What can i get for my car?
12-18-10, 07:07 PM
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What can i get for my car?
I need a good honest guess on what my 7 is worth. I have a 79 Sa with a lsd, 13b street ported motor thats not put in. I need intake,carb and header to drop it in along with clutch and pp. The body is straight, interior needs work. I have a bunch to go with it. Just curious .
12-18-10, 08:44 PM
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Does it run in it's current state? If it does not run I would say the body is worth $300 and the engine $500.
Without inspecting the car and engine, it's hard to put a price on it. To give you an example, my father, who is in his middle 60's, was looking for an RX-7. He found one on AutoTrader for $4000. It looked great in the pictures. Upon inspection we found it was not even worth $1500 to us.
Without inspecting the car and engine, it's hard to put a price on it. To give you an example, my father, who is in his middle 60's, was looking for an RX-7. He found one on AutoTrader for $4000. It looked great in the pictures. Upon inspection we found it was not even worth $1500 to us.
12-18-10, 09:25 PM
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Does it run in it's current state? If it does not run I would say the body is worth $300 and the engine $500.
Without inspecting the car and engine, it's hard to put a price on it. To give you an example, my father, who is in his middle 60's, was looking for an RX-7. He found one on AutoTrader for $4000. It looked great in the pictures. Upon inspection we found it was not even worth $1500 to us.
Without inspecting the car and engine, it's hard to put a price on it. To give you an example, my father, who is in his middle 60's, was looking for an RX-7. He found one on AutoTrader for $4000. It looked great in the pictures. Upon inspection we found it was not even worth $1500 to us.
.No it does not run in the state it is in. I think i will keep it then. It is in the middle of a 13b swap.Thanks for your reply
12-18-10, 09:51 PM
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I don't think you can ever expect to get any more than $750 - $1000 for a non running car. I think if you sold the car and engine together, you'd be lucky to get that much for it. People just don't want to buy someone else's half finished project. Nothing against you, but there are too many unknowns involved for someone to spend a significant amount of money. Finish it yourself and enjoy it. You aren't going to get rich by selling it.
If you are like me, you have enough invested at this point that you'd be better off completing the project and keeping it for yourself. Even if you sell the car and all the parts, you'll more than likely be selling them at a loss, and hoping to recoup some of your costs.
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If you are like me, you have enough invested at this point that you'd be better off completing the project and keeping it for yourself. Even if you sell the car and all the parts, you'll more than likely be selling them at a loss, and hoping to recoup some of your costs.
Jamie
12-18-10, 10:06 PM
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I don't think you can ever expect to get any more than $750 - $1000 for a non running car. I think if you sold the car and engine together, you'd be lucky to get that much for it. People just don't want to buy someone else's half finished project. Nothing against you, but there are too many unknowns involved for someone to spend a significant amount of money. Finish it yourself and enjoy it. You aren't going to get rich by selling it.
If you are like me, you have enough invested at this point that you'd be better off completing the project and keeping it for yourself. Even if you sell the car and all the parts, you'll more than likely be selling them at a loss, and hoping to recoup some of your costs.
Jamie
If you are like me, you have enough invested at this point that you'd be better off completing the project and keeping it for yourself. Even if you sell the car and all the parts, you'll more than likely be selling them at a loss, and hoping to recoup some of your costs.
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12-19-10, 08:06 AM
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I'm with Jamie and everybody else. There's not much point in selling because you won't get what it's worth. I've gone through this with several of my GSL's, after they've developed some problems and been replaced by a new addition to the stable.
Their for sale value even as a running car is not as great as their value to me, either as a future driver or for parts. The only downside, sometimes the driveway gets kind of full of FB's, a special problem with the wife but still at least a good opportunity for a nice photo.
Here's my driveway a couple years ago:
Their for sale value even as a running car is not as great as their value to me, either as a future driver or for parts. The only downside, sometimes the driveway gets kind of full of FB's, a special problem with the wife but still at least a good opportunity for a nice photo.
Here's my driveway a couple years ago:
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I was trying to purchase a Turbo 1st Gen, but couldnt get all the money in time. I believe things happen for a reason. So it is back to plan one and finish my 13b Sa swap. My wife would leave me if i spent 2500.00 on another RX7 and it died on me.
12-19-10, 11:49 PM
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What may help is it is a 79 if you had a really low VIN that attracts some but those same ppl maybe turned off you don't have the original engine
boost the 13B you have
just another view
boost the 13B you have
just another view
12-20-10, 09:34 AM
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Even a low VIN won't get you very far if it's not at least mostly-original. & it sounds like this one's not - - LSD swap, motor out, interior needs work, no intake stack, no clutch.
There are people who will buy partial cars as project starters, but they won't usually pay top dollar for them because they know they will need much $$ to finish the project their way.
There are people who will buy partial cars as project starters, but they won't usually pay top dollar for them because they know they will need much $$ to finish the project their way.
12-20-10, 11:14 AM
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Even a low VIN won't get you very far if it's not at least mostly-original. & it sounds like this one's not - - LSD swap, motor out, interior needs work, no intake stack, no clutch.
There are people who will buy partial cars as project starters, but they won't usually pay top dollar for them because they know they will need much $$ to finish the project their way.
There are people who will buy partial cars as project starters, but they won't usually pay top dollar for them because they know they will need much $$ to finish the project their way.
and I have the original pumpkin so could be swapped back in ... just sayyin
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I paid $3000 for my 79 gs and it was damn near close to mint. probably the best running 12a ever too. I know I got a good deal. The body and interior was all I cared about but got everything else as a bonus. I seen the same year and model for $500 before too.
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