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Originally Posted by Spoof
I saw an ad for a restored Chevelle for 50K, and he had 50K in receipts. If I'm paying 50K it better have 100K in receipts.
Thats my take on the cost to build and the true value, two different things.
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This is true.
So many people say
..."Well I've got XXX amount into it".
Most of the time, that's true and I don't argue the point.
But if someone has Bought Parts/Paint ect to design the vehicle to THEIR Tastes/Standards, well....that isn't necessarily what I like.
So I factor into, what its gonna cost ME to refurbish it to what I want it to be for ME.
Then I deduct that price from their asking price.
If it was truly EVERYTHING I wanted in that Vehicle and matched my Taste EXACTLY,
I STILL wouldn't give them their asking price, because (for most people) the Economy is driving that price.
I had $12K into my 67 C-10, with receipts for everything.
After 6 Months of dropping the price, someone bought it for $8300.00.
I lost about $5K on it, but I knew going into it, I was never going to get out, what I had put into it.
What pisses m,e off, are the people that e-mail/Phone, and haven't even SEEN the vehicle, and low ball you.
My Wife and I (in 1997), Drove from Sonoma CA, (after my Wife got off work at Midnight),
and drove 5 Hours to Reno to look at a 67 Camaro. Been talking with this guy for Weeks.
Got there around 7AM, spent 30 minutes and drove away, without buying it. It was a P.O.S.
We drove BACK to Sonoma (another 5 Hours), Had lunch and then drove 6 Hours Round-Trip to San Jose.
My Wife bought a 78 Anniversary Corvette for $5K.
We got back home at 11pm that night, and were out washing/Detailing it.
Finally hit the sack at 1am.
The Road Trip is Half the Fun!!!!!!!!!!
