Sold my 69 SS project this week. Went to Indianapolis to a new member that shares the excitement I can only remember. He is a terrific guy and I am confident he will do a nice job completing the car.

I feel very fortunate to have bought this car and the 67 at a premium time and recovered within $2500 of my investment selling them both in this market. Not many hobbies that can be enjoyed for 18 months for that kind of money.

The 69 was only loosely advertised....more by word of mouth than anything else. The car was a difficult sell because it was a project and it was going to take a special person that would recognize the potential of the car, the amount of money it took to get where it was and how much back of that money the car was priced. I began several months ago watching for people that were posting cars for sale they were interested in. If it resembled what I had I would PM them to see if they had any interest. Most were dead ends until I found the current buyer. From start to finish only a couple of weeks. He was the type buyer I was looking for and unless I miss my guess the car will be everything he wants at terrific value. He now gets to build "His" car with all the hard work done.

Most people will agree how hard it is to sell something and I think the biggest obstacle a private seller has to overcome is accepting the real market value of some of these cars. So many were bought in a premium time and way too much paid for them. It will be a long time before the average or common car brings what it did 18 mos. ago.

But it is also a buying opportunity......for so many things. With the money I got for the car I bought 15 cows $400 back of what I was paying 6 mos. ago. That $6K savings goes a long way to easing the pain of the cars being sold. They will produce $9K income in 12 mos. and 5+ years of depreciation. Someones loss is usually someone else's gain.

It is tough out there and the day of just posting on E-Bay, C/L, etc. and expecting to catch a fish at a big price has passed. It a takes hard work and the help of friends. Like the ones I have here. For that I say thank you. :thumbsup:

Do you have build sheets on the cows? Do they need a lot of work or are they pretty much complete? What colors are they?:D:D:D

Good post, glad you found a good home for your 69. It's like sending a kid off to school. You just hope they do well and someday come back and visit.;)

Any pics of the cows? Get a close up of the ear tag and I'm sure one of the experts here can check it out for you. Are they real or clones?

Hey John, is this your sign?? :p:D;)
BillL

Are the rear ends in good shape?

david

I think John has MOOOVIE in the making :yes:

No Mike I hope I have Moolah in the making!!! Here are some like 'em from my front porch.

I have a '69 SS project car that i keep going back and forth with. The car will be awesome when it's done but it keeps getting put on the back burner. Now that I just bought a new house, it really is on the back burner!

Here are some like 'em from my front porch.


That would be my first and foremost priority right there!.

Nice Country.

Nothing better than being able to stumble around in your front yard, Drunk and naked shooting your Shot-Gun!. :D

Beats the Cookie Cutter neighborhoods any day of the Week!

John, congrats on the sale and the purchase of your new uses cows:D
No cow tipping you red neckl:)

I didn't know cows took tips.

No cow tipping you red neckl:)

We tipped one in a 68 Impala once on a Wisconsin back road when I was a kid. :D

I didn't know cows took tips.
I guess you dont know John's cows either:noway:

We tipped one in a 68 Impala once on a Wisconsin back road when I was a kid. :D
How did you get one into the back seat of a '68 Impala?:D

How did you get one into the back seat of a '68 Impala?:D


Through the front windshield. :D

Cows?

Aren't those some of those things you have to feed even if you are not driving them?

If you don't drive the Chevelle, they don't cost much to keep.

Yeah but my Chevelles would not allow me to retire from my real job 12 years ago at 46 years old and not pay any income tax since.:D

How did you get one into the back seat of a '68 Impala?:D

Sweet talk, some grass, and a little kissing... :D

Sweet talk, some grass, and a little kissing... :D
:noway:shamey shamey

Through the front windshield. :D
I doubt that, I'd be willing to bet through the grill, engine, firewall, and eventually the back seat. :D

Sweet talk, some grass, and a little kissing...


John, for the Love of God, take control of this thread back from the Bovinophiles. :D

John,

I finally got the car out of the trailer this morning. I decided that I would install the exhaust and get the brakes bled myself. I'm off until the new year and looking forward to spending a little time with my new girl friend. I'm very fortunate that my wife supports the craziness of all of my toys. As she says, "I'd rather see you have four wheeled girl friends than two legged ones"!

I'm going to get all of the mechanical stuff finished up first, and then tackle the body. I actually have a body and paint guy stopping by my shop on Friday. A really good guy who has done a lot of muscle car work and does a lot of work with Indy Car teams. I will also meet with a couple of other shops that have been recommended.

You are absolutely correct about understanding how much work has already been done. After spending a little time under the car about an hour ago, I was leafing through the assembly manual and holy $hit. I knew that I was avoiding a lot of work, but the assembley manual really drove home how much. I am confident that I bought the right car for me. I wanted to have a hand in building my car, but alot of the hard work was already done.

I will try to get some pics posted in the next few weeks.

Now, on taxes and Cows. I heard a story on NPR a couple of weeks ago where the tree huggers were trying to tax cattle and hog farmers for methane gas.....