Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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8.25 rear end. Your swap model seems to be sell it quick with a V-8 before that comes apart. Or put a Malaise era 318 in it.
Perhaps it is your pricing. 8.25 is a fine unit with a good locker, my porky Duster has one with a late model 5.9 with spicy heads and cam and it does does fine.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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The price is too high if it’s not selling. Are you advertising it anywhere else? If I were you, I would drop the “Firm” from the price as a start, possibly even add obo. Why are you selling? How fast do you need the money?
Take it from someone who had $27k into a 66 Barracuda and got $10k for it, you will NEVER get your money out of it.
Don’t do the swap!
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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The price is too high if it’s not selling. Are you advertising it anywhere else? If I were you, I would drop the “Firm” from the price as a start, possibly even add obo. Why are you selling? How fast do you need the money?
Take it from someone who had $27k into a 66 Barracuda and got $10k for it, you will NEVER get your money out of it.
Don’t do the swap!
Stout money for a slant six car. Buddy of mine sold his turn key 496 stroker SuperBee clone for 19k a few years back.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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I think $15,000 is a better starting point.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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Hey, thanks for all the feedback, guys! And for the compliments. I will likely leave the car as is, and just wait for the right buyer. Fortunately, I don't absolutely need to sell it - I would just prefer to have some garage space back. Yes, I probably need to increase my advertising to other sites. So far, it's only been on this site, FABO, slantsix.org, and Facebook. As for price, I didn't just pull it out of the air. I looked at all the other cars that I could find. As I recall, most V8 cars were asking in the mid-$20's or more, so mine didn't seem that unreasonable. However, I will re-consider my asking price. And I realize it's generally not possible to get back all the money one has spent on a car. Thanks again! Roger
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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It’s a 67 Barracuda coupe notchback that’s painted an orange. Like a 68 Omaha orange Big pluses are the large bolt disks, and 8 1/4, and shiny done paint. Very ready for a small block swap of your choice. And paint is very expensive these days. Unfortunately Notchbacks are not hot sellers. There’s people that say they like them over fastback and sometimes over Darts. But when it comes time to sell them those people go silent. .. and I’ve owned a 68 340-S notch for 30 years. It’s probably the least valuable of all 68-71 340 cars. Same for same: I think a 67 Notch is near the least desirable 67-71 2-door A-body.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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Notches just don't get the love they deserve.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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How much to put a Toyota engine in it? With an ebay turbo and front mount.....and a giant fart pipe sticking out the back and lowering springs. Next thing you know its sold....
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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Sounds like this is a So Cal car. Maybe some pictures of the undercarriage to demonstrate how clean it is.
We (So Cal) take stuff like this for granted much more than in other areas. No, it actually came out of a Houston, TX suburb. It was just very well cared for by the original owner (I'm the 3rd owner). But that's a good idea about underside pics - I'll see if I can get some.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
[Re: Fab64]
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Sounds like this is a So Cal car. Maybe some pictures of the undercarriage to demonstrate how clean it is.
We (So Cal) take stuff like this for granted much more than in other areas. No, it actually came out of a Houston, TX suburb. It was just very well cared for by the original owner (I'm the 3rd owner). But that's a good idea about underside pics - I'll see if I can get some. Make sure to take them with flash manually on to show detail. If you still have it by Spring Fling, bring it there. Buyers come from all over: Australia, Germany, Sweden...
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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Sounds like this is a So Cal car. Maybe some pictures of the undercarriage to demonstrate how clean it is.
We (So Cal) take stuff like this for granted much more than in other areas. No, it actually came out of a Houston, TX suburb. It was just very well cared for by the original owner (I'm the 3rd owner). But that's a good idea about underside pics - I'll see if I can get some. Remove spare tire and take picture of spare tire well since its common for those to be rusted out. Also the trunk drop downs, behind the rear wheels, pictures of those from under the car. Those areas are where these cars commonly have rust. See if you can get car up on lift and show that underside. Maybe even pull carpet back and show floors. If the car truly is rust free provide pictures to prove it because that is a huge value add to these cars.
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Re: Can't sell slant-6 car - convert it to V8? Opinions please.
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no way would i spend the time and money to drop a V8 in it to sell. maybe you are just asking too much for it. maybe you just haven't found the right buyer. maybe you aren't advertising it in the right places.. car looks decent and doesn't seem way out of line price wise compared to what other cars are being advertising for. maybe its just the wrong time of year.
have you advertised it on forabodiesonly.com ? may be a good idea. Thanks. And yes on FABO, I think that's where all of my inquiries so far have come from.
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