$5 Million Dollar HEMI CUDA Convertible!!

[Charley Lillard]

Riggs.... Woodland is North near Sacramento.
My Friend is not trying to be nasty. He has no use for that car. He also is not into buying cars for parts so parting out the sum of it's parts because they might total more than 30K has no appeal to him either. How many parts off a 4 door are usable on another car anyway ? I just watched a 2 door Hemi car sell at Russo and Steel for about 65K and I would take that 2 door over that 4 door every time. We all know it will bid to more than 30K. I came to that # by removing 0's from anothers comment.

[Charley Lillard]

Riggs..Same friend also has a 70 Hemi Cuda convert and the other Hemi Coronet convert. So he does like Mopars and variety.

[mrriggsohara]

Charley,

You wrote: "Riggs..Same friend also has a 70 Hemi Cuda convert and the other Hemi Coronet convert. So he does like Mopars and variety."

Your friend owns those 2 cars, too. Wow. He is one of very few who owns hemi cuda convertibles of both years, and the only one I know of who adds the 1 of 2 Coronet to the equation. My hat goes off to him. Reminds me of Otis Chandler who we've discussed above, and who used to own all 3 of the same models at the same time, too.

[Mr70]

Otis Chandler is an Anagram for Charley Lillard.

[mrriggsohara]

Charley (sorry I misspelled your name last time),

You asked, "How many parts off a 4 door are usable on another car?" Answer: All of the drivetrain. Basically everything except some interior and some mouldings.

I would not have guessed nor ever suggested that your friend who owns one of the most valuable muscle cars in the world would be motivated by a deal he could make that would get him a few bucks profit after dealing with selling parts. But I did think there was a strong likelihood he might endulge in restoration projects of his own, which would make all of the above parts useful to him on any 1966 car built around the same time.

In fact I am looking for a perfectly restored 1966 hemi car for this very purpose. I have spent ridiculous amounts of money restoring old parts, buying aftermarket parts, and buying NOS parts for too many cars in the past. For the most part (with one exception), I stopped that a long time ago. Years ago, after learning this lesson, I have found it better to buy cars already "done" by someone else. That way there are less headaches and you don't bury yourself financially.

It just so happens that I have a car needing total restoration, and it is one my family wants me badly to restore to O.E.M. Gold, and since I am not one to say no to my family (unless I have no choice), I will be seeing this thing to the end. Since I am going to do it, I am going to do it by starting with a perfectly restored car so I don't have to go through every single itsy bitsy part, send them out, have them restored, and pay through the nose.

Thank you for your input.