RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Last Word on the Lost GT (Almost)

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lu,

What was it they were asking for it 'as is'...
and how high were you offering??

Judging by the photos, the available info on
GTs and Gremlins in general, and my own 'seat 
o' the pants' judgement, the car looks like a
$500 max piece.

The price goes up if:
The flares and air dam are present and usuable. +250
The grille is undamaged +100
The wiring isn't butchered from the engine removal +100
The wheels are usable as is and need just paint and 
better trim rings. +100

Adjust down if-
any rust-thru is visible anywhere -250

Note: I'm not suggesting the items above are only 
worth the numbers quoted. Only that the car's worth 
as a whole adjusts accordingly.

If this car were dead-mint, with a perfect-running
258/4spd, it *might* sell for $4500. More would take 
a fluke. AMCs being what they are, alterations don't 
always hurt value. So this car, all dolled up and 
'new' looking, with a worked 360 installed with a V8 
4-speed and twin-Grip V8 rear....that would likely 
bring the 6-8000 the guy is talking about...but the
work would have to be very good. A non-AMC mill
would likely be worth slightly less unless it's a 
well-modified and hi-cube mill....like a 440 or HEMI-
that kind of thing would be worth bucks...not to you
or I perhaps, but to the buying public in general 
that prefers the Big Three engines.

I looked at the baby blue GT that was for sale in 
Jersey a year or so ago. At $800, the rust was too 
established for me to consider the car seriously.
But in blue, I really like the car...and would love
the idea of a worked 304 version...a road-racer 
instead of the usual drag build. Something that
*could* be a daily-driver, even though it won't be.
Decent on gas, lotsa of torque for passing and 
traffic-light get-aways. Fat, sticky tires on 
oversize wheels (no more than 16"...it ain't 
Asian). Maybe a set off a 'stang GT?

John W Rosa
http://www.JavelinAMX.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lumina333 [mailto:lumina333@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 10:02 AM
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Last Word on the Lost GT
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> Thanks all for the encouragement about the lost GT. As you can see 
> from the photos of it posted in my folder, it is going to take much 
> more than merely dropping in an engine and hooking up the A/C to get 
> this baby right. Like a couple of you said, I bet I will have the 
> opportunity to own it again. And for now, its off to the tech 
> school's body shop with the doors & hood from my '74. I plan on 
> putting the front end together this week and get it ready to become 
> a rolling chassis, ready for paint. -Lu-
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