Ophan prices

[JDP]

If you think Studebaker are under valued, how about this $5300 Rambler Rebel convert that showed up at my house today t0 buy seat covers. (ebay purchase)

[studegary]

Wow! I am not an AMC fan, partly based on my father-in-law's experiences with new purchases of them. Seeing this car at that price, I guess that most people see them as I do, but it only takes two to make an auction. I would have guessed it at $7500-$9500. Maybe the low end since it obviously needs interior. I think that the dearth of parts is part of the value problem.

[BobPalma]

Well, it is a 1967. A 1968, last year of AMC convertible production (forget the Alliance), would bring more money.

Still, a bargain of "collectible driving" at $5,300. BP

[JDP]

Wow! I am not an AMC fan, partly based on my father-in-law's experiences with new purchases of them. Seeing this car at that price, I guess that most people see them as I do, but it only takes two to make an auction. I would have guessed it at $7500-$9500. Maybe the low end since it obviously needs interior. I think that the dearth of parts is part of the value problem.

Actually, I would have just vinyl dyed it, it's very nice.

[Michidan]

I think $5300 for a convertible anything is a pretty darn good deal.

[PackardV8]

Besides being a convertible, those late '60s AMCs were really great cars. I owned the coupe version of that with the 290" V8 and it was a great driving car. The true unibody made it the stiffest platform of anything of its' day. By comparision, the big three were flexi-flyers.

jack vines

[stuuder]

......Orphans

I love orphans, heres my other one....... a '77 with 51,000 original miles

cheers
Ian

[N8N]

I'm with you, I would not change that interior. I also would have been sorely tempted had someone pointed out that car to me at that price. Like I need another car.

nate

[starliner62]

I think that the dearth of parts is part of the value problem.[/QUOTE]

I think that is why I let my Javelin go. Parts were getting harder to find and the prices were crazy.

[woodysrods]

I love orphans, heres my other one....... a '77 with 51,000 original miles

cheers
Ian

Ian
Didn't we agree that you were not to mention the Pacer anymore?
Brian

[Milaca]

Looks like the fella got a great deal. How long do you think until prices start increasing on collector cars?

[Chucks Stude]

This convertible went for $ 20,000. I guess this is what some folks think all of us should be driving. You are right, it only takes two to make a deal. Even a bad one.




Car was bought by some rich old gal, to drive around her mountain retreat.

[PackardV8]

How long do you think until prices start increasing on collector cars?

It depends. Prices on the hyped high-dollar collector cars (Ferrari GTOs, Hemi Cuda convertibles) peaked about two years ago. Like home prices, they were artificially inflated by cheap credit, the nouveau riche guys and the Barrett-Jackson syndromes. The Hemmings publications (Collector Car, Muscle Car, Sports and Exotic Car) give auction reports each month. For the past two years, most cars for which there is an auction history have been down 30% and more.

Just as houses prices in Spokane, WA never inflated as high as in many metro areas of CA, FL, AZ, NV, they haven't crashed as deeply. Studebakers have never had any real value in the collector market, thus they haven't fallen as much either. Since they've never gone up, it is probably safe to say they'll never go up substantially faster than inflation. Your results may vary.

jack vines

[studegary]

Besides being a convertible, those late '60s AMCs were really great cars. I owned the coupe version of that with the 290" V8 and it was a great driving car. The true unibody made it the stiffest platform of anything of its' day. By comparision, the big three were flexi-flyers.

jack vines

In the late-1960s, I purchased and drove many miles in Plymouth and Dodge cars. I remember them as being unibody. Is my memory slipping (or yours) <G>?

[COMMANDERPINK1]

In the late-1960s, I purchased and drove many miles in Plymouth and Dodge cars. I remember them as being unibody. Is my memory slipping (or yours) <G>?

Im thinking Jack opinion of the Big 3 Unibody cars were not as rigid as the AMC as for him to call them flex-flyers. Thats my take on it.
Tom