Wanted: '67-68 Camaro...or...

[Tim Greer]

Even though I wasn't looking for a Firebird, a gentleman about 2 miles from my house was selling a '67 Firebird convertible with the original 326 ci. for $12,500. He sold it to the first guy that called for $12K (this happened earlier today). It was in very good condition and this guy put in about 2 years of care and work into making it very nice (he didn't have to do any body work or painting, etc.) just some touch ups and finding emblems and whatnot.

I know of one other person in town that has a '67 Firebird Formula 400 convertible that's in good condition but has been sitting in their shop for 20 years untouched--but every attempt to contact the owner, the secretary blows me off and says "I don't know how much you think you're going to pay for this, but..."


Understandable since it's a really seedy part of town and you'd not have seen this car unless you were below poverty and happened to live near it where you'd be able to see it, but it's apparent she has absolutely no intention on passing my messages to the owner of the business so I can check it out and make him an offer (I mean, her attitude, it seems obvious she wants it--she's married to the owner's son, whom is the guy that runs the business, and I can't get a hold of the father).

She said he bought it 20 years ago for an "investment". Ignoring people trying to get a hold of you is not an intelligent way to go about selling it for a profit--maybe he wants to die with it, I don't know. Oh well, I'll probably bug them once more and send a letter to the owner of the business himself by finding the name at the local courthouse. It's worth a try--I know someone asked him in person 10 years ago and he shrugged and said "I dunno... I'd probably let it go for maybe $4K". They just bought a nice Firebird at that time and didn't want to rebuild the engine, etc. Now, it sits. :-( Oh, the humanity! [/sad story]