O.K. I'm not new to this, but I've been out of it for a while and things have changed dramatically in the last 5 years or so price wise.
I'm in the market for a DONE car, I'm after a driver not a trailer queen, so
I guess a #2 car, I don't care about paperwork as long as the car is mostly correct, original and stock ! NOM and or BOX are O.K., 4 speed preffered but T400 O.K. , must have all the basic ss options as well.
Seems that after watching eBay for some time now, only about 1 out of 10 cars actually reach reserve or the BIN price, so the big question is, What will 30 to 40K U.S. buy me ? Is that realistic ? Dealers vs private sales vs eBay, etc. etc. ? As many opinions as possible please.
Dave

I've seen a lot of nice un-matched #'s 454 SS Chevelles under $30K. I'm not sure why anybody would pay more than that for an un-matched car anyway, regardless of what it is.

that's great, thanks, I'm trying to get a feal for the market again, I'm also on a different continent so I'll be looking mainly in the western states, keep em comming guys ?
dave

who does this scammer think he's going to fool ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-CHEVROLET-ZO6-CHEVELLE-SS_W0QQitemZ320051260503QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6164QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dave

It's a bogus auction. There have been quite a few of them around lately. Notice the high bidder is Bidder 5? I just went through this type of thing yesterday. I was watching a 94 Caprice on the bay and all the bidders were sequencial....Bidder 1, Bidder 2, and so on.

nice car though, not my taste but nice ?
dave

so, can I assume, 30 - 40k will buy a nice driver quality car (big block, good body, new or newish paint, new interior, all ss options ) real ss or well done ss clone ? anyone else want to comment ?
dave

30-40k should get you a pretty nice car imho.

thanks,
just wanted to know if I was in the ballpark.
Dave

That range should get you a real SS in nice shape unless it's a high hp car or with some rare options. I see em go under 30 around ky quite often. A real 70 454 in #1,2,3 condition is going to be much higher than say a 396 325hp type of car. The cars are out there you just got to take the time and find the deals. They are there though.

RandyB.
69SS
67 RS/SS camaro.

If you are looking at a 396-350 hp, you will definitely get a nice SS that is real. Just be careful with the documentation. Ask questions on here so you don't get fooled.

thanks again, I'd be happy with decent 396 car, I'm not expecting a car like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/396-350-4-SPEED-ROTISSERIE-MISTY-TURQUOISE-THE-BEST_W0QQitemZ250050504612QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6164Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I'd never drive a car like that

This is more what I had in mind
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1970-SS-Chevelle-Fathom-Blue-Documented-Trades_W0QQitemZ230049799132QQihZ013QQcategoryZ616 4QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I'm more concerned with interior, body & paint than mechanicals, an average decent paint job on a good body here costs 10K not including body any work, engine & trans etc. are about the same as the U.S.
But there's an old saying here "anything looks good in a photo"
dave