Thinking about another Chevelle

[grandsport]

Originally Posted by Bowtie-Bri

Hey Gary,
My daughter is 17.

Get her a safe car to drive with ABS and airbags and keep the Chevelle in storage for 8 years.

[Bowtie-Bri]

Don't worry Gary,
I'll make sure she gets the safest car with bumpers on all four sides. I'll get it painted safety orange and put run flat tires on it.

Originally Posted by grandsport

Get her a safe car to drive with ABS and airbags and keep the Chevelle in storage for 8 years.

[grandsport]

Originally Posted by Bowtie-Bri

Don't worry Gary,
I'll make sure she gets the safest car with bumpers on all four sides. I'll get it painted safety orange and put run flat tires on it.

LOL..I get it.My Lindsay is 26 and I still worry.

[earthquake68]

The market is still on the rebound. It would be hard to make the necessary repairs AND make money on it. It would be real easy to get upside down on that one. A Malibu convertible in great shape would go for around $8 or $9K if you don't want to sit on it for any length of time. You could get more, but it'll take time.

I'm trying to sell a REALLY nice Nova for $8K. It's been for sale for 3 years. I've had an offer of $5K. I told the guy he could have the engine and trans for $5K, but I keep the car. He seemed insulted about that. After three years, that was the best offer I had.

Now, a Chevelle would obviously do better, but I haven't seen them do much better. There's plenty of true SS cars that can't sell for less money than that. (at least around here) ....I'd probably play it safe and let it go.


........of course if your daughter digs the rag top, maybe that would be a good car for her?

[shadowgray396]

Carpet is not that bad to replace, but I wonder if the smell in in the seats. Keep us posted on it.

Ray

[grandsport]

That car is worth $10k all day long.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by grandsport

That car is worth $10k all day long.

I agree with that too.

[flash]

I agree with Gary and Ray , that Malibu vert is easily worth $10,000 with some cleaning and new carpet . Mine would not be for sale anywhere near that cheap .

[Ms Grumpy]

Originally Posted by grandsport

That car is worth $10k all day long.

Maybe where you are Gary. But here in Michigan, we are still not rebounding like the rest of the country. I wish we were !

I know that the Malibu is not as popular as the SS. But the convertible option is extremely popular. Tough call.

[flash]

There were only 5000 or so Chevelle Verts made in 71 and 72 and nobody knows how many are left so that makes them somewhat rare . Also when the top goes down the price goes up .