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[carpoor]

Originally Posted by chevyfan1956

Ok, Thanx to everyone for the info and input. So if someone wants to restore this car, what kind of price tag should we put on it...I want to be fair to the friend I'm selling it for, but want it gone pretty quickly also...a quick sale without a lot of back and forth haggling. How much folks?

Without seeing the car... my guess is it will be an easy sell for around $4,000 - $5,000.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by carpoor

Without seeing the car... my guess is it will be an easy sell for around $4,000 - $5,000.

I would agree with that, Not sure if it still has the original 12 bolt under it, or trans, or if the frame is rust through in places. Alot of variables for the price. I know by looking at the motor it missing a lot of original parts.

[Berg]

Hey guys, I'm jumping in a little late on this one but wow, why can't I find stuff like that? As far as what is it worth? You can tell a lot about a factory stamped block by reading a bunch of fakes. In 1970 the factory broached the decks with a series of cutting blocks that dragged across the decks in a straight line. I'm going to say 99% of machine shops out there today would not take the time to duplicate the factory broach marks. Most aftermarket deck jobs will be done with a circular machine so it would have a semi-circular pattern. The fact that it has been sitting and has a lot of rust would be a death sentence for a regular Malibu but the fact that it is an SS would leave a large market for it. It might not be an LS6 or an L78 but it still has value, especially if the rest of the driveline is original, or you at least have the original housings to put it back together with. I'm not sure where you are but I would bet it would cost about $1,500 to have the car shipped a good distance across the states. With that being said, So long as the car can be fixed. I'd say in my area of NY a car in about the condition i'd estimate it as would go for about $6,500 asking price. What it would realistically end up selling for would probably be around $4,800-$5,000 providing you had some sort of title or transferable registration for it.
I'd question if the car is stolen or not just for the fact that it was "found" in a shed and stashed... It is always a possibility. Most police stations will run the VIN and tell you it is clean (or not) to help you out.

[chevyfan1956]

Thanks to everyone here for all there help. Just a quick follow-up: The car has been sold to someone who really loved it and plans to do a total restoration. Just FYI (Berg in particular), there was nothing fake about the motor and the car was not stolen and had a clean title. It was "found" in a storage shed by a woman who lost her husband in a motorcycle accident and she was not aware he had purchased the car (with intentions of restoring it) and put it in the storage shed which was located about 20 miles from their home. After his death she had to clean out the shed. I offered to help her and that is when we "found" the car in there. I guess you could consider her lucky for finding the car...but not so much for losing the husband. Thanks again for everyone's assistance.

[shadowgray396]

Are we allowed to ask how much it sold for?

[chevyfan1956]

Yes, she sold it for $2,800. He came prepared to pay 4 grand, but the front seats were falling though the floor and there was no trunk...plus some other issues, so she accepted 2800.