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Originally Posted by VA72C10
Then I'd do the old tricks and hide the belts and wet the pedals so they look darker in the photos. Try to take pictures of the interior with another source of light lighting it up without a flash...that will help as well. The photographs will help sell the truck if done right or will hurt your value if done wrong. Of course, if you could get anything sorted before the show, that's probably one of the best places to sell it because the person gets to see it in person and detailed for the show.
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Indeed sir....you got me to thinking about it, so I came to work this morning and told my boss that I need to take off on Thursday.
I can get a lot of the little stuff sorted out, and get it all detailed and ready for the show. I totally agree with you on those pics too....they were taken with my daughters camera at night in the dark garage....so the light was pretty much all flash. I'm thinking the show this weekend should be an excellent time to get some better pics, and this time I'll use a real camera too.
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Originally Posted by IvelDesigns
if you're in no hurry, and already got an offer of $18k, put a price of $21.5 on it for the show. if it doesn't sell, give ebay a try. You may have to list it a couple times before you do find the right buyer, but I think if you take any less than 18k for it, you're being impatient.
my lwb with a plain 283 sold last week for 10k. that's after listing it 3 times. the build thread is what sold it for the buyer, so he knows exactly what he's getting. Your truck, IMO, being a SWB, BBC, tach, A/C truck should easily bring 18k+ given enough time, and finding the right person with the right check book.
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I appreciate the bid of confidence....and it's good to know that I'm not crazy or being greedy here.
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Originally Posted by PanelDeland
Do the $21.5 on it.You can always be bargained down but you have a real hard time raising your price.
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I think you may be right....I'm probably getting a little be anxious wanting a Blazer....but in reality, even if I got one right now it would probably just sit all winter anyway....I should focus more on taking my time. Good advice.
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Originally Posted by special-K
That`s a $25,000 truck.So I think you got your mind straight where you have it.Definately price it at $20 or more so you can end up no less than what you were thinking.you may not need to dicker.All it takes is the right person and that thing grabs attention.Very well done job there that the majority can appreciate.
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Thanks a bunch....again, glad I'm not crazy.
I've owned muclecars for years myself, matter of fact this truck currently shares garage space with a 70' Convertible Chevelle....I've found that it's interesting how the following/community is so different on these trucks. Seems there are a lot of guys that don't really recognize the difference between stuff like avg driver quality vs. show type quality....regardless of what went into it, somehow the same result is what is perceived. I think it probably has a lot to do with the fact that many guys out there are still using this generation of trucks as actual drivers....daily, hauling, etc.
An example: over the Labor Day holiday weekend I was bummed b/c my daily truck (06' Cummins) was being held hostage at the dealer for some warranty work...wife and daughter wanted to go to the lake, but I didn't have a truck to pull the boat with. I was talking to my neighbor about it outside, and he got this confused look on his face and said, "you have that other old truck, can't you just pull your boat with that?"
Funny thing is that he isn't a total non-car guy either....he would never suggest that I drive my Chevelle to work if it was all I had sitting around on a cold winter day....he respects what it is and understands the value of it....but no clue whatsoever on the truck. Hell, I'm reserved about leaving it in the parking lot at the grocery store for 10 minutes....couldn't imagine leaving it parked at a boat ramp with a trailer on the back....or even taking the chance of hooking a trailer to it, hell it doesn't have a hitch on it.
Wet people with dirty lake water getting inside of it would probably cause me to have a seizure right on the spot!
