" He is sentimental about the car and I don't think he really
wants to part with it, "
Warning Will Robinson! Two edged sword
above. One is when you have 'ties' to a car,
whether high dollar
car or piece of dung, this puts great wall of China in middle of deal
as one can't put a price tag on sentimental value, this is
mentioned in one of my files,
if not the OLDEST file from ealry
1990s, on my site.
Part of the problem is what they conceive
the car may be worth 'or what someone told them
it might be worth'
(man, your car is old it must be worth a fortune!) don't always
conside
with car value. And collectibility don't always jive with
market value, you see this with
not one but TWO rare 71 SC/360
Hornets in my SUAD list, one the guy can't get $2700 for
and it is
one of 19 made and 1 of 5 known to exist in
360/3spd.
Suggestion: if you have a AMC car you have restored,
or rather nice shape, take it over
and show him and talk to him.
Tell the seller what you want to accomplish with his car.
This has
worked great with me thru years as have photo album of cars have
pulled from
field, or totalled out, then photos of them at 5-star
Astrodome or big show after I
finishe them. I also take a photo,
then 8x10 it, frame it and give to them when I drive
their/now my,
car back over to show them the work done. This has a lot of
psysocaligal
(sic) value on them knowing you will 'take care of
their baby' and someone won't drop 350
Chevy in it and wrap around
tree or fill with big speakers, paint bright yellow and "pimp
my
ride" it
http://www.mtv. com/shows/ pimp_my_ride/
season_5/ series.jhtmlI also tell them they will have
'first shot' at it if I ever decide to sell it, this also
helps.
And while only 1 person has ever taken me up on that, letting the
seller feel at
ease knowing their friend will be going to someone
who truly appreciates it and will like
they have for years is
priceless.
You see a lot of this as folks grow older, and sort
of like Michael Jordan.....his mind
still tells him he can dunk
from 1/2 court, but knees tell him otherwise, so you see this
with
older drivers who don't want to lose their independence driving. My
dad was like that
until state took away license, so no more AMCing
for him at 75 until his death at 79.
You have a rather unique
opportunity to pick up a original owner car. However it takes
more
than money. Hope some of the tips mentioned above help you like they
have helped me
for decades as it is win/win for seller and
buyer.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@
planethoustonamx .comwww.planethoustonam
x.com
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