A Body Prices?

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giowest

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When did Darts and Dusters become 30K cars?. I was hoping to trade my 69 roadchicken for a well done ride plus some cash my way and in MCG done A's are asking nose bleed dollars.:doh:
 
Probably when a lot of people discovered that it cost as much to redo an A body as it does to redo a B body. :huh:
 
I'd be happy to get 5k for the gold slanted swinger... Maybe it's worth more than that now? :huh:

Nah, a-bodies are still cheap, aren't they? :confused:
 
The market in general is a little nuts.. Last fall, I was sifting through field finds on craigslist for $500-$700, and passing on them because I though it was a bit much. Now, that same condition shitbox that hasn't moved in twenty years is apparently worth up to $2000! As for the A bodies, it makes sense. As E and B bodies get expensive and hard to find, people start looking a rung lower. Those prices climb with demand.. Even C-barge prices are getting a bit heady. Look at Porsches, a 356 cabriolet was about 60-70k in 2007. Now they're 150-200k. People started buying 911s, and those went from 10-15k up to about 40k. You couldn't even give away 914s then, now they're up where the 911s used to be. I'm even seeing 944s go for close to ten, and 924s being sold at all.

Here's some examples

https://winchester.craigslist.org/cto/6034722190.html
https://winchester.craigslist.org/cto/6044785703.html
https://lancaster.craigslist.org/cto/6034060199.html

This guy's killing me.. He's got a field full of this crap, and it's all priced like this.

https://york.craigslist.org/cto/6070463816.html
 
I have always wanted to go back to a Duster / Demon / Dart sport but when you see prices at 15-20+K I just got the cold sweats.
 
I started out with a 71 Duster 30 years ago when they were plentiful and cheap, your probably right with the rising tide explanation.
 
I've got two early A's... I bought them because I've always had mopars as dailies, and I could afford them. I really think that they're the next group to go up in price.. Hell, even Aspolares are bringing in a little less than 2k for a runner, and some are advertised locally for up to $8k.. it's just ridiculous.
 
giowest said:
When did Darts and Dusters become 30K cars?
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They never did. Oh, guys ask those prices but they don't actually get them. The bottom fell out of the Mopar market several years ago; guys are still asking 2006 money, but nobody's buying--not that A-bodies were ever that high, barring big-block convertibles and '68 SS cars. It's true of any muscle-era Mopar. Back in the late '90s, the best-restored A-body in the country was for sale ('71 340 fastback, C7, pretty sure it was a Demon). It was for sale for several years for $25K... and he never got it.

Join other forums (or just lurk through their want ads often), and watch Craigslist. Let 'em sit for sale for awhile and show up with cash in hand. Deals are still out there. MCG and eBay are a fool's errand. I bought my '69 Signet for $1,200, and it came with big-bolt discs, a complete '69 340 engine, a small-bolt 8.75" axle and a ton of other crap (anyone need a blue carpet set for auto trans?). It wasn't advertised; I bought it through word of mouth with an asking price of $3,000.
 
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