Whats a good price for a barn find 64 4dr nova?

[Hemicolt]

Todays cars are safer, no question.
But if every 60's and 70's car deserves the "deathtrap" name, why take the risk of driving one on occasion?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Relative to todays cars and what has been learned every '60s-'70s car deserves the &quot;deathtrap&quot; name. Watch the IIHS Malibu vs 59 Chevy test. They also did a 61 Cadillac vs 03 with much the same result. Plenty of others on You Tube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g

Nothing wrong with having an old car and driving it on occasion. Driving it daily is asking for trouble.

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[WILMASBOYL78]

We didn't have bicycle helmets, rarely wore seat belts, drank full strength milk, ate butter, played outside in the street every day, walked to and from school, didn't have cell phones, no sneakers with built in lights, no GPS, no rear view cameras, no airbags and no internet !!

It's remarkable we survived to be able to be part of the SYC forum today [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]...in fact it's a damn miracle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

wilma

What ever happened to Lincoln Logs [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

I agree with Hemicolt. It's a buy at the asking price. You can have fun with it and teach your kid how to drive. You'd pay more than that to hire someone to teach him that.

Verne
A guy ought to learn to drive in a car that actually requires driver's skills rather than a car that you just point and press.

[William]

BTW I am following your '68 Nova restoration. I wish you lived here!

[jasonL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">BTW I am following your '68 Nova restoration. I wish you lived here! </div></div>

Why?

[William]

You do great work!

Very difficult to find a shop that does what you do. The only shop I know of locally has an 18 month waiting list.

[jasonL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You do great work!

Very difficult to find a shop that does what you do. The only shop I know of locally has an 18 month waiting list. </div></div>

Wow thanks. I am on the fence if I want to start doing work for other people. I have said this before, I enjoy restoring them more than driving them. So with that being said why not get paid for what I enjoy doing. I have a couple people after me to restore there car next. LOL!

Tommy don't worry the L79 has my full attention. I can't wait to hear that L79!

[Hemicolt]

Building cars for a living is a double edged sword, it can be good and bad.
Sometimes at the end of the day the last thing I want to do is work on my stuff. Kind of like the general car mechanic driving the worst car..lol

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: William</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You do great work!

Very difficult to find a shop that does what you do. The only shop I know of locally has an 18 month waiting list. </div></div>

Wow thanks. I am on the fence if I want to start doing work for other people. I have said this before, I enjoy restoring them more than driving them. So with that being said why not get paid for what I enjoy doing. I have a couple people after me to restore there car next. LOL!

Tommy don't worry the L79 has my full attention. I can't wait to hear that L79! </div></div>

[Salvatore]

buy him a chevy cavalier or a VW bug to run around in. You can get sticks in those cars. I would not buy anything I would have to work on for a beater to and from school. Buy throw-a-way models. JMO.

[Paul_S]

It might be best for you to get a throw-a-way like some have said but the asking price is good especially if it's a solid car. As said earlier, all &quot;older&quot; cars can be considered death-traps. -Where do you want to draw the line: anti-lock breaks, air bags, active seat belts, dual res master cylinder, collapsible steering column (1967),...

For '64 all Chevy II/Nova models had 5-lug hubs and bigger brakes (than '62-3). Brake size was shared with many heavier cars (9.5x2.5&quot; front, x2&quot; rear). Wheels were 13&quot; standard with a 14&quot; option and that's an easy change to 15&quot;.

Paul