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Post by Steam McQueen on Nov 9, 2011 18:15:30 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Nov 21, 2011 17:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by tk826 on Dec 2, 2011 6:47:12 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Apr 18, 2012 14:09:06 GMT -5
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Post by Lord Vadus on Apr 18, 2012 19:58:39 GMT -5
This one was bought by VideoBob in Texas and will be for sale again ... At a substantially higher price, too. I can only speculate about the repairs that were previously made, but I don't see much being done to this car now. www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/9964-selling-1974-monaco-bluesmobile-texas/* Thanks to TK for the heads-up on this one. [/quote] It's not an unreasonable price, if the car is built to justify it. This one, however, I foresee being sold primarily based off of the BB King signature on the dash and no additional work; what else would you expect of the seller?
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 16, 2012 22:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jul 14, 2012 16:56:20 GMT -5
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Post by ti4438 on Jul 14, 2012 18:08:28 GMT -5
Ya beat me to it.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jul 15, 2012 12:14:31 GMT -5
Interesting to see that car for sale still. It sure makes my $7,000.00 car seem like a bargain.
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Post by ti4438 on Jul 16, 2012 6:55:58 GMT -5
Not a single bid on this car so far. The last Bluesmobile sold for 10K with a total of 53 bids.
The lack of bids is very unusual.
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Post by tk826 on Jul 16, 2012 14:20:51 GMT -5
I think it is because those who may be interested in such a car have probably done their homework. It's sad, but under that B&W paint the car is still rotting, from the inside out. It's serious enough that within a couple/ few years it might not even be safe to drive. Me.. personally.. myself.. alone, wouldn't pay a fraction of the asking price.
* That must be an attempt at humor because this car was previously listed as having over 200,000 miles on it.
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Post by ti4438 on Jul 17, 2012 4:11:18 GMT -5
Anyone who does their homework will come to realize you can build a nice BluMo for far less than what this guy is asking.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jul 17, 2012 11:08:39 GMT -5
It's not a bad car, but everything I know about vehicle sales tells me that it;s about a $3,000.00 car. You could stick several thousand into it to make it a perfect car, but that would cost around the asking price.
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Post by sigmfsk on Jul 17, 2012 16:11:05 GMT -5
It's sad, but under that B&W paint the car is still rotting, from the inside out. It's serious enough that within a couple/ few years it might not even be safe to drive. It's like the joke where a guy got a car for free and years later said he overpaid. To fix it would necessitate first undoing all the patchwork that was done on it, which would end up costing more than just buying a regular monaco and then blumofying it. I'm all up for spending money on a fun hobby, but this car just seems that it might have a lot of secrets patched over. And since they're patched over, it's hard to know how dangerous they are.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jul 17, 2012 18:09:52 GMT -5
To fix it would necessitate first undoing all the patchwork that was done on it, which would end up costing more than just buying a regular monaco and then blumofying it. I'm all up for spending money on a fun hobby, but this car just seems that it might have a lot of secrets patched over. And since they're patched over, it's hard to know how dangerous they are. This is a good point with 75% of collector cars. The other 25% are sentimental cars or models where there are so few left of a particular vehicle that it makes it justifiable to restore it. The 1974 Dodge Monaco is bordering on the latter half of that category. Arguably, that could have been done when the car was first restored for a lot less, but now it'd be too expensive when you factor in buying the car. In the end, it all comes down to how much you're willing to pay for a title that says "1974 Dodge Monaco" as opposed to "1976 Dodge Monaco" and whether or not you'll have fun with the car as a result. Just like today; I'm going to go look at a car that's been modified to look like a clone of an earlier year, for a potential work purchase.
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