[ELSSIX]

No bidders on Ebay after 2 attempts and no any interest in the classifieds here either. My starting bid was at $14995. I thought this was a fair price for the car. Is the market really that soft or am I asking too much? What do you guys think? BTW, I got a lot of offers for trades but I am not interested in that.
Team Chevelle Classifieds - 1970 Chevelle SS Tribute Car

Chevrolet : Chevelle:eBay Motors (item 300333158964 end time Aug-01-09 14:08:03 PDT)

 

[TonyZ]

Jeff people like to bid on ebay and if you started the bidding low I think it would get up there pretty good. You can put a reserve price on it so it doesn't sell too low. I believe a lot of people won't bid if the starting bid is "a fair price". They all want to steal the cars, but once they bid they get envious when someone outbids them. It's an auction syndrome. Try it that way and see how it turns out.

 

[dgwar]

I was watching 2 Heavy Chevys on e-bay, one didn't sell, the other has 0 bids..both are nice, rare cars. I think it is the economy.

 

[bigskycountry]

It is the economy. I watch prices daily on several selling venues, and have done so for the last several years.Some refuse to believe that some of these car prices have dropped up to 30%, or more in the last 18 months. If your buying its great, if your selling, its not so great. Nice looking ride, I like the color :thumbsup:

 

[rubadub]

This is long, but it should help you out.

Your pictures don't really show anything. Any car over $2000.00 needs to have crystal clear pictures and lots of them.

When you have excellent pictures you increase the number of prospects that might purchase your car.

I think I saw that your in Virginia, so lets say a guy out in Oregon on the west coast is interested, can he afford to take the chance of not knowing what he's getting. Another thing that some people aren't aware of that somebody overseas might be interested, and with a good explanation and clear pictures and a lot of them the car could be sold and shipped in a container with the buyer having a good look at what he's getting.

Remember car brokers are looking at these ads and they are carefull what they buy to ship out.

I have sold a couple cars on ebay, one was just a body with the rear end, no engine etc. it went for $7000.00 if I remember right.

The guy brought another guy with him and spent an afternoon looking under it and they never said a word. He walked up to me and gave me the cash, and said its just like the pictures. He drove several hundred miles to get it.

I also sold another one and that guy said its just like the pictures and took it.

Now to get the money out of a car you will need to do the work, but it will pay off and pay you well for your time.

I jack them up and put my tallest jack stands under them. Then get one of those 500 watt contractor type lights that you can hold in one hand or set on the ground. Then get about 40 close up pictures of the underside, and these close ups need to show the factory spot welds and any rust.

Heres a decent starter list.

Inner and outer wheel wheels directly at the area where the metal is sandwiched together and the spot welds are. Also get another shot looking right at the edges of the metal so they can see any swelling in that area.

All of the body mounts, or at least all of the part ( shredded or whatever) that is visible.

Up under between the back bumper and gas tank, up deep.

All of the floor supports and especially the spot welds for any lifting or swelling of the metal.

Several looking directly up at the rocker panel pinch welds, or it would be the layers of metal and if there starting to spread apart or swell.

Around the front toeboards and any laps in the floor pans, concentrate on the lapped spot weld.

Any thing that you can see of the trunk supports and gas tank support. You can see some of them.

Then the rest of the car inside and out.

Now this will take a good part of a day to get these pictures, and if you aren't good enough get some body for a hundred or two to get them for you.

Also if you don't have some tall jack stands go and buy or borrow some.

You will need to lay directly on the ground to get these so you can get the right distance with the camera.

I'll put up some pictures that I took with a cheap digital camera, and its just to show you how clear the pictures need to be.

Start your bidding at $5 and no higher ever.

I'll put some examples of how clear you can get them.

Rob

This should do it for the pictures.

 

[ELSSIX]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Rubadub, thank you for the detailed assistance. I'll take definitely your advice.:beers:

 

[rubadub]

Your welcome Jeff.

 

[Bunz-T]

Jeff I read these posts and then looked at your car. The biggest obstacle you have to overcome is it is a small block car. There are some arenas that allow you to survive but once you pass 64-65 in a chevelle the discounts get severe. Advertise a L-79 Nova and watch your socks get rocked off but from 66 on it was all about the 396 until 70 and it shared the stage with the 454. It is just tough out there on any common car.

 

[rianbechtold]

The other thing I see with your car is the color combo. That gold is beautiful but alot of folks may not like it with the interior.

