Which PT car has a better resale value

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Depends on your taste and the quality of work. In most cases, number 1.

Number one since "doing things outside the box" usually ends up being a love-it/hate-it deal and will appeal to less buyers.

Also, if you spend a fortune on custom bodywork you're most likely not to get a return on that money when you sell.

The more expensive a car is the less chance you have to sell it and come close to breaking even.

[Payton King]

What are you building next?

[Vegas69]

After marketing my car for 45 days or so I can tell you that most of the buyers are looking for a deal of some sort. I had multiple offers around 80-82,500. Their first concern was cost, not the car.

I knew I had found my buyer when the first 30 minutes was about the car, not money.

Now, I had one of the most marketable cars on the planet. A black 69, ZL1, great stance, nice wheels, in good condition. I do think it would have brought a higher number in fresh restoration condition. (Not enough for the bath with no use) I had many buyers with concern that the car had been used and some thought a little abused. The ultimate buyer is an engineer with classic car experience. He was thrilled that it was sorted out and he could DRIVE it. That's a 1 in a 100 buyer and I found him.

You are going to take a bath almost no matter what you do. Unless you are one of the few that hit a home run at Barrett Jackson. I wasn't going down that road. After costs and time, it has to bring a high number. With all this being said, resale was on my mind from the day I started building my car. I don't get attached to material things and I knew the day would come. I'm guessing I took a $45,000-$50,000 bath on the car. Never again......

Next year I'll find one with good paint and little rust and tweak it to my liking. I'll enjoy it more since it won't be so damn nice.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

After marketing my car for 45 days or so I can tell you that most of the buyers are looking for a deal of some sort. I had multiple offers around 80-82,500. Their first concern was cost, not the car.

I knew I had found my buyer when the first 30 minutes was about the car, not money.

Now, I had one of the most marketable cars on the planet. A black 69, ZL1, great stance, nice wheels, in good condition. I do think it would have brought a higher number in fresh restoration condition. (Not enough for the bath with no use) I had many buyers with concern that the car had been used and some thought a little abused. The ultimate buyer is an engineer with classic car experience. He was thrilled that it was sorted out and he could DRIVE it. That's a 1 in a 100 buyer and I found him.

You are going to take a bath almost no matter what you do. Unless you are one of the few that hit a home run at Barrett Jackson. I wasn't going down that road. After costs and time, it has to bring a high number. With all this being said, resale was on my mind from the day I started building my car. I don't get attached to material things and I knew the day would come. I'm guessing I took a $45,000-$50,000 bath on the car. Never again......

Next year I'll find one with good paint and little rust and tweak it to my liking. I'll enjoy it more since it won't be so damn nice.

Yea, I will have a better opinion on this topic after I try to sell my car.. lol

"Yea, I rev it up from time to time, but I'm not THAT hard on it"...