FS: 1970 Olds 442 W-30, with 18,324 orig miles

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Guys, thanks for the compliments on the black car. Les, good to hear you made it home. Are your arms still tired from waving that check at me for a week?

Les hit the nail on the head, cars need to be within range of comparable sales. For exceptional cars, like the green W30, a strong premium is expected. IMHO, a car like that, with the history it has, can be worth twice what a similar car that is restored or more of an "average" car. Also, the most important option on these cars today is COLOR. I love the exterior color, but, the interior color is not to my taste. In 1970, it was likely the coolest! But for every one guy like me, there is likely one guy like Belair who loves it.

The most expensive 1970 W30 I have seen sell was a black 4 speed car around 100k. I just watched a matched PAIR of bright yellow 1970 W30 cars, both numbers matching frame-off restored cars, both original yellow cars, one Hardtop and one Convert , from the same family, sell at Mecum's auction for $166k for the PAIR. Which in my mind puts the convert around 110-120k and the HT at 46-56k.

Again, no disrespect intended for the car in question or the seller. It is a magnificent car with incredible history. If it is something that needs to be sold, I would suggest a price substansially lower. If you need to sell something I see no point in scaring potential buyers away. Price it a little over what your bottom line is and get it done. Just my opinion.

Now you have four cents worth of opinion from 2 guys who are famous for paying too much for cars! LOL

Colin