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it looks good....it really depends who you sell it to and how much they know about cars.....in a city were classics are very popular u could get much more then if people didnt know anything about cars or little about classics.....i would just have a $2500....on it and see if you get any bits if not go to $2000 O.B.O.......
i payed 1000 for it 
it came with the origional hood, spair tranny and torque converter, 6 sets of origional oem floor mats, and custom t top covers.
i work at a dealership and baught it from a friend who i work with. in the 80s he worked in the olds dealership and did the pdis for both of my 442s, my cutlass, and both of his 442s (he had 3) he would snag all of the spair parts and "scrap" parts when they were tossed out. hes got a load of parts like trim pannels that have small nicks on them, at the time they were unacceptable but now there gold. hes also got a TON of nib parts.
that car was one of 3 that hes selling, its rust free, stright, never wrecked, its got kenwood speakers and a 10 disk cd changer with remote, fully optioned, hurt olds wing, ect...
its a fun car to drive to, i like it better than my gn, ttype, or my 442. i might just have to trade her the restored 442 for hers.
it came with the origional hood, spair tranny and torque converter, 6 sets of origional oem floor mats, and custom t top covers.i work at a dealership and baught it from a friend who i work with. in the 80s he worked in the olds dealership and did the pdis for both of my 442s, my cutlass, and both of his 442s (he had 3) he would snag all of the spair parts and "scrap" parts when they were tossed out. hes got a load of parts like trim pannels that have small nicks on them, at the time they were unacceptable but now there gold. hes also got a TON of nib parts.
that car was one of 3 that hes selling, its rust free, stright, never wrecked, its got kenwood speakers and a 10 disk cd changer with remote, fully optioned, hurt olds wing, ect...
its a fun car to drive to, i like it better than my gn, ttype, or my 442. i might just have to trade her the restored 442 for hers.
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Is that you standing there with the vacuum cleaner?
If so, you suck.
If so, you suck.
silenthunterstudios
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If you're hobby is buying cars, restoring them to a degree and then reselling them, I would go by the used car dealers motto, make at least 2000 on it.
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KaBar,
This is the last time I'm going to tell you.....post car stuff in Gadgets & Gear! I would have thought you'd get the hint after the last thread you started and I moved to the correct forum.
This is the last time I'm going to tell you.....post car stuff in Gadgets & Gear! I would have thought you'd get the hint after the last thread you started and I moved to the correct forum.
Depends on who buys it...
If you sell it to an Olds nut then you'll get a few hundred more than you would on ebay... on ebay a few hundred more than local paper.
You can make the choice to try and buff out the paint and clean up the worn parts, but keep in mind doing that will turn off those wishing to make a "clean it up turn it over" deal.
I'd say that if it runs poorly and is mechanically worn out you could get 2,000 for it. If it polishes up, runs nice... doesnt blow smoke and feels tight in the 3,500 to 4,000 range if you find the right buyer. Much more than that and people start demanding it be more than "clean" but original with nice paint and other "nice" stuff that doesnt add anything to the mechanics of the car.
If you can, try to track down the build sheet (dash board... under the back seat... track down some olds nuts to tell you where you might get lucky.) Knowing some history behind it adds to the value, same as knowing about the different options.
Its up to you... but in some cases getting the paint redone helps the price. But the number of hours of prep work to get even a macco job look nice may not be worth it.
Watch Ebay and the olds/buick nuts for pricing and classifieds ads!
If you sell it to an Olds nut then you'll get a few hundred more than you would on ebay... on ebay a few hundred more than local paper.
You can make the choice to try and buff out the paint and clean up the worn parts, but keep in mind doing that will turn off those wishing to make a "clean it up turn it over" deal.
I'd say that if it runs poorly and is mechanically worn out you could get 2,000 for it. If it polishes up, runs nice... doesnt blow smoke and feels tight in the 3,500 to 4,000 range if you find the right buyer. Much more than that and people start demanding it be more than "clean" but original with nice paint and other "nice" stuff that doesnt add anything to the mechanics of the car.
If you can, try to track down the build sheet (dash board... under the back seat... track down some olds nuts to tell you where you might get lucky.) Knowing some history behind it adds to the value, same as knowing about the different options.
Its up to you... but in some cases getting the paint redone helps the price. But the number of hours of prep work to get even a macco job look nice may not be worth it.
Watch Ebay and the olds/buick nuts for pricing and classifieds ads!
ive owned ALOT of g bodys, a bunch of cutlasses, two 442s and two turbo buicks.
this car runs good, its tight, ive done fixed all of the problems (little stuff like a broken connector and ignition lock clyinder) the cool thing is that i baught it from a buddy that i work with at a dealership. when the 442s were new off the truck he did the pdis on all of them at the dealership and hes got the documentation for each of the 442s sold in this area he left the origional shipping papers in the trunk lid of all the cars that he did. ive done retrieved my build sheet and im going to grab the others in a few mins. ive got all the papers from the dealership that the customer would not normally get along with multiple owners manuals and copys of stuff like origional 1987 anaversary note pads.
his basement is FULL of nib 442 parts, im dieing to buy it from em,
i gave the new 442 to my girlfriend today, im going to miss driving it but atleast she aint as hard on cars as i am and ill still have a chance to fix it up
this car runs good, its tight, ive done fixed all of the problems (little stuff like a broken connector and ignition lock clyinder) the cool thing is that i baught it from a buddy that i work with at a dealership. when the 442s were new off the truck he did the pdis on all of them at the dealership and hes got the documentation for each of the 442s sold in this area he left the origional shipping papers in the trunk lid of all the cars that he did. ive done retrieved my build sheet and im going to grab the others in a few mins. ive got all the papers from the dealership that the customer would not normally get along with multiple owners manuals and copys of stuff like origional 1987 anaversary note pads.
his basement is FULL of nib 442 parts, im dieing to buy it from em,
i gave the new 442 to my girlfriend today, im going to miss driving it but atleast she aint as hard on cars as i am and ill still have a chance to fix it up
Is that you, vacuuming, KaBar?
This is totally off-topic, but the slacks of the gentleman wielding the vacuum cleaner look *exactly* like the uniform pants at my high school Alma Mater, Culver Military Academy, back when I was going to school.
Deja vu can be a *really* weird feeling....
GeoThorn
This is totally off-topic, but the slacks of the gentleman wielding the vacuum cleaner look *exactly* like the uniform pants at my high school Alma Mater, Culver Military Academy, back when I was going to school.
Deja vu can be a *really* weird feeling....
GeoThorn
its my 87 grand national, ive got a sage green t type to.
the plugs in the carb was knocked out so i did a basic tuneup and i tuned the carb to run just right, notice the silver dollar balanced on top of the RUNNING engine.
although, i am no longer the owner of that 442 i gave it away yesterday.
my next project will be to buy and instal two w30 hoods on our 442s