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well the oll man is lettin the house get forclosed, i dont have a steady job got hired 3 weeks ago manager said he really lieks how i hustle and move, but hasnt had me come into work for a full week?:confused: and no place to live, so how much do you think the nova would sell for? motor can be in it in a day or 2. just curious because i cant tote the damn thing around with no garage to many thieves these days to pick stuff apart.:CRY:
honesly anymore ive come to get the feeling he has about it as this if he cant have it, i sure as hell cant have it. no big deal anymore.
Yup, no big deal... There's lots of other cars... Get situated someplace and start putting together the nostalgia gasser that you REALLY want to race!!!!!
well i guess its only a car, even tho it has been in the family for 23 years ! :eek:
yup, I'm cold.... Just a car, no big deal. Besides, for 3 years the kid has been talking about building a straight axled, tri-five chebbie with a baby mouse motor and a 4 speed powering it....Dump the Nova, get squared away, bank some money, build what you really want... Where's the bad news??? Cars are just cars. Whenever you get rid of one there's another one just around the corner that needs building.....
thats true dave, any man i just looked at my info, ive been here fer 4 years :eek:
hey everybody calm down, dont start fighting, its really not that big of a deal this has happened before just this time i really might have to sell it and was jsut wondering the price. and to me its more then a car, but right now i am so angry with the world it dont mean nuthin.i guess thats what happen's when your just a reject from spokane :LOL: got school cant/dont wanna go scared ill fail. to much of that going on right now.
all i wanted was opinons on selling price,................
ok, so turn the whole thing into a frickin' soap opera.... NO WAIT!!!!! Reality TV would be even better!!!!!
Scooter sometimes you can make more with time to sell . Then if it gets hard pressed you drop it to move it . Allways looking in the mags and dreamin here . I know yours is clean and could fetch 10 K to 12 K , cars are allways worth more to the people who own them . The buyers try to get a steal you know what im saying . I would Ebay it at the least you will take as a researve see where it goes.
Then go out and do what you want to do, build what you want to build, and race where you want to race. If that doesn't meet up with others expectations, too flippin' bad!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
ever gave some thought to the wonderful world of towboating?
your gonna have to move...
a pic of the car would help if your lookin for advice on price , might help anyway..
flh click on his cam by his name the album will open up
bobby i have seen the pics before , i thought the car tore down at the moment..
Think Scooter has the engine back together but not back in the car yet....
From what I could see of your car as clean as it is, I would say you’re in the 20's and you may have a lot in the motor so your car would be worth more without me seeing the inside. I sold a 55 Chevy last year and it was just a driver for $18. Try not to let it go but if you have to, start it high and try not to act like you need to sell it, you just want something else. I have a car that's worth about $1,500 and I've had it moved and stored for 40 years. I will not sell it until I can no longer stand to look at it. A good place to advertise is a site named American Dream Cars if you haven't been there check it out. That’s where I sold my 55 Chevy. Don't panic you sound like a young guy, you have a long time left to build, sell, and buy. Good luck.
One more thing in the morning fire it up and think about the time you have put into it, and how nice it turned out. That should get you back on track.
I didn't see the engine was out but don't get in a hurry.
Richard
What i thought just the engine out and ready to put back in .
All right, I guess I'll be a lone voice here, DON'T SELL IT. I don't know if I have read your posts, I've not been on here much, but the pics look like you have put a lot of work in that car and it is nice.
Dave I think has an unusual take on things, most people get attached to the projects they put a lot of time and money in, unless they have gotten to do a few and then probably it gets easier
I have sold many things in my life, usually when I thought I needed money, and in every case I later regretted it. you will always have bills, you will always have things that come up, you can't always replace possessions. the money I got was usually less than what was invested in it and there are many things I sold that I can never replace for one reason or another, and others that will cost me much much more to duplicate. (not cars mind you, we're talking things that only in the hundreds and thousands but still).
Here are two car ones for you though. My dad had a 1950 ford coupe that had been in the family since purchased, from his grandfather I think to his uncle to him. my mom hated the fact that he had it, it was in great shape and sitting on the side of the house hidden by a fence, even ran still!!! she harassed him till he sold it. he regretted it the rest of his life, he'd have been better off storing it at a friends and telling her he sold it (yes, I just condoned lying to a spouse).
when I was 16 years old my parents sold my 1965 mustang fastback that my grandmother had bought new, because they couldn't make the house payment. I don't know about them but I sure frickin' regret it. I had a huge sentimental attachment to it, still miss it. My grandmother and I were very close and it was a tangible reminder of her. if I ever come into some money I want to track it down and buy it if it hasn't been butchered.
get a storage locker to put it in, what, 50 bucks a month, get enclosed not outdoor. or ask a friend, you must know somebody. It sounds like you're in a hard spot, but it gets better. and I don't know the deal with your old man, maybe he's a total dick, maybe you don't get along. but it doesn't sound like he's kicking you out, sounds like he's gonna have to leave too. until you're in a guys shoes you don't know what they're going through trying to hold onto things. and if you haven't owned a home yet and had that kind of responsibility you can't know the stress. my family lost their home, it's hardest on the person that is supposed to be providing that roof. I may be off base on that because I don't know your whole situation, so forget it if I'm wrong. I just wanted to throw it out in case you were being a bit narrow in your view of things.
Red
motors on the engine stand would only take a day or 2 to clean everything up and drop it in. yes i do ahve alot of time and learning into just the motor this time around, im glad i didnt race this last year "07" i learned 10x what i could have ever thought, i learned alot about heads/valvetrain and genral engine machining. but i am in a hard spot i dont know anybody that i can "trust" to hold my car to many people i know are complete potheads who become idiots 5 minutes into a conversation. 5 of my friends dropped out of school and are potheads with min wage jobs. i cannot trust anybody to even be a roomate at an APT there so unpredictable. i am leaning heavily towards going down to houston or pheonix for school and bringing the car with me. least in AZ it wont rust sitting outside!? :d
after 23 years of owning it and busting every knuckle you have on it. All the blood sweat and tears, not to mention money and time invested. It sounds like you love the car to have held on this long. Sure there are lots of cars to buy, but usually you are buying someone elses headache, thats usually why they are selling it. Buy a good car cover if you have to and hang on as long as you can.
Now go to e-bay and search down all the cars just like yours and watch the auction all the way through. You will sadly see that 98% do not sell at all. And the ones that do have no reserve attached and the owner probably backs out on the sale. I watch at least 10 auctions a week to see the out come. A boat load of people are in the same sittuation as yourself, and the others are looking for a steal. In this case its cheaper to keep her as long as you can, once its gone you cant get it back. Sorry to hear of your sittuation and hope for the best for you.
I about let my car go thats been in the family for 28 years now, and luckily a few great people on this board talked my dumbazz out of it. Its still looking pretty sitting in my garage, Thanks again to those who helped me see the light. there is a light there see it !
Your car will always go up in value, so if you could hang on to it, the price will continue to go up. I have found out over the years that no matter how bad times are there still are people with money. That's what I always told my wife. I sold a 55 Chevy last year, the car is gone plus the money. We made it someway some how when I kept it for 10 years. If you have to have it outside try to get actual valve of the car to have insurance just incase some thief would want to take your car. If you have to leave it outside for any length of time pull the steering wheel and put chains on it plus what ever else you can think of to keep it from being stolen.
Richard
i agree with the others , i would try and keep the car , we are in a car glut at the moment and prices are down anyway ... best of luck on whatever you decide..
Hey Scooter,if you like I can ask my daughters over in CdA if either one has a garage space available. They both live just off Ramsey just a few blocks apart. Might not pan out,but I will ask if you say so. Hank