I notice alot of sales that are determined by the color combo. For example, some of the cheapest chevelles I find are white with blue interiors. Also, the green with green interiors are cheaper quite often.

None the less, your car is really nice and I wouldn't let it go for any less than what you're asking! Good Luck!

 

[ulySSes]

Love the color. I'd get the a/c 'charged' and get that out of the way. Like mentioned, take some underside and engine bay pics. Did you have them on your Ebay ad? It looks nice. Good luck.

 

[plain 69]

We sold a 72 Chevelle 307 2 barrel SS clone with the A/C disconnected, blue with black stripes, malibu dash still, car was real clean underneath and in the trunk. There were no holes, new 1/4's, new fenders, new cowl hood. Car still had the 350 turbo with a 10-bolt open 2.73, it also had a bench seat with new original type covers installed. Sold it one year ago for 12,500. We put lots of pictures of it on EBAY underneath the car under the hood, and interior. I think it would be hard to get 10,000 out of that same car today.

 

[Bunz-T]

I do not know about most folks but when I see an excuse made for a $100 fix a red flag goes up. On your car, and very common, it is the statement that the A/C just needs to be charged. Having had to make a lot of original A/C cars work I know it may take $1000 for it to blow cold. I would rather see it worded...All the original A/C parts are there but it is not functional now. If all it needs is charging get it done as it will help the car bring an extra $1000. Do not let a person think all it needs to work is some freon and get it home and the whole system need R&R.

If the A/C delete plates were readily availble I would have one with a car that the A/C does not work. Lets the person feel like they have a couple of options if it is cratered.....$1000 or $0. The deal moves on from there with worrying about an item that could represent 10% of the price.

 

[SPARK69]

Its a nice car ,it is what it is, a 12 bolt might, help even a one legger, the sweep dash lowers the price of the car too!!..like others say its a color combo thing too! i do like it,if iwas goona buy it, im in at 12k:hurray:..good luck to you its a very nice car!:thumbsup:

 

[StevenS]

Car is priced fair. Market is very very soft.

 

[ELSSIX]

Thanks to everyone:thumbsup:. To sum everything up, I guess it's a combination of a soft market, the color combo and the a/c issue. I was planning on installing an SS dash kit before I decided to sell it and move on to another project('70 GTO). I'm going to hang on to the car for now. Who knows, I might fix the a/c, install the SS dash and drop in a BB.

 

[704EVER]

Thanks to everyone:thumbsup:. To sum everything up, I guess it's a combination of a soft market, the color combo and the a/c issue. I was planning on installing an SS dash kit before I decided to sell it and move on to another project('70 GTO). I'm going to hang on to the car for now. Who knows, I might fix the a/c, install the SS dash and drop in a BB.

Jeff, if you're going to hang on for a while and maybe do some upgrading, I'd consider losing the 350 fender emblems if possible. 70SS's shouldn't identify a SB on the fenders, as I think most buyers would prefer to have or at least have people think there's a BB under the hood. Just a thought.

 

[mr 4 speed]

Jeff, if you're going to hang on for a while and maybe do some upgrading, I'd consider losing the 350 fender emblems if possible. 70SS's shouldn't identify a SB on the fenders, as I think most buyers would prefer to have or at least have people think there's a BB under the hood. Just a thought.

I agree 100%
It looks to be a very nice,clean car :thumbsup:

 

[oktunes]

Looks like a nice car from the limited pix, but it is a small block, column shift auto with a bench seat in a less popular color. BB, buckets, 4 spd, different color then you have a car that will attract a lot more of the higher bidders. There are too many cars for sale right now and money is too tight.

 

[camarofreak]

bench seat,column shift,tan interior, sweep dash, in my opinoin and not trying to slam your car but a cowl hood and some stripes and ss badges dont make a tribute car!!!
A 454/turbo 400 or 4 speed,and a 12 bolt posi , and round gauge dash do!!
i like your car and it looks pretty clean but dont push the ss issue!!
when i look at cars like yours and see ss on it with a 350 and a column shift i know the seller is thinking its worth way to much and they usually do!!
if its extremlly clean etc.. stress that point and not how its almost an ss!! either go all the way ss or sell it as a malibu!!! JMHO

 

[andrew T]

This is a good thread. Lots of good honest advice in here.

Also Rob, your advice on taking pics is 100% correct. I wish more people were like you:yes: