Re: [Amc-list] TODAY'S AMC PIE-IN-SKY AWARD: $750.00 Starting Bid on Rebel

[Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

>That looks like a very restorable car. 

I didn't say it wasn't.

>Rust is not that bad. 

It isn't?

>Patch the quarters, floor and trunk, patch or souece doors, 

Since I already have a car getting the trunk floor patched, I can tell you that a competent job on the trunk on this Rebel would be about $2000 already -- minimum.

Floor is probably more rusted than the seller knows; from what I can see most of the carpeting is still there -- and you can't tell what the real story is until you pull up the tar paper.  So figure another $2,000 for floor boards.

>interior looks like it could just use a cleaning. 

Assuming you're OK with recovered seats that are no longer in the factory pattern.  He also says the carpet is mildewed, which means a carpet kit as well (and which also suggests moisture sitting under the carpet).  A proper restoration of the seats, carpet and other incidentals in the interior, just from what I can see in the photos, would run about $1500.

>only thing missing in the engine bay is the radiator and coil wire. 
>?750 is reasonable? to me.. 

Well, it's wide open, there aren't any bids yet after 4 days online.

>I think you neeed to get real. Find a better 68 rebel for 750.00 ......GO ahead....see if you can.

There's a 68 Rebel hardtop sitting in a junkyard, but available for $200 with a better original color and complete except for a trunk lid lock and the front parking lamps.  I walked around it again a couple of weeks ago, and it miraculously hasn't changed much since I took this photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ujcWkdM-zxdqpBTd4OZcdg?feat=directlink .  The trunk floor is good, the floors are all solid, and the seats are original.  It's worth every penny of $200.

I'm not saying the ebay car in question isn't worth $750 to *someone*.  I'm sure there's one out there for it.  The point is that if the seller really wants to sell it, the **starting** bid is way too high.


>TODAY'S AMC PIE-IN-SKY AWARD: $750.00 Starting Bid on Rebel
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320354960172&viewitem=
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>So let's see...  He doesn't know if it runs.  Engine compartment
>incomplete.  Brakes gone.  Sheetmetal rusted through underneath.  Interior
>requires complete resto.  The good parts are the glass and a couple of body
>panels; maybe some smaller interior parts.  And maybe a front timing chain
>housing.  Just the sheetmetal work and body work alone will run $5,000 to $7,000
>to bring back to spec.
>
>Meanwhile, the **starting** bid is $750?
>
>Get real.
>
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In another reply, Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:


>What the heck does Bueller?? Bueller? Mean?


Guess I'm showing my age.  It's a quote from the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein#Career_in_the_media



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