all on all of your present and future automotive projects, Charlie

 

[70 sublime]

I like the wrenching and taking a pile of a car and get it going again
After I get it on the road and drive it for a while the car seems to loose my interest and starts to sit around
I like the wheeling and dealing part of buying and selling
Always try to have the next project rounded up before let the last one go

True I am a little sad when a toy leaves but it gets me motivated to work on the next one
Every car is an improvement over the last car so I call that a win

One day I was at the DMV looking something up and they suggested I get them to do a search on my driver license number for the car I was looking for
Well they printed out 3 pages of cars that I have had registered in my name since I started playing in 1980
51 cars so far ( a couple years ago ) with 10 of them being 68 69 70 Chargers
Kind of makes me sad to think of some of you guys that have only had one or two and just kept it when I think of all the different people I have talked to and still do that I have met along the way

 

[RemCharger]

Who thinks like this?
You look and look for the car that you want, you find one and go through the trouble to get it just how you like it…then get bored and sell it ?
That just ain’t me, man. I’m keeping this car:

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I don’t drive it as much as I should but I love looking at it. I’m always tinkering and changing something just to stay engaged in the ownership of it.
I’ve read of and talked to some guys that build a car with great enthusiasm but within a year if completion, they are looking to sell.
Who does this ?
I have this 4 door Dart that I don’t need but I am enjoying having it around.

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This may be one that I just get running and sell. Who knows…,

When did you get ginger?

 

[eldubb440]

I had to let a couple cool rides go over the years for financial reasons....... I was not happy

 

[OneWheelPeel]

The four door Dart is a car that I wouldn’t have sought out, it just happened. I’ve thought that a 4 door Mopar could be a cool cruiser and this could be, but lately I’ve had a trend of being practical to some extent. I don’t drive the cars I have that much so how often would I drive the 4 door? I am enjoying the build of it though.



Maybe for some, yeah. Maybe it is like it is with chasing women though… you chase it and catch it, then realize it isn’t quite what you want.



I knew a guy that had one of those Kawasaki Triples. It had a great exhaust sound.

Kind of what happened with my Corvette, fell in love with the C3 as a little kid in the mid 70s, my #1 dream that I didn’t actually get to buy until about 2016. Long wait and wasn’t what I envisioned once I had it, I still enjoy it in small doses but it sits a lot which is bad for it, so if a good offer came I would sell it. I didn’t restore it but I rescued it from barely drivable to something that I drove all over the Bay Area.

 

[RemCharger]

Of all my lumps this is my new favorite one. Not new but a 68 muhnaaco 500 440 4sd dana

 

[SteveSS]

I like making money on a car. It's not taxed and then you buy the next one. All my cars are for sale at the right price. I buy some cars with the intent of fixing them and selling at a profit. My current list.
66 Corvette
69 Corvette
69 Charger SE
70 Coronet 500
71 Charger 500
2) 73 Grand Ams
75 Grand Am
81 Camaro
91 F150
97 Camaro SS

 

[71RRHI]

When I was was high school, I had a 68 charger. Spent a year and half rebuilding the front suspension, transmission, and engine before getting to drive it right before graduation. I loved that car, and said I would never sell it. Joined the Navy, put the car in a storage locker, expecting to return and get it out. Paid storage for the whole six years I spent in the Navy. Got out of the Navy and decided to stay in Hawaii.
I couldn't afford to ship the Charger from Florida to Hawaii at the time. After six years of not really doing anything with it, or working on cars in general I sold it.
All those years just knowing I owned the car filled my heart. Once it was gone I felt an empty space in my heart and I started looking for another one.
Have not sold a single mopar since. Currently have 10. It's a disease many of us suffer from.

It may sound weird, but I enjoy building them more than driving them. That said, The Roach isn’t for sale.

I also find time working on the cars more enjoyable then driving them. My wife goes nuts. I'll have a car apart, get all together, and we we go out cruising it. She be all happy, saying its good to have this one back on the road. A couple hours after getting home, she will come out to the shop, and say why are you taking it apart again.

 

[Kern Dog]

When did you get ginger?

That is a car that I have no desire to sell at any price. It is the car that reignited the passion for the Mopars, my first B body and so far, the most fun.
I bought it in March of 2000. Within a couple months, I did a front disc conversion. Within a year or so, I swapped from a 318 to a 440. By June 2003, it was painted and looking pretty much the same as you see it today.
I've had a few Mopars before this one but they were all low performance A bodies.

 

[71RRHI]

Short of some kind of family emergency that requires you to to sell. I say keep it, even if you have to take it off the road and cancel the insurance to save money. It will still be there when times get better.

 

[Kern Dog]

In the case of having ONE car, I agree.
If a man has a few cars and most of them are unfinished, it does make sense to thin the herd a bit.
I don't mind having a beater car though. Some people have higher standards for themselves and want the best for every car they have. I am a few steps above the Roadkill mentality. I have to have cars that are mostly complete but I aim toward handling rather than dragstrip action.

 

[HEMIB]

'74 H1F

I rode both an H1 and an H2. I hated the handling of the H2 in the corners with an extra 70kg of weight. The H1 is heaps of fun, very reliable and easy to work on.

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Bee in a bottle

 

[71RRHI]

I have to disagree, if you have the means, desire and space. Why not have more. For example, I have three nice cars that are registered, insured and driven regularly. I have 3 project cars that get worked on but not as much as I would like. But will be running and driving within the next few years. Then there are 3 project cars that are future projects, I might never get to. And 1 parts car that's once all the parts are given away, or I need the space for something else it will be gone.

 

[Kern Dog]

Out here, it was $155 a year to register ONE classic car, the Jigsaw Charger. Imagine spending almost $800 a year to register 5 like it and then whatever it would cost to insure them when I barely drive the nicest one.
Yeah, it costs me nothing to store them and I do have the room. Heck, I could store another 10 cars here and they would be hidden in the trees to where nobody would see them. I was just thinking that the 4 door is the least desirable car that I have and that while I enjoy the build, I might be inclined to sell it once I get it roadworthy. It wasn't my original plan but it is something I've been considering.

 

[OzCharger69]

Out here, it was $155 a year to register ONE classic car, the Jigsaw Charger. Imagine spending almost $800 a year to register 5 like it and then whatever it would cost to insure them when I barely drive the nicest one.
Yeah, it costs me nothing to store them and I do have the room. Heck, I could store another 10 cars here and they would be hidden in the trees to where nobody would see them. I was just thinking that the 4 door is the least desirable car that I have and that while I enjoy the build, I might be inclined to sell it once I get it roadworthy. It wasn't my original plan but it is something I've been considering

We are fairly lucky here with classic car registration. We pay $50 a year ($30USD) for registration and compulsory third party insurance.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I had to let a couple cool rides go over the years for financial reasons....... I was not happy

Up until the last 10 years, most of the cars I've sold have been due to financial & space reasons, many of which I now regret, but what's done is done. I'm fortunate and blessed as both situations have changed. Ive had a few cars over the last few years that I've played with and then moved them on, but I've had my two 68 Charger R/Ts for for about 8 or 9 years & I don't plan on selling them...... unless out of the blue, someone made me a ridiculous offer that I couldn't refuse, or it was used as trade for something that I really had to have.

 

[Outlawd]

I'm a buyer, fixer and keeper. I learned my lesson when I sold my old shovelhead Harley, never should have sold it. I got several Mopar B-bodies and lots of Harleys now with no intension to sell anything as long as I'm able to keep enjoying them, even if it's just looking at them setting in the shop I'm fine with that.