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by dragons_lair59 Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:04 pm

well i figured out why people are setting such high prices on our cars. was at local book store and seen a calasic car price guide there prices made me whoa nelly my pants. 74 monte s was like 15,900 restores=d lowes for rust buck was like 2 k 74 malibu restored 8700 junker 1500 same with other yrs of bus and montes gunas where 13k-15k restored. wtf for cars that no one wanted why they saying such high prices

by jerry46765 Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:27 pm

Today's dollar buys less than years past.

I have tendency to think in 1980s pricing when looking at these cars too. Then I realize that I just paid $4.59 for a gallon of gas...

by Mcarlo77 Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:16 pm

$4.59? Holy S**t...I thought I was taking it in the shorts at $3.89!! Is it any wonder why nobody has any leftover disposable income to spend on our cars? Economy will never recover if people can't afford anything other than bare necessities.

by dragons_lair59 Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:19 pm

man and i cry about 3.51

by jerry46765 Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:11 pm

Yep, Morgan Hill CA $4.59 gallon. About crapped my pants but had no choice. Glad I wasn't buying gas at this place over labor day weekend.

by dragons_lair59 Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:20 pm

im stuck in the late 80's early 90's prices on our cars never much past 1000

by oldstofty Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:52 pm

i gave 1600 for mine with no motor or trans, race car thou, rusty but with a bullet proof rear end and a set of wheels and tires i sold for $500 77 cutlass

by dragons_lair59 Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:19 pm

my 75 monte i got at 17 and my 74 malibu were 300 and 500 and were clean drivers both with black interiors and 350s but that was roughly 20 yrs ago

by oldstofty Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:54 pm

I purchased my 77 in 2010

by 1973 454 MONTE Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:10 pm

I bought my first monte (75) in 84 for 1250. Paid 4700 for my 73 454 monte in 2002.

by Joe73 Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:19 pm

Bought mine in '82 for $1100. Still had the original dual exhaust still in it.

by 77mali Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:05 pm

$1,500 & saved from F*****G Enduro racing.

Our cars have been under appreciated for a long time. It's about time they got some cred. I hope the prices keep going up, the dollar is weak but many cars were way overpriced from like 04 through 07. I saw a $150,000 Mopar mobile (Challenger or Barracuda?) sell @ mecum Dallas for about $65,000.

by Graham Perkins Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:57 pm

I bought my 76 malibu classic for $800.00 in 94, I got my wife's 77 malibu classic on ebay in 2009 for $995.00. I am allways looking for a deal on ebay and other web sites and prices have gone way up on the g3 gm cars big time in the last year or so.

by 77mali Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:15 pm

There are still plenty of bargains if you're willing to put in a little work Very Happy

by 74MonteCarlo Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:45 am

Local guy to me is selling his 77 Monte...15k...

Here's the ad:
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/3183819113.html

Seems a bit steep, but I'm sure someone will come along and buy it.

by 77mali Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:07 pm

Someone will buy it for the trophies. Wink

by pila Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:46 pm

I bought my '74 Malibu Classic in 1990, for 1100 bucks. It came from Georgia, with zero rust.
Of course I put a lot of money in it for the restoration etc, but at least had a solid car to start with. It's never seen a Michigan winter of course. Hard for me to realize that I've had it for 22 years.....

by ant7377 Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:40 am

Same here with my 77 Monte, 22 years for me too. It was 1500 bucks. The 73 was 4500 bucks I've had that 13 years too. Time goes by .

by 74MonteCarlo Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:58 pm

We paid $8800 for my 1974 Monte in July 2007.

After tax, title, and license it was creeping up on 10k.

My first car, the 1974 Chevelle was $3800. No where near as nice as the Monte, though.

by 77ElClassic Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:44 pm

I paid $850.00 for my 77 Camino in 1985 in Oregon. It too was a solid no rust - no damage car. Like Pila, it quickly surpassed 10K in restoration costs, and still needs more.
I've tried having appraisals done for my insurance agent and have gotten numbers that range from $1150.00 from a Chevy dealer, to $13,500.00 from a Carlisle sales broker. Still not sure if I have a classic or a white elephant. Good think I like it a lot.

by texan01 Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:06 pm

I picked up my 77 for $300 in 2009.

I sold the 76 to the junkyard for 4 t-shirts after I parted it out in 2000.

by BicknellWelding Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:23 pm

I paid $1.00 for my '75 in 1995.

by badtemper44 Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:53 am

I paid $5 for my 77 Malibu Classic. Everything worked! I won it in a raffle back in 2002!

by Mcarlo77 Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:53 am

Paid $5K for my '77 Monte Carlo back in '96. Bought it from wife's uncle...who was the second owner and who owned it for a whole 3 mos. before deciding he was going to sell everything in MN and retire to AZ. Told me at the time that he also paid $5K from his daughter's mother-in-law (original owner) and put about $1K into new tires, tune-up parts and a/c compressor. Figured I didn't have much bargaining room with that info. Amazingly, that same summer, I was offered $13K for it by an acquaintance of my brother-in-law. But remember, that was before the days of e-Bay, Craigslist and other online sites that made shopping/price comparing for cars like these very difficult...and, cars like mine in mint condition were virtually non-existent in MN...even back then.

by 77mali Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:52 pm

5K is a bargain for that M/C of yours. Very Happy

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