WOW - you have some beautiful cars there!
I, if it was me, would say 17,500 is just too high.
If you wanted to through a number at him, and this depends on how warm and fuzzy you feel about this car would be more around if not just under $14,000.
A lot of things come into play with a buy like this. The area, if there is another buyer on line and weather the current owner wants to sell fast. Someone will buy this car, and some of the guys may think I'm nuts ( no surpises there :ack: ) but the fact is these cars are being snapped up and the prices climb on them daily.
I know I live in an area where - there is only a handful of these cars around and also it's the rust belt, making them harder to find in 1 piece.
We can give you our feedback, but it all comes down to how you feel about it.
Have you seen the car in person? Drive it?