03whitecoupe

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168
Could someone please explain to me how this car has already reached the $17,600 plateau in bidding? It obviously has body damge, the interior is rough and it hasn't been started since 1991! I'll never understand ebay bidders and this one boggles my mind. :eek:

page62

Yeah, but it's "numbers matching." :lolg:

'79ProwlerOrange

69 BABY WOOOOOO!
thats why. for some reason 69s sell better then 68s (which i like more) or 70s.

Well that and because people are stupid :smash: :jester

74FLCONV

It's a big-block roadster w/matching #'s, low-mileage and hardtop! I'd be surprised if it goes for less than $20k.

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

Stewart's74

Call me crazy, but it doesnt look too bad (in the pics)
There is definately something funky going on with the front end. Eithe it was crashed and was repaired poorly or there is a bunch of rust that is obviously not shown. To me it looks as though the headlight surround is rusted and needs replaced in order for the lights to operate properly.

Chuck Gongloff

Look at all the documentation that comes with it too. Protecto Plate, Tank Sticker, Dealer order sheets, and on and on. NOT a bad two owner car. Here on the East Coast, you couldn't touch that car for less than 20K, as it sits. :) Chuck

BlueL36

Because it is blue. :jester

Tom73

If there is no rust then that is not too bad of a deal. A 69 big block, two top conv, two owner, tons of documentation, and low milage. :D not bad at all. BUT it will need a full restoration, but appears to be well worth the price. Wish I had a few extra dollars laying around :)

tom...

03whitecoupe

OK, I'll admit I'm not an NCRS guy and I think documentation is greatly overrated, but even conceding the point, it'll cost someone at least $10k to $15k to get the car looking and running right and by then you'll have well over $30k in the car and then I still wonder about the frame. If there's pitting and rust on the engine components as he stated, then you know darn well the frame will have some as well.

TedH

Looks like a survivor candidate.

The_Dude

I looked closely at the pictures for the pitting the seller is talking about and couldn't find it. Modesto, CA is pretty dry and pretty far inland. I can't imagine there being anything more than light scale on the frame. I think rust means different things to people in different parts of the country.

Chuck Gongloff

You're probably right that it would take 10K + to restore the car, but you're starting with a car that probably hasn't been "messed" with. NCRS and Bloomington Gold type Corvette enthusiasts (like myself) go for cars like this because of the originality and documentation. Chrome bumper BB sharks in restored original condition will bring 30K +/-, so it would probably be a "break even" resto.

That being said, I'm sure you could buy a fairly nice looking non original/modified 68-72 roadster for somewhere in the high teens to low 20's. You could buy a non original project car for below 10K. Chuck

GrandSportC3

:iagree:

Matching numbers big blocks aren't cheap... even if they are rough...

:cheers:

Olivier

micks69

Its a BB 69 enough said. I wouldnt be surprised to see it tickle the 25k mark! We on the forum here sometimes under value our cars :eek:

74FLCONV

Which one of us here hasn't spent more on our cars than they are worth (or will have by the time we are done)? Most collector cars are not good investments. It's a hobby, not an investment!

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

PB82CE

Looks like trouble :bb
I think I would rather spend a little more money and buy a turn key resto...

PRNDL

The originality is what gives it some value (and the documentation that supports the originality). Every year it will get harder and harder to find a relatively unmessed with original 35 year old car...... although it seems like they keep finding them and pulling them out of barns!! :lol: MJ

I also like seeing close-up pics of the cars faults. (Like the crackled paint on the hardtop). Maybe I am a sucker, but seeing pics like that adds credibility to the seller.

and as usual, why do they all have 60 -75k miles???


[Modified by MNJack, 8:02 PM 1/22/2003]

74FLCONV

Key word here is: Money! Where are you going to find a low-mileage, two-top, original & well documented '69 BB turn-key resoration for "a little more money" than $17.5k?

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

ddecart

Wow. If I ever sell my car, it's going on ebay!

QuickVet

that thing is sooooo worn down :rolleyes: