[94SilverCab]

If I didn't already have a Silver 968 I would buy Ed's...Just my $0.02

 

Jay

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I would love for you to buy it Jay. I know it would be loved and hugged and squeezed and you would call it George. (a shiny nickle if anyone under 30 gets that).

 

I have lost money on nearly every car I have ever had. I just don't want to do that with this one. There are few cars that can rip down the highway at 130mph and not even break a sweat - then look just as cool driving to get bread (five minutes later). The only problem around here is way too much law enforcement for the former, and no one knows what the car is on the latter. I think everyone around here thinks it's a fancy Miata. I have had it at car shows and cruise-ins and no one looks at it twice and sometimes not even once.

 

I hate buying things twice. Whether it's a chain saw or a stove. You need to make the best decision you can. You don't always get better quality when you spend more, but sometimes you can if you do your homework, and then the extra money spent pays dividends. This is the whole point of the old, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later." advertisement, but few people get it anymore.

I liked the earlier quote about paying for other people's past repairs vs your own current repairs.

 

Some people like the process. I don't. I want to buy it finished. I don't have a garage and I am too old to be laying on the floor under a car. I want to wash it and drive it.

 

Whoever gets my car, will get a great car. They just have to make their decision. I just hope I can keep a lid on the frustration jar long enough to find that person, before I trade it in on a Toyota for the wife. Personally I would trade the 968, the '66 beetle and the 04 Harley all for a finished sweet old school panel wagon or van to put the logo for my antique store on and drive it around to advertise.

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[MCL968]

Ed, I passed the email on to someone looking for a cab, hopefully they will contact you.


And I hear you about the costs, mine was very well cared for, and it still has cost a fair amount to keep it up to par. I suppose that's just the way it is with these cars.

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[Rap]

How long have you been trying to sell your car? If you do decide to trade it in for a Toyota then perhaps you might consider parting it. I could use a new spare transmission!

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Thanks MCL - I appreciate it.

 

I have been considering selling my car not long after I finished it. I enjoy the car, but I don't use it enough to warrant keeping it. I have put less than 6K miles on it since 2013. I want to move on to something else.

 

Sorry, as much as I would be willing to sell for the right price, I would never part out this car. It's just too nice and it would take 3x longer to sell the parts, although in the long run, it might generate more cash than an out right sale. Problem is space - as soon as you take the first component out that causes the car not to be mobile, you have a large piece of modern art and I am too old to go pushing cars.

 

If someone wants to buy it and part it out, as much as I would hate that idea, it would be their car at that point and as long as I got what I wanted out of the deal I would do it I guess.

 

My wife loves the car, so that is another reason I would need to get my price for the car. So that we could find something else that we enjoyed, or in her mind, put the cash on the mortgage.

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[Kaj Hallstrom]

Mine was $13700 three years ago with 59000 miles. The one of one today would go for no less than $25000.

 

   

 

 

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[Rap]

Is that your price or what you believe the going rate is?

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.

People say they want a nice car, but no one wants to pay.

 

I deal with this all the time in my antique store.

Everyone thinks I should price match the thrift stores in my town.

The bottom line is nice things cost money.

 

I don't have to sell it. I can just as easily let it sit in the garage or storage locker until I am dead and let my kids decide what to do with it.

In another 20 years, when all the barn find, Ferrari's, Jaguar's, and 911's (you don't see too many Duesenberg's for sale anymore) are gone and way overpriced, these cars will be appreciated and desired

and people will make a big deal of them. I remember when you could get a nice 914 for under 4 grand. No one wanted them and now the prices have climbed because they can't afford the others.

 

It sucks that I can't get a decent price for my car, when I spent $50K on a crappy silverado that hasn't been right since the day I bought it and will eventually be worthless. If these cars were new now, most people couldn't afford one.

 

Maybe I will donate it to a charity raffle and take a big tax write off.

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[Rap]

I run a non profit.

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[lbpesq]

Charity begins at my home!

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[Rap]

If you would like to pm me I will tell you how to begin charity at your home. It's actually quite simple.


There is a 968 in the current pano that I'm tempted to buy for a parts car. Garage is full and would hate to store it outside but.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Yea, sure you do. I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.

Well, off to other things.

If someone is serious about my car, I am not that hard to find. If not, then I don't need to be bothered about it by a bunch of tire kickers, maybes and if only's.

I have posted way more than I meant to.

It's like the Godfather, every time I get out, they suck me back in.

Enjoy yourselves.

 

hasta la wego

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[MCL968]

Ed made a great point about the Duesenberg. Those were cars that appealed to a generation. When some members of that generation made a lot of money late in life, the prices of those cars shot up. Now, that generation is diminishing and there is little interest in the cars, with the exception of the rare and completely pristine models.

 

Now, that same thing is happening with the 60's muscle cars. Million dollar Hemi Cuda's? How long will that last? Eventually, that generation will diminish and the next generation will collect the rare Mini Cooper JCW's or Lancer Evo's.

 

And therein lies the rub with the 968. It was never a particularly desirable car to the masses, and the value was never a function of the rarity. As the potential owners age out of ownership, prices will stabilize within reasonable limits (driven by 911 prices), and that will be that. I don't expect that the typical well cared for 968 will ever reach the $50,000 level. That will be reserved for the CS models and such.

 

So, we have to enjoy our cars and just drive them. I suspect very few of them will end up in museums, regardless of the condition.

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[ds968]

There is a 968 in the current pano that I'm tempted to buy for a parts car. Garage is full and would hate to store it outside but.

Wanna buy a parts car with a newly rebuilt top to bottom engine ( including 951 turbo rods ) AND a supercharger on it ? Will sell it for the cost of the two items , less a 25 % friends and family discount , and with the rest of the entire car and all of its parts FREE ?!

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[Kaj Hallstrom]

The question was:

Is that your price or what you believe the going rate is? 

 

Well, Like with stamps and many other things. It's only worth something if somebody wants it!!..... Since my car is not for sale I really don't have to worry about the value. I enjoy driving it on a daily base. Should I want to sell it I think $25000+- would be a fair deal in the market today.

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[Rap]

Panos car was sold for $4000. Guy got back to me. This is what happens when one dithers around. Supposedly it ran. But clearly here the parts were worth more than the price. He admitted he priced it too low.

I mean no disrespect Ed just asking questions. The 968 may never reach any type of stratospheric price but it will always have a rarity to it because of production levels.

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[montauk1989]

Another nice 968 popped up not too far away.   It's a one owner coupe but no maintenance records.   Hopefully I'll have time to look at it soon.

 

https://www.autoexoticainc.com/vehicle-d...4a6f297ce#

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[J.Elenbaas]

The car doesn't look to bad from the outside.

The interior needs attention and a good cleaning, looks like it suffered some humidity problem looking at the seats.

Maybe he had a pregnant passenger who gave birth while on there way to the hospital  .

 

Same things stay on your list when no history is known of the maintenance done.

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[ds968]

I presume there are a few cars out there which have been meticulously maintained, either by an owner who just happens to be a good mechanic and essentially every job is a DIY,  or,  in some cases by friends of owners who are very accomplished mechanics but that's not their real job in life so they don't necessarily produce "official" repair invoices / documents for the work performed .  So if you have a way to validate and build a comfort level with what the owner tells you about the maintenance of the car, I see no reason to shy away from it, but I would not trust any dealer whatsoever so I'd seek out to contact the previous owner or owners of the car and get the info directly from the horse's mouth, as opposed to from the other end of the horse..  :glare:​    But how do I really feel about dealers, you ask...  :unsure:              

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[MCL968]

Did we ever figure out what the sound was? I was betting on old tires.

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