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

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

YOur points are well taken. It must be nice to have old cars still sitting in junk yards near where you live. Around here anything older then 96 gets crushed as soon as it comes in. 
 Prices you gave are high for my area. Sounds like someone with no skills a credit card restored car. If you must farm out the work you are better off paying more money for a better car. 200 for that rebel in the picture is a steal.  
 Wish stuff like that still existed in my neck of the woods.
 
 

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] TODAY'S AMC PIE-IN-SKY AWARD: $750.00 Starting Bid on Rebel
To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 4:38 PM

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
>
>**********************************************************
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320354960172&viewitem=
>
>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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