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"It is a special car that will take a special buyer. Who knows where he is or where and when he is looking."
by now I'm guessing he ain't HERE !!!
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I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS THREAD. I DON'T WANT THE BELOW TO BE TAKEN PERSONALLY OR AS DEROGATORY BY THE QUOTED POSTER OR ANYONE ELSE, SIMPLY READ IT FOR WHAT IT SAYS AND DON'T READ ANYTHING INTO IT.
We don't know one another and I have no idea of where your expertise lies.
I joined this site because of it's name and because I have and have owned many super cars in my lifetime
I really didn't expect to particularly find a buyer for my car on this site. I did advertise it here basically for trade as many people today are "car rich and cash poor." Many in the hobby are not always brand loyal, such as myself that love many different makes and models of old muscle cars. So my hopes were that I may find someone here that had an interest in doing some trading plus cash.
Since you don't know me I will give you some background on myself. I began selling Dodges and AMCs NEW in 1968. I spent 30 years in the automotive arena in some form or another. Auto sales and management, owned an auto repair shop, body shop, and was the fleet manager for one of the worlds largest Nissan dealerships selling over 1300 cars per year in my department alone EXCLUDING rental cars. Additionally, in the last 42 years I have personally owned approximately 150 cars most of which were muscle, sports, antique, and special interest cars. I have owned about 20 Corvettes alone ranging from 1954-1973 as well as 409, and 454/450 cars.
As you can see, I am no stranger to the hobby or auto sales. Although I have attended B-J as well as many other classic car auctions for 27 consecutive years I have never bought or sold a car at one of these auctions. I have always sold my cars through my own marketing efforts.
I posted the WIW for my car to see what the reaction to it would be on this site. I KNOW what the car is worth and I also know what the challenges are to sell a car like this especially in this market. The facts are that there are many Hemi cars out there right now that can be purchased for a considerable discount from prices 3 years ago, as with many other muscle cars of other makes and models. I find it quite amusing that I had WIW comments of as low as $45K when I have not seen ANY REAL Hemi car sell that low in the last 7 years. I have been tracking Hemi "B" body sales since 1998. Today, even a project 66/67 Hemi car WITHOUT engine or drivetrain sells for a bare minimum of about $6-7K. If anyone can show me a bonified sale for less on a project as mentioned OR a REAL 66/67 Hemi car that is remotely close to the condition of mine for under $50K I would be VERY interested to hear about it.
I see many throwing around prices on different web sites for WIW Hemi cars in the $50K price range but have yet to see one sell for that recently. A lot of this is "wishful thinking."
At this point I WANT to sell my car, but I don't HAVE to sell it either.
