Thinking about another Chevelle
 

I got a call from a friend about a 72 Chevelle Malibu convt. he has.
He's kind of in a bind and offered to sell me his car. My wife and I went and looked at yesterday. It needs a lot of TLC. I don't know what the original color was, but it's currently red w/black stripes and interior. If I bought it, I would probably clean it up and sell it so I could get a decent car for my daughter.
One concern is, when I opened the door, the inside reeked of mice urine. The car has a nice 350 with a mild cam. It runs real nice. It has a turbo 350 in it now with a console, but it originally had a 3 spd or 4 spd. manual in it.
What do you all think this car would be worth?
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I would say $6k. What does he want for it?

Yesterday the guy told me he'd sell it to me for $7500. Today he called me and said he needs money this week for his sons college tuition, so he said I could have it for $6500. I don't want to buy it if I can't make some $ on it. Believe me when I say that I don't flip cars. I would keep this, but I already have 2 collector cars, and I don't have room for anymore. I thought if I could buy this and resell to pay off the loan and have enough left over to get my daughter a decent first car, then I would do it. If not, then I'm not going through with it.

Did you actually hear it run? Does everything on this car work? Mice pee may mean chewed wiring harnesses...

Yeah,
the guy started it up for me. It runs nice and smooth and didn't smoke.
I didn't check the lights or the top or the radio, so I'm not sure about the wiring, but chewed wiring did go through my mind when I opened the door an that pee smell hit my nose.

First off I have to say....OMG .... the dash with the gauges below, looks just like mine did before we did the resto on it.

Really hard to get rid of that pee smell, and are you sure it is not a cat piss smell. I would use that in negotiating a price. Looks like a lot of cleaning. But the convertible top looks good from the outside. Did you check that out, cause that can be a costly expense. I was thinking about $6k because it is a Malibu.

I saw traces of mice activity, like stuffing from the seats in one area of the engine comp, and in the trunk, so I know there is or was mice in the car.
The top has a 3 in. tear on the driverside. It had been repaired but it's not perfect.

How old is your daughter?

If its solid its well worth the asking price and leaves room for some profit.

Hey Gary,
My daughter is 17. :)