1970 Chevelle SS, Still for sale, $17,500

So, I posted this one a year ago, and it still comes up every few months. I can't imagine that this guy is so dumb as to think that this body is worth $17,500.
He has it listed on Hemmings as well, and says it "smokes and has power loss, but don't have time to investigate the engine issue"
If I had the money, I'd offer him $4000 cash, because he sure isn't getting his current asking price!

https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/4753662551.html

He seems to be a private collector, but he sure does have some really high asking prices for the cars he's trying to sell off.

 

It's due for a crate engine but only asking $17,500 !

 

Get the engine going OK, and we're probably close on the money at $17.5k. As it sits with the engine issues - no.

I think it's worth more than $4k though.

 

Don't we always say that a wagon is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it? He's been trying to sell this for over a year, so maybe he'd take $4k for it. Not that I have the money though...

 

I wouldn't do the 4K even if I had it to spend .....

Car did not come with buckets..
Front and rear seats do not match..
And that crappy-azz cheap paint job probably
won't last long in outside environment....

 

What's wrong with buckets, as long as they're the right ones?

One of these would help sell it:


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Nothing wrong with the buckets but for that much i'd want a floor shift as well....among other things!

 

I would think after a year of trying, he'd get the hint.
Drop a 290 horse 350 crate motor in there, and he'd probably get some action......

 

Or a 6.0 ls motor!

 

SMOKE AND SOME TOP END NOISE.
I THINK IT'S DUE FOR A NEW CRATE ENGINE, EASY JOB WITH THE SPACE IN THE ENGINE BAY

$17,500?

 

I wanted to look at it last spring and he said he was to busy to pull it out of the building and to call back. He actually seemed irritated I called. Looks like a nice 8K wagon.

 

What a concept. Make em beg to buy it. Seem to be a lot of this going on lately.

 

On top of which, this year did not offer an SS package in a wagon. I worked for a dealer back then. I also never saw a wagon with bucket seats. Yes, it is a nice presentation, but it ain't an SS, end of story. If I had the money (c'mon, LOTTO!) I'd offer him $8k for it, just because it is pretty clean. But I'd rather have a Buick Sportwagon, by far. Again, lackacash is my affliction.

 

Most anybody should know by now that you couldn't get a 'SS' wagon from Chevy except in 1973. That doesn't stop everybody and his brother from creating one. If there's one out there, there's thousands. Just do a google image search. I don't fault anyone from doing it - heck, if I had a Chevelle I would probably do it myself. Just don't claim it's factory issued.

In this case, the seller says, "Super Sport trim...." He's not claiming it came that way.