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09-23-2012, 09:09 PM | #1 |
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What should I do with rough town sedan??
I just purchased a 1929 4 dr. town sedan and am not sure how I should procede. I have no real interest in restoring the car as I have a 31 victoria and 31 slant window that are my next projects. I consider the car in rough shape as all of the wood and interior is gone along with floor and subframe, the front fenders are workable, back of body as well as lower fender wells will need some patch work. The cowl is pretty good, but doors need patches at bottom. Also no engine or transmission, or grill, or hood. All of the door window garnish mouldings are present, the windshield frame is nice. It has its ups and down, so should I try to sell as is, or would parting out be my best option? I am hoping to get in the $1200 range either whole or parts. Any ideas?
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09-23-2012, 09:20 PM | #2 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
If it is in rough condition an entire car would go best. Really nice parts I've seen go well alone but those are only very nice ones. Also let people know where you are and someone might get excited and look at it.
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09-23-2012, 09:24 PM | #3 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
I am 1 hour north of Milwaukee, WI. I will get some pics tomorrow and post an add to see what happens.
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09-23-2012, 09:26 PM | #4 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
That will be tough getting $1200 out of a pile of fordor sheetmetal and a near bare frame. We have been selling off 60-B sheetmetal from two cars for afew years. It sells slow so be patient. One we bought the sheetmetal with a running chassis for $1000. I used the chassis for the delivery and we ujsed the splash aprons, radiator, radiator shell, lights and horn for Dad's coupe. So far sold off about $600 in sheetmetal and other pieces. The other one was pretty much a throw in with a rough tudor body. Have not sold much of the sheetmetal off of it yet. It is in tough shape with most of the top pieces missing or near unusable. Rod
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09-23-2012, 10:13 PM | #6 |
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Sorry if I mis discribed what I have. I do have the complete chasis missing the engine and transmission. |
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09-23-2012, 10:46 PM | #8 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
you will be lucky to get 300 total !
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09-23-2012, 11:24 PM | #9 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
I have been trying to get $450 out of a chassis with motor and transmission. Bare frames are usually a solid $125-$200 that I can agree on. Rearend in unknown condition $50-$75. Frontend might depend alot on how you market it. Some hotrodders are paying $150 each, but on this forum you would be lucky to get $50. Rod
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09-23-2012, 11:37 PM | #10 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
If the sheet metal had little to no rust you would be in the ball park. The cowl would be worth about $250 if it has a really decent cowl band. Without that it's worth about $50 if you find the right guy.
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09-23-2012, 11:47 PM | #11 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
If that cowl is the same as a 60C I'd be interested in it, but shipping would drive the cost off the charts. Look forward to seeing the photos. Bob
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09-24-2012, 01:40 AM | #12 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
In my country the frame would be worth about $1,000 alone, without axles or anything. The cowl might even sell for $2-800. All your stuff seems so cheap over there.
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09-24-2012, 09:39 AM | #13 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
Thing to remember is the best parts may go quite quickly but then you will be left with a large selection of undesirable parts. Unless you have unlimited storage or a hulk sitting in your yard is not a problem sell it complete.
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09-24-2012, 12:14 PM | #14 |
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Re: What should I do with rough town sedan??
i bought a beautiful late 31 frame about 3 years ago
no pitting ,sags or breaks and the guy delivered it to my barn total cost was $125 it sat all day at a big swap meet i didnt have the cash but took the guys number in case it didnt sell no one else wanted it |
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