Looked at a 71 Barracuda today

[CUDAMAN1970]

I looked at a 71 Barracuda today which I have a chance to buy.  The car was an Arizona car that sat outside for about 20 years.  Originally an A93, six cylinder, tan and tan, drum brake, automatic on the column, optionless wonder.  The car has clean floors, some blistering in the hinge area of both inner fenders.  The car needs patches in the lower rear quarters and the bottom of the trunk extensions.  The car was tapped in the right rear hard enough that the tail panel will have to be replaced and the left rear rail will need to be moved down about 1-2 inches.  I can get the car with an okay grill, good front valance and insert, and most parts accept fenders.  I told the seller he could keep some of the parts that I have extras of to try to keep my price down.  I'm really debating on this car and I'm looking for opinions on what is a fair price.  There seems to be very few 71s available so this might be a last chance in a price range I can afford.  I did not take any pictures.  Any opinions are welcome . . . . .

[hemiken]

How much money are you talking..............

[Super Blue 72]

I know you don't have any but would love to see pics, then we can get a better idea of what it's worth. 

What's the guy asking so far? 

[hemiken]

Someone listed a 71 Gran Coupe the other day that is on Craigslist and it was advertised for $4850.  Cheap car.

[Alaskan_TA]

Any photos? I love to see the A93 cars. 

[CUDAMAN1970]

I will try to get pictures by the weekend.  I did not get a price during the day but was suppose to call tonight after he had a chance to figure the price without certain pieces.  I called about an hour ago and the price is around 10k. 

[Moparal]

Way to much for the description I think.  Body work and parts replacement will more then dble that you know.

[gkring]

Way to much for the description I think.  Body work and parts replacement will more then dble that you know.

Way too much for a stripper 6 cylinder missing parts and needing frame work. Even if it only cost you $5000 to get the pieces it was missing and repair the frame and quarter damage you would be much better off adding that money to the $10K and buying something running and driving with a V-8. Starting out with V8 car will make swaps much easier.

[72hemi]

Remember it is a 71 and there were very few made and very little available right now. The 71 Gran Coupe that I found and posted for 4850 said that it needed floors and a trunk not to mention it looked like the rear window channel was swiss cheese. Try and get it for less of course but being any kind of 71 the price is probably not out of line even in this market.

[JeffAARy]

I would base my decision on how many of the 1971 Cuda-only parts are there/missing.  71 parts are hard/expensive to replace.  Being a Barracuda it doesn't have gilled fenders, so if you are going to turn it into a Cuda clone that will be expensive.  Other parts to consider:

Front valence
Front valence inserts
Front valence turn signals
Grille
Grille trim pieces
headlight buckets and hardware

The real question is what are you doing with this car?  If you are going to restore it to original you will never get your money back.  It is way more expensive to restore a car than it is to buy a finished car.  Dropping money into a six cylinder Barracuda is a losing proposition financially.  If you are making a resto-mod, this is probably a good car to start with.  No sense spending more money to get a Cuda that you are going to gut anyway.

[Jacksboys]

Way to much for the description I think.  Body work and parts replacement will more then dble that you know.

[nakita7]

Way too much. Let someone else buy it for $10K, put $30K into it and then you can buy it for about $25K. Seriously, let someone else lose the time and money, buy one done. Yes, they don't pop up that often, but, point is, they do. I wouldn't pay more than $5K for it.

[2TAGS]

Without fenders and the rear-end damage I'd guess $8K.  Good Luck! 

[CUDAMAN1970]

I got the car today.  Here is one picture with my fenders and hood on it.  I got all of the 71 parts, although the grille needs a fair amount of work.

[CUDAMAN1970]

Another picture:

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