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Originally Posted by TreySmith (Post 203560)

there has been a few around here lately, when I get home I will try to post some links.

Thanks Trey

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Originally Posted by Dayton (Post 203573)

My buddy inherited this 1973 running car from his aunt. He had it on Craigslist several month's ago for $7k. No Takers. I would be willing to bet if you waved $5k in his face, it would be sold!

WOW....thats a nice ride. I wonder how much it would cost to ship a car to Florida?

2 yrs ago it cost me 1k to ship from st. louis to charlotte nc, you can go to shipping site and do a online estimate usually for a ball park figure.

Not sure if it is for the rich but you are correct that solid rust free muscle cars are not cheap. If you buy the supposed low cost car in primer from a photo on the net be prepared to get what you paid for. A lot of guys have a fantasy that they can do all the metal work because they have a couple hammers and a $300 Home Depot welder. No going to happen. A rusty car will always be a rusty car.

A good solid true almost rust free 1st gen car will be easy $15k and probably worth every penny it will save you in metal costs. The problem with rusty cars is where do you stop cutting? I actually have a almost rust free 1st gen that runs and drives for about that money and it is a steal.

If you want a good deal in this market buy a car you know was built right and for is seriously for sale and not an owner testing the waters. There are plenty of deals out there but again these are no longer cheap cars.

For comparison a 1988 Testarossa goes for approx $45-50k for a low mile serviced car. A 930 Porsche in the high 20's to mid 30's. The market has changed and American muscle cars are now the higher priced cars.

$45 buys you a nice frame on car. $75 and up for a full on built car. They were 6 figures last summer.

You should have bought Curtis' car..........even though it wasn't a second gen it was a screamin deal.

If this hobby is for the rich only I either need to change my name to Rich or I am screwed.

LOL.....that's good stuff right there.

Base on my thinking, I'm over my head into this hobby, So I guess that used to make me over my head in money. I think it is more like I used to be Rich before I got over my head into this hobby.

Man I wish I could get the same enjoyment out of Jogging as I do fighting to get some of my projects just so I can just push them around my shop. Can you imagine just going out and RUNNING? I could afford to buy the best running shoes I wanted with all the money I spend on cars, Heck 2 or 3 pairs. Shoot I could proabably afford to have someone build me my very own running path. I could even afford to pay people to have drinks to hand me every few miles like in the marathons.

But no only engine driven torque excites me and that is not cheap. Then I have to be the pickiest, most detail oriented car guy. Man I remember when a clapped out bucket of rust used to really get me going.... Not now, I will send 10 days making a new alternator bracket because the stock on is just not good enough.

So in closing this hobby is only for those that used to be "RICH".

:D

The days of going down to the used car lot and buying that GT500 or Superbird for $3000 is long gone, unfortunately.

Yes, it will take some money to get a decent car. But you have to look around. There are so many people who watch Barrett Jackson and see a COPO ZL1 Camaro roll across the block for $200k and think their 307 POS is worth lots of money.

There are still plenty of people who haven't not been swindled by Barrett Jackson, eBay, etc. and still sell these cars for reasonable amounts. You will have to weed out all the bull**** ads in order to find the deals, but they're still out there.