I think a better question is, WHY does he have a 79 Z28 with 2500 miles
I think a better question is, WHY does he have a 79 Z28 with 2500 miles
Whatever it brings at auction.
This is not a joke.
plance1 wrote: I think a better question is, WHY does he have a 79 Z28 with 2500 miles
Maybe he rear-ended a semi a couple months after he bought it?
What kind of condition is it in?
BaT might be a good option, but, depending on condition, Mecum might be a better option.
25k sounds low to me, whats a similar shape "bandit" T/A going for these days?
You should probably post this in Classic Motorsports.
plance1 wrote: I think a better question is, WHY does he have a 79 Z28 with 2500 miles
Because it's an automatic?
The z28s don't bring what the bandits do. That being said I love the car and the color. A dealer in TX had a black 79 with around 7k miles on it and they were asking around 28k. I'm not sure what it finally sold for.
Edit: the dealer that had the car I'm talking about was Bonham Chrysler. If you call the sales manager I bet he'll tell you what it sold for. I've talked with him before and he seems like a pretty nice guy. They have a lot of low mileage classics there because the owner has a pretty massive collection and rotates cars in and out for sale. http://www.bonhamchrysler.com/inventory/newsearch/dealer4738/records100/
Your brother's collection sounds pretty impressive. You should post more details and pics.
+1 on an auction.
This undriven car thing is a very odd situation.
Somewhat related: I know a guy whos brother has an unopened Christmas present stored from each year of his childhood.
I don't understand this compulsion at all- its completely missing from my brain. I had generally unwrapped, played with, and rewrapped my gifts by December 20.
I apologize in advance: Doesn't an accurate appraisal require the appraiser to have a mullet?
Awful joke out of the way, I love that year, but I don't know the market. If it's in that fantastic a shape, and original, you'd think it's worth more than a resto'd nice one, and those I think are, what, around $10K?
Let us know what it ultimately fetches.
I am guessing he could get around $25-30,000 maybe a bit more with the right conditions at auction. Would love to hear how much he ends up getting.
I saw an undriven Bandit car go for over $75k at some point awhile back.
Don't forget, the auction house will charge you a sellers fee (around 15%) plus all the costs incurred with getting it ready for auction.
He will probably do better with a private sale, I doubt most of the decent auction houses would even bother with a "no reserve" auction on a late second-gen Camaro.
Shawn
After watching too many fix it and flip it shows, the value is truely what the potential buyer is willing to pay, regardless of what the seller thinks it's worth. Might as well start high and work down from there.
chrispy wrote: After watching too many fix it and flip it shows, the value is truely what the potential buyer is willing to pay, regardless of what the seller thinks it's worth. Might as well start high and work down from there.
Best advice so far, I'd say.
That's a Barret Jackson car. It needs to be sold to a drunk rich guy who wants to be on TV.
Its worthless, but I'll take it off your hands for a couple thousand.
Is really low miles on a '79 Camaro really an exponential price jump? A quick look around says I can buy a pretty freakin' nice one of those for $7500 and a perfect one for somewhere in the $10k range. I like that model/year but there is no planet upon which that would be a $30k car (for me, anyway) because no one drove it much.
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
I suppose it depends on the area, but around here you can't buy one for the prices you stated. Prices have been on the rise recently, and a nice one would be in the mid to high teens.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Is really low miles on a '79 Camaro really an exponential price jump?
Yes
Cotton wrote:Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Is really low miles on a '79 Camaro really an exponential price jump?Yes
It just goes to show... I do not understand car collecting at all. We have a 70 Chevelle SS 396 in "decent" but unoriginal shape that my father drives as a summer time DD. He takes it to car shows (which is like a picnic for the elderly car buff) and people literally attempt to throw money at him for what is basically a cool looking car that drives like a bus with pin stripes. I don't understand.
Sweet Jesus, if you want that kind of money for a car that has been in a "collection" clean and detail the damn thing and take some decent pictures. That thing looks like it was left outside for some time. Better to claim you found it in a barn and it has been untouched for 30 years...
Sellers seem to think "Barn find" adds to the value of the car
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:Cotton wrote:It just goes to show... I do not understand car collecting at all. We have a 70 Chevelle SS 396 in "decent" but unoriginal shape that my father drives as a summer time DD. He takes it to car shows (which is like a picnic for the elderly car buff) and people literally attempt to throw money at him for what is basically a cool looking car that drives like a bus with pin stripes. I don't understand.Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Is really low miles on a '79 Camaro really an exponential price jump?Yes
My very original 71 Chevelle 454SS doesn't drive like a bus. If you want bus you should drive my 69 Suburban 4x4 with a 4 speed. Now that thing really drives like an old school bus!
maj75 wrote: Sweet Jesus, if you want that kind of money for a car that has been in a "collection" clean and detail the damn thing and take some decent pictures. Sellers seem to think "Barn find" seems to adds to the value of the car
It's funny, I'd think the summer car show DD is probably better cared for & in better shape. I know I would certainly find it more appealing. I don't see ignoring a machine for years and years does anything but encourage it to atrophy.
Probably another poster is most correct. Figure out how to get it to a high visibility auction so a drunkard who wants to have his face on TV might buy it.
Wow. Seems a little crazy that a '79 Camaro would go for that kind of money. I would've guessed that a nice one would be maybe $10k, but I don't follow them. I guess it makes sense when you look at the silly prices people will pay for earlier muscle cars.
Clean the thing up even if that means paying some one to detail the thing, take good photos of it, then list it on Ebay with an absurdly high price. If the fees are acceptable to the seller, take it to one of the auction houses and hope that there are at least two guys who want to relive their high school days and that they get into a bidding war.
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