RE: [BaadAssGremlins] 74 Gremlin for $13600

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

Doc,

The cheapest new cars are floating around $15,000.
I don't think any 30-year-old MINT car with 1200 miles on it
is priced 'too high' at $15000...not even a Vega! Try 
restoring(1) one for that much. The way I see it, that car 
pulled a price it should have years ago. Collectors (as 
opposed to hobbyists) want 'original cars', not the 'whatever 
it has, yank it and stuff a V8 in it' cars. It can only be 
'original' once. Once altered, it will forever be a custom, 
modified, repaired...etc, car. The originals will always 
bring the bucks. The value of cutoms is usually a matter of 
totalling the value of the best pieces of it and deducting 
wear. Thus, a custom rarely sells for more than you've put 
in it. Rare exceptions would be cars built by famous customers, 
like Coddington or Foose. Originals work opposite. The less 
changed, the more the value climbs as time marches on.

(1)= Returning to original condition...not repairing and 
customizing.

John W Rosa
www.JavelinAMX.com

1971 AMC Javelin ADPS 401 (police car)
www.javelinamx.com/JavHome/jwr/71ADPS/

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15,000$??? Isn't that a bit much even for a mint gremlin? Maybe AMC's
popularity has gone up with the big money prices of other brands these
days or just a few die hard AMC people wanted it.



 
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