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I'm looking at a 68 Chevelle. It's a non SS car. The car has a non original engine, believed to be 400th tranny, floor shift, new interior, but the body needs a little work. It doesn't have much rust and is pretty much straight. The trunk does have some rust on the one side of it. Not sure about floor boards.

How much do you guys think this car is worth. It runs and everything. Just needs some what sounds like minor body work. Fred is willing to take a look at it this coming weekend for me, but I'm trying to get a ball park figure as it will be a trade.

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Is the A/C still there and functional? Looks like they left off the side chrome including the front hockey sticks (I am assuming its a Malibu and not a 300 or Concours) Is it the fiberglas cowl hood or the metal one? Market is real soft now so a car like that would be a hard sell above $5-6k IMO. Being rusty it could be even less. Pics hide a lot. That wood wheel is the cheapest pile of crap ever built by the aftermarket IMO. The stripes need to go. Which wheels come on the car? The ones in pic 2 look different than the rallys in the other pic. It does look like a decent starter car :) What are looking at for trading (item/value)?
 
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More than ever before it looks like the cost to finish weighs heavy on the purchase price. If the car satisfies you in the current state trade for it at a bargain and enjoying driving it. If you envision turning it into something else that requires a lot of work and $$$$ or you might want to flip it ; looking somewhere else might be a good idea.

Keep in mind just because it is a Chevelle does not give it infinite value. Giving the info on your trade will help in determining value.
 
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He said it's a non A/C car. The hood is metal. Both sets of tires come with the car(yes they are both different in the pictures) He said really the only rust that is on it is in the trunk. As far as the wood steering wheel, I actually like them. Not sure how that one is, but if it's like the one that came in my Mustang, they are pretty nice. If not easy fix. Yes there doesn't appear to be any molding, and he doesn't have any to with the car.

He is asking $7500 for it. I will be trading a 2007 CBR1000RR motorcycle for it. My bike has 3055 miles on it and is in pretty good shape. Upper fairing has a piece of plastic missing from it due to an idiot "friend" I once had. I've been trying to sell the bike, but as it's been said, the market is crap and nobody is buying. I want a Chevelle badly and this is really the only one I can find to trade. In the ad it does say he would trade up or down. So I'm trying to determine how much the difference is... and not to mention I have a NC to South FL drive to get it.

Also, I can do body work, so doing a couple touch ups here and there and repainting isn't a problem. Just looking for the difference between the car and bike $$ wise.
 
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The Dash bezel is out of an A/C car and is a bolt in piece. A pic of the engine compartment would help determine if it originally came with A/C. IMO $7500 might be a bit high. In looking at bike sales an even trade is probably not too bad. I think grand to $1500 and you pick up the car would be better :) Good Luck.
 
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check out the thread in this forum about the '68 "concours" 427 car. that appears to be a rock solid restored car and the guy is wanting $18.5k. that's a done car. if you paid in the $6k range for the white/ black one, you'd have $15k in it by the time you did cosmetics. things are always more rusty than you think; i highly doubt the only rust is in the trunk from the general appearance of the car.
point being, if you can swing it, you'd be way ahead to spend more for a finished car when there are so many out there to buy in a buyers market. i bet the guy with the '68 427 will take 15 or 16k if he really wants to sell.
 
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Like I said, the only problem is that I'm still paying on the bike. Never use it. And I do want a project car. I was so TO'd when my first 68 got destroyed by the deer. My plan is to get something I can work on and do my own work to, and keep for many many years and maybe one day pass down to kids if/ when I have them. A Chevelle is by far my dream car, Malibu, SS, it doesn't matter to me, as long as it's a 67-72. I love the looks of them.
I bought the Mustang needing very minimal work, and now it's done and I'm bored of it. I want something that needs more work. Body and engine mostly, and that's what this one needs. I'm sure there is more rust on it, I just have to see what Fred finds if he can make it up there this weekend, but he did say the rest of the floors and frame are solid. But the owner has been really honest with me on the whole car, he's just not very knowledgeable on them, so he tries his best and tells me if he doesn't know something, or if something is bad. But he's admit about someone that knows about these cars to come look at it before I go all the way down, so he obviously has nothing to hide.
As far as the dash. I didn't realize that. The engine is non original, so I'm guessing that they took the A/C out during the engine swap. No big deal, I could always put it back in if I really want it. But the Mustang doesn't have it either. That's what the butterfly windows are for right?! :D
And I was thinking 1k-1.5k on top of the trade would be fair. Gives me a little money to start the body work with and some travel fare.
 
Discussion starter · #9 ·
glennslanaker said:
you'd have $15k in it by the time you did cosmetics. things are always more rusty than you think; i highly doubt the only rust is in the trunk from the general appearance of the car.
point being, if you can swing it.
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I'm not sure I'd have 15k in it by the time I was done with it. Yeah, I'd have a bit in it, and wouldn't have a 427 in it. But with me, all I'd have to do is buy the pieces and then do all the work myself. I'm sure the car has rust in all the normal places, but I mean hell, it's a 40 about to be 41 year old car. Does anyone know how bad a car can get in FL? I'm assuming if not washed regularly it could get rusty from the salt in the air. And what do you see that makes you think from the appearance it would be worse off? But yeah, as long as I have this bike I can't swing much.
 
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Here are some more pictures of the car. Let me know what you guys think. From the one picture of the crack in the rear quarter, it seems like only bondo would do that. He had a bigger tire on it that didn't fit and when he hit a bump he hit it. But let me know what you guys think about the car please and how much seems like a fair price. The underside picture he said he had troubles with so it was the best he could get and the trunk is the problem area he said.
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I don't see any changes to the price, 5-6K looks about right to me, just from the pictures, it was a a/c car, I can see the a/c stuff on the firewall. It will need quarters most likely or partials at best. Rust around the wheel wells. If its a florida car expect to find more rust, all that salt air down there they rust sitting still. Just make sure the floor pans are solid. Looks like they painted over the trunk trying to hide something. I would guess you will find rust in the front fenders at the bottom between the door and wheel as well, plus check the panel just under the rear window and the cowl under the windshield.
I looked at a 68 back this summer, which had no engine or tranny, body wise was almost rust free, guy wanted 5 grand for it. I figured by the time I added engine, tranny, paint interior, and misc other stuff I was at 25 grand, and I didn't get to the chrome yet.
So I passed on it knowing I could find a car done for less.
 
#13 ·
well you can see from the pics it is a A/C car, see it sticking out of the firewall. If he doesn't know that much about his car I would low ball him since there pobably is not much he does know about it.
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I would think 5 to 6 grand. However, you can expect to find more rust. I just bought a 1968 Convert SS396. I expected the trunk and floor pans, but I found the cowl needed attention. The good thing is they make the parts and you can do the work. Seeing what the finish product are bring. You would not be hurt, just take your time and do it right. I am going back original with my car, except for the console and bucket seat, but they will be date correct. I tracking down the part now.
 
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