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jim larson · 2K+ Club

70 ss convert

OscarZ · Treasurer

Mitch this would be a good stablemate for your'70!

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Forgot to add the link.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/2964753813.html

jim larson · 2K+ Club

Chris R wrote:
Forgot to add the link.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/2964753813.html

Yes I did.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

Jim, are you out of Link Paste too?

ron fuller · Active Member

I work with the owners sister-in-law.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Any idea on what he has in mind for a price Ron?

Lost in the 60s · President

Chris R wrote:
Any idea on what he has in mind for a price Ron?
Price in the ad is 20k....

Derek69SS · Founding Member

They got the $20k

John Sinna was helping the guy sell it.

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=381007

-- Edited by Derek69SS on Friday 20th of April 2012 11:48:22 AM

SteveS · Super Poster

It's marked as sold this morning.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Lost in the 60s wrote:
Chris R wrote:
Any idea on what he has in mind for a price Ron?
Price in the ad is 20k....

That was just added then because it wasnt there before when it was first posted.

SShink · 3K+ Club

I'd be interested to know how much he really got. $20K seems high for what will probably be a frame off restoration project due to being a barn find for over 30 years. Yes, it's mostly there, but other than being a convertible, it wasn't an LS6 and it is a bench seat car.

Interesting too that it looks like the passenger side door panel had been replaced as it looked new and didn't have the SS badge on it.

jim larson · 2K+ Club

But it is a convertible with air, auto and likley ps, should be a fun car to drive in nice weather and to cruise's.

If all there and no major panel repair a pretty nice car. Not a car you are goint to take to the track.

I would think he got his $20,000 or very close to it.

ron fuller · Active Member

I talked to his sister in law today. She didn't know it was sold. He did buy the car new. In 1978 they wanted to trade it for another car but where offered only $450.00. So they put it in the Pole building with a dirt floor and let it sit. I'm sure the new owners will be happy.

SShink · 3K+ Club

I guess my reference is that I've seen some VERY nice documented and restored SS convertibles (maybe not 70's, but were 71 or 72), selling for $35K in the midwest. Seems like sinking $20K into one that will need another $25K in a full restoration doesn't seem like a good deal to me.

That had enough storage damage to me to not be a 'driver' anymore, and needs a full restoration. Others that commented on TC agreed. I was thinking it should be in the $15K range like others. The seller should be very happy.

jim larson · 2K+ Club

Traded my 64 volkwagon in on a new one in 70, got $400. Don't think it would have appreciated like this convert.

Lost in the 60s · President

That body needs major panel replacement work and the frame may need repair too. That's why I didn't comment in my first post. It wouldn't be worthanywhere near 20k to me but then I'm not a convertible nut either. To do the car justice, it will be a 25k minimum restoration and be worth 35-40k done.

Ad said nothing was missing, but there were no emblems on the front at all. I was thinking the front clip had possibly been replaced with a Malibu or someone left the emblems off when it was painted. I noticed the door panel too, Stan. Makes me wonder what else isn't original.

Either way, I hope the new owner can do panel replacement himself to save some cost. It can be a nice car again, it just isn't going to be cheap.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I just talked to John about it... he tried to buy it for himself about 7 years ago for $25k and the guy wouldn't sell it then. Floors are all solid, and all original documentation was included, even the cancelled check from when he bought it. He had more than just the one guy wanting it at $20k too.

It does seem a bit pricey (I would have guessed $15k as fair market value) but it is a fully documented numbers matching one-owner '70 SS convertible... Top goes down, price goes up.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

The seller should be extactic for the 20K sale. I have to agree with Stan, 20k seems high, thats a 15K car all day long but I dont know about paying 20K for it. But hey, its worth what someone will pay for it and they did, it appears. With all those things missing already mentioned in this thread, makes me wonder what else is missing as well. It also shows its been sitting on a "dirt floor since 78". If thats the case I highly doubt it doesnt need some sort of rust attention underneath. The responses in the TC post make a good point, buyer will be upside down real quick on that car so it better be a labor of love for the car and not its value. With all those documents being very nice to have for a 70 SS convertible, I wouldnt say its worth the 5K markup.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

Dirt floor is way better storage than concrete, unless it's heated. Dirt floors don't sweat nearly as bad. My Dad's '55 Chevy has been sitting in storage on a dirt floor since 1973, and is still extremely solid on every panel on the car.

$20k isn't that much of a stretch. $18k would be easy to get with that car.

Yeah, they'd be upside down on it, but who here isn't?

jim larson · 2K+ Club

Dirt floor absolutly 100% better than concrete, altlhough there is a 66 in IL that has been stored over heated concrete that is for sale. Claim is that it last sold for $135,000 a few years ago. I would pay 20K in a minute for a 66 SS convertible in that shape.

bowtie · Secretary

Derek69SS wrote:

Yeah, they'd be upside down on it, but who here isn't?

From 30 feet away, my car hasn't changed in appearance since I bought it though the $$$ I have spent is in the double digit multiples of what I paid for it.

bowtie · Secretary

A former member called me last week or so asking what I thought it was worth. Without having seen it and not knowing how valid the story was, I shot him a number but referred him to John Sinna since they are friends and John knows what he would be looking at/for. He said the thing reeked of rat pee but was worth in the neighborhood of the asking price ($16,000 was mentioned on the phone). Sounded like a decent car.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Well, my 80 Malibu coupe has been sitting inside on a dirt floor since 1997 and once had a clean frame and floor pans. Its totally trashed now, even the rear frame horns were in good shape (nearly impossible to find one without any rust on a G bodies these days). So, my expierence of a dirt floor is completely different. The shed was also ventilated to keep the air and moisture moving.

I had the exact same reasoning over dirt vs. concrete floor as well for quite a long time. As of right now, I respectfully dissagree and have seen the effects of dirt floors and concrete. The key lays with the ventilation of keeping the moisture down. The air has to keep moving.