Well here is an update to my Cuda and Challenger post.
As of last night I have put a deposit on a car that I have been watching and looking at for about 6 years. The owner has many cars and this one is a good solid driver with a 20ft paint job, it is not a show car and it may never become a show car because I seem to enjoy driving my cars and this one will see the road quite often.
Just as in some of the cars that we have all purchased in the past, we find things that we do not like and this car has these issues also.
Original color was F8 and now it is a pearl dark Blue (color looks real nice, but…)
Original vinal top was F8 and now has a Black gator grain looking top and this looks real good
Original interior was F8 and now has Black which looks good
Original A/C dash pad, owner replaced it with a NON A/C pad (money issue) but A/C unit still intact.
Trunk floor had surface rust on it so the owner sanded it off and completely covered it with epoxy paint, he didn’t like the finished texture of it and decided to cover the epoxy with a very thin coat of fiberglass resin and then smoothed it out. (strange, real strange)
Some of the chrome bright work on the car, gas lid and ring, side marker bezels, hood springs and latch, I think you know what I mean.
And lastly, the worst, the original motor and trans (motor for sure and unsure about the trans) are long gone. He has owned the car for about 15-20yrs and when he purchased the car it was gone and a 360ci was sitting in the K frame unbolted.
Some of the good about the car.
Paint looks real good, I forgot if he said it was 10yrs old
Glass is real good
Top is real good
Sheet metal looks awesome, No bubbling or dents, no repairs at all needed from looking at it on the outside
The bottom of the car looks mint
The gauges look great
Runs good
Tagged and drivable
Tires are fairly new
Chrome mags are nice but will eventually come off and be sold
8-3/4 still under it
The under side and suspension looks real clean under the car, I was shocked how clean it still is.
I noticed a rear sway bar, did they come with one or was it added
I do not have pictures of the car because I didn’t have a camera with me but I am going back this weekend to show my wife the car and I will make sure I will take them then.
The car is a Los Angeles built car so I am pretty sure there will not be a build sheet in it especially since he pulled the green interior and replaced it with a black interior from another car. Maybe there will be one hiding somewhere but I won’t hold my breath.
Here are the tag numbers; I still haven’t had a chance to decipher the tag.
R11 V21 V68 26 END
H51 J25 M21 N41 N42 N85
EF8 A62 B51 C16 C55 G33
EF8 H6F8 000 C02 034668
E86 D32 JS23U0E******
Sorry no pictures until the weekend.
What do you think fair value would be, I know it would be better to see the pics to answer , but I don’t have any.
