WORLD RECORD ROSEY!!!!!!!!!!!

[tom406]

Sounds like $2K is the number. A friend of mine just sold an NOS '70 Cuda Rim-Blow wheel on Ebay for $1825 after some spirited bidding. It may seem high, but hey, if you got a million dollar Cuda convert, its only like 0.2% of the value of the car, which doesn't seem out of line....for the record, my buddy was surprised too.

[Jeff Murphy]

Let's see...

Charley stopped bidding at $200 and yountto topped out at $700. That must be the "rationale" price range for one of these wheels?

[Jeff H]

Bubt are the people actually getting the money after the auctions are done? Assuming they are, the prices are really out of control if you think you need to have GM pieces. Hopefully this will help the repro stuff become better quality if they realize people are willing to spend money on correct parts. NOS just means that you can't really use it because you paid too much and once you install it, it's not NOS any more. There's a guy trying to get $12K for an NOS crossram setup. The second gas goes into one of those carbs, the whole setup becomes used.

[bbdon]

I agree with 69L89 on this one, there were two people who both wanted the wheel badly, and neither one wanted to be outbid by just a few bucks, so both set up a bid high enough to be sure to get it. The situation is familiar to me, both as buyer and seller. Yes, the seller will get his money, too, It doesn't mean that the next similar auction will go that high. You would never get that amount if you set your starting bid too high, you need to start low to get some attention on the auction.

[68l30]

Is this a little high,yes.But remember the person that builds a car usually takes a hit when it comes time to sell.Starting from scratch is always expensive.Most can get in deep.Restorations cost money,parts are supply and demand.If you want or require the best be expected to pay.If you surround the wheel with other NOS parts,anything but the best will look out of place.There will always be a market for high end parts just as there is one for the $50.00 split to death wheel.Most of us live in between.If you can get it,sell it.....nobody has a gun to either party. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Steve

[Mr70]

Change the Title of this Topic...
In Highschool,this title had a whooooooooole different meaning!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/blush.gif[/img]

[Belair62]

Fill us in Mr 70

[MotownMadman]

I have known very few people who pay to have a car restored by a pro who ever get their investment back unless they wait for the market to rise(years) or unless they paid a really low price for the car to begin with. I recently built a 33 Plymouth street rod for a Captain for United Air, he wanted the best of the best and by the time I was done he had 140K in the car. National show winner but the best it would do on the open market is about 80-90K. At least with an original rare Supercar the value tends to increase(with exceptions as after the eighties boom), but with a street rod styles change to where it would be doubtful of the value increasing. The $2000 steering wheel? Never thought I would see the day, but I also never thought I would see the day of $300,000 Camaros, let alone considering buying one. With a car selling for 100 to 300K, $2000 for a correct top flight NOS wheel really sounds legit.
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[Stefano]

Hey, I thought they were NOS not used [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[stingr69]

If my car had a cherry original Rosewood wheel on it, I would seriously consider pulling it for $2000. Repro would start looking pretty good to me at that point. I have a repro on my car that I bought for $185 and although it does not look perfectly original, it looks pretty darn good. You pays your money, you takes your pick.

-Mark.