Its worse in the DMV area. I barely use my street cars for the same reasons.
I get sacrificial cars for my daily drivers so I don't care what happens.
If it was me, I get an older supercharged Drag Pak and cheap p/u.

I believe this is a very accurate summary.

I made a very dumb e body impulse purchase a few years ago...and have spent far too much making it more street friendly... if I could do it all over again I would willingly pay 50% more for an unmolested stock 318 barracuda than the piece of s@#t wannabe race car I purchased. Many 'race' cars have nice hidden features like this gem.

Well said. Nice stuff always sells if it’s priced right. 35 years in the car business has taught me that.
My street strip Dart will be for sale at some point in the not distant future. It’s very nice. I have zero doubt it will sell quick, I have noticed the stuff that lingers or doesn’t sell either isn’t nice, is way overpriced, or both.

I discussed the idea with my financial co-pilot (wife) and showed her the SRT SS with only 3500 miles on it that's about 20 minutes away. We'd be taking too much of a loss on the 1320 purchased 3 years ago, even though it only has 12K miles on it, among other concerns.

Oh, FWIW, no way in He11 you could close a flat hood on the '73. Even changing to a lower intake manifold and shorter air cleaner combination would still require a standard T/A or Six Pack scoop cuz of the raised intake ports of the Victor heads on an RB block. I know this phrase is over used but... it is what it is.

What he said. Generally if it isn't selling price comes in to play. I have seen some of the same cars for sale on eBay or racing junk for a decade. They are holding out for it! Good cars do sell, they just take time. You need to try and get a feel for the real world sale price of comparable cars, vs. the online asking prices.

I put my '65 Coronet up for sale last summer and didn't get any offers. It is all stock sheet metal and has a lot of original paint on it, but it is heavily modified underneath with the Doug Nash 5 speed, Dana 60, Porsche disc brakes and stroker engine. I'm doing some work to it over the winter and I'll probably put it back up for sale this coming summer. It has a ton of high quality work done to it but the market is always a little softer for modified cars than pure stock original ones.

Don't tell those folks at the auction companies that modified cars sell for less than their restored counterparts, if you are bored just look at what well done modified muscle cars sell for. Especially over the not so rare restored counterparts.

I just put my race car all over FB pages and have it up here as well. It is a really clean and well built car, tons of nice parts and sorted out. That said, I have not gotten a call on it yet. I have a friend that is selling his square body Chevy as a roller, also very nice piece, and he can't fill a waffle to raffle it off. I think that the market is def soft for anything older, especially race cars. I have considered registering it in CT and making it a little more streetable, but honestly that just costs more money. If it doesn't sell, I will hang out to it and get to track when I can. Or pull motor and trans and sell as a roller for a loss. Market is def tough and I don't have my hopes up too high on getting asking price.

Speaking as a guy who is actively looking for a car or two. If the market is so soft I certainly don't see it reflected in asking prices. Most everything out there is overpriced, so being a guy who sells and buys alot of cars I see it as people fishing for a buyer or trying to get bailed out of a car they have to much in and think what you put into a car matter when it's time to sell. Again, quality sells, always has and always will. If you get no action on a car you are selling, one asking to much, two selling something with limited appeal, or three selling a car that is overpriced for the build level of the car.

Here is the drag car market right now, I linked a wedge deal later in the thread.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthread...r-with-purchase-of-hemi.html#Post3282375

Its a replica drag car thats never been a drag a drag car. It is chock full of antiquated parts, far from a drag car. Somone's ideal of a reimagined old racecar. It is far from a racecar, and is also not a street car. What is the market for it. Old guys who cannot let go of the 's....BTW I have seen this car in person it is what it is. NOT a racecar or a streetcar. Ill stand by my previous statements.

Yep and that’s why I’d use the parts any way I saw fit and not think a thing about it. You could certainly update some stuff and go racing if you wanted too. The hemi car appeared to be a real nice car and the better of the two deals I believe.

Pretty poor, especially if they are slow

And for another 10-20K you could have a racecar. IF it had a title be more suited to being a street car once you got that equipment working, Lites, exhaust etc. Be more suited to what it has done since it was built. To sit at a Mopar car show and opine about the good ole days.

I'm seriously considering selling my Dart. I'd like to have a nice 77-84SWB truck to put a 6.4 Hemi, 8 speed in for a cruiser.

Just my lowly, wannabe opinion.
The street/strip car is the best used performance car if it is mostly steel, no cut out front fender wells, mini-tub is acceptable, 8 - 10 pt cage okay,, fiberglass hood - ok, pump gas compression, full interior or in a race trim (aluminum panels).
Something a guy can turn key drive to a local cruise or load on his trailer for the occasional track event.
I'm totally bored with factory stock old cars & life is short.
That's what I look for.