My experience is everyone want to find one cheap. The old pay me now or pay me later seriously applies. Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.
You can find a fairly affordable one like I did, that was sitting because the pinion gear was bad, and you can do what i did and put money into it, or you can buy one that's done and drive it the day you buy it. If you do your own work you are at an advantage. I can't as I don't have a space or the tools anymore and i am too old to go crawling around and under cars.
I have probably $15 grand (or more) in receipts doing mine over on top of what I paid for the car. I don't do my own work, so there are labor costs in there too.
My car belonged to a friend who passed away and I saw the marque and thought, well, this is probably my only shot to ever have one, and his widow offered it to me for what seemed fair, so I bought it. In hindsight, I probably would have been happier passing on it like the two Saabs I was offered last summer for $2K.
It's a nice car, I am just not into it as I was and I don't have time to drive it. It needs to go to someone who will love it and cherish it, but I am not losing my shirt on it just to sell it.
If someone were to make me an offer on it close to what I have into it, I would probably let it go and move on to something else. I just put new Conti's on it and the only thing it really needs are the transmissions to re-motorize the top. It's in manual mode now and in all honesty, it's easier to use.
The shocks and struts are not really a necessity, as it is drive-able but they should be done at some point. The car is just close to rolling over the 50K mile mark.
So that's the story - It's for sale, not crazy priced, but no low ball offers will be accepted. I don't have to sell it to eat, and I am sure one of my kids would love to inherit it.
Maybe some day it will be worth more, but who knows.
