Hey, Mark; the fair market value of that 59 IMP, or, your having stolen,
probably, that Tulsarama medallion, at that antique shop, depends upon
the item's perceived, or actual rarety, its physical condition, and the
specific knowledge about the item, by both parties, their motivation, to
sell and to buy the item, and, finally their negotiating abilities
(read: Greed of seller -vs- larcency of buyer).
We all know that "Price Guides" are out of date
as soon as they are published, & that they are merely value-suggestions.
In Re: your Tulsarama medallion, I can pereceive that a real
Plymmmie-guy, or Tulsarama-collector would value it at as much as
$250.00, but, I'll bet that you didn't mention its potetential value to
the seller, as you grabbed it up, at the antique shop, and tried not to
run out of the place!
Same thing with that IMP; fully restored, it's probably worth less than
$40K (4-dr hardtop).
It's condition, the time-length involved , the amount of sweat-equity
that you can invest in its resto, and your anticipated profit-margin,
will dictate your financial interest in acquiring the car, in relation
to its purchase price.
Sellers don't tend to take restoration time and costs into
consideration, as they try to maximize their asking-prices.
If you want to buy it, worse than the seller wants to sell it (unlikely)
you will come up with his price ( e.g.: you will pay $30K for a very-
incomplete, engine-less 1960 Polara D500 convertible-hulk, on ePay,
recently).
If he wants to sell it worse than you show an interest in buying it
(likely) , he will come down to a price closer to your offer to him.
Do you have any pics of it?
Neil Vedder
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- From: "Mark J. Hash" <mjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:35:17 -0700
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Probably the highlight of my
return trip from Tulsa, was to re-discover a car I had found 10 years ago which
was then not for sale but now is. It's a '59 Imperial LeBaron 4 door
hardtop with 413, Torqueflite, factory trunk mount AC (which the owner says
still blows cold), factory power windows and door locks, Search Tune radio,
electric swivel seats, etc. It's loaded!
It is in very solid original
condition. Runs and drives, needs to have mechanicals inspected, but no
rust, and only missing one small piece of trim. Probably a good number 2
car.
Chrysler Chronicle tells me there
were 1132 '59 Imperial LeBarons made. Does anyone know the breakdown
between 2 door and 4 doors? Since I don't have an Old Cars Price Guide
with me, what's the consensus on what this thing is worth today?
Mark
mjh
'57 Fury - Mr.
Finzzz
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