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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
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(plus,... which one will be worth more 20 years from now?)
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Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823 Last edited by lolife99; 12-30-2010 at 04:29 PM. |
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
What Ive also noticed is when I decide I like something and start looking to buy it the price jumps up. You could buy 69 camaros all day in restorable shape for 1500.00 all day. I decide to buy one and you can find anything worth restoring for less then 10000.00. It seems like I can look on ebay today and find a 1976 chevette for 500.00 but if I decide I want to by one tommorow the price will go up to 5000.00. Thats the luck I have.
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
Before the restore...I guess they want to make sure everyone is covered if I go crazy and restore this thing for 18K and decide to sell it only to find a problem with the title....$500 truck...$300 title.
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
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Some trucks are worth all kinds of crazy money because of one or many factors like it's original build,rarity,highly preserved condition,attention to detail,use of N.O.S. parts,etc. The problem is,this makes some think anything less is worth what they see one go for. The other problem is now there are people who are happy to plunk down huge money for turn key and keep their nails clean. There was a time when most people thought I was nuts for putting $XX,000.00 into a truck just because I wanted to do it. Just because I thought trucks were cool. Just to fulfill a dream. It was the last thing on my mind to think I'd ever get anywhere near what I had into a truck. I'm talking you'd look long and hard to find someone to pay over $5g for one. There was no reproduction parts support back then. You had to use N.O.S.,find good used,donor vehicles,or find junk and fix it. It wasn't easy or cheap and money had nothing to do with it. That's how it was with muscle cars,trucks,Harleys,or anything with wheels. You just did it. Don't get me wrong,I'm not mad. I just felt the need to express my mind. If you want to invest,buy gold or silver. EDIT: One more thing. Back when I'm talking about (which wasn't that long ago),before trucks started bringing any real money,you couldn't insure one for what you had in it. You couldn't even get full coverage. The same was true for muscle cars. There was only a few companies that would insure a new Harley full coverage. A '72 couldn't get antique insurance until '97 when they turned 25. They were just old vehicles you could only get liability on. I had a '63 Riviera get stolen right after I had it painted. It would have been a total loss (fortunately it was recovered unharmed). Kelly Blue Book didn't know what a 10 year old vehicle was. Again,all I'm saying is "You just do it because you like it".
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
just remember one thing, what you buy today, will be worth more down the road! the trick is holding onto it!!
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
I agree that the money people want for these trucks is getting bad, but I'm also have JEEP's and always looking for more. They're even worse and usually in worse shape. Jeeps Harleys and muscle cars are worth gold around here, atleast in the eyes of the owners.
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
good rust free trucks that arenot patched-up are premium trucks will allways bring good money especialy 67-72 models because they are the best ever
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Consider this maybe:
How can you put a price tag on LOVE?? "What is up with these people that think they got gold in these trucks?" Well, some of these (us) guys have put their heart and soul into meticulously bringing these babies back from the dead and/or near extinction. It's a labor of love. The countless hours, the research, the bloody knuckles, the pissed-off wives and girlfriends (pissed-off both mine at the same time, many times over my trucks ![]() I'd have to say from devoting myself to improving, repairing, resurrecting, and rejuvinating my trucks .... It was and is worth every penny of it!! But don't try to minimize the VALUE that this whole process puts into one of these "labors of love" .... you can't put a price tag on it, in my opinion. I love working on my truck, I love driving my truck ... and if and when I ever sell it, I'll ask a price for it that reflects the hard work, CASH, love, care and time that went into it. I'll be proud to ask that price too. It is not the same as walking into a showroom and plunking down some 'green' for a turn-key, cookie-cutter econobox. Buying a 67-72 truck requires the realization that you will be "INVOLVED" in it's existance!! Some people pay good money for that kind of 'therapy' these days. 72longbed Last edited by 72longbed; 01-01-2011 at 09:01 PM. |
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
I think a lot of the guys with high starting or buy it now prices on Ebay are just fishing for offers. That is outside of the trucks that obviously have a ton of money tied up in them. Most are probably hoping for an offer that is higher than what they think the truck is actually worth but looks like a good deal to the buyer. Basically, think the truck is worth 8K, list it for 16K take an offer for 10K and grin all the way to the bank.
I also think that there are a lot of guys these days who have decided to pay a premium for a nice 67/72 that they always liked and spiff it up rather than put 40, 50 or 60 K into a new truck that will depreciate more in the first year than the cost of the early truck. One of my kids has a two year old Dodge Diesel crew cab that she paid something like 54 K for. She loves it and it's her daily driver but that is more than I paid for my last house. |
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Re: what is up with these people think they got gold in these trucks
I put $36,000 in a 1950 Mercury 25 years ago. I put $42,000 in a 1956 Chevy Bel Air 5 years ago. We always put more in them, then we get for them. So buy one for 15 to $25,000, or buy a rust bucket and put 15 to $25,000 in it.
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