longs revealed - changes my opinion., deciding on fate of the project, need knowledgeable evals |
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longs revealed - changes my opinion., deciding on fate of the project, need knowledgeable evals |
Calwaterbear |
Apr 17 2017, 10:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 15-November 14 From: United States Member No.: 18,123 Region Association: Central California |
since I originally posted the photos, I kept digging. was very concerned about what the longs looked like, so take a look , new photos of longs added
OK guys, I had this project (72 1700) sitting around for 10 years, the first 3 covered and protected. after a windstorm took out my shed - it's been sitting out since then. The body strikes me as being very solid, but it does have a few rust issues in wierd places as far as I can tell. It sure looks to me like most rust was caused by rain leaking into the interior. There is some what I would consider minor hell hole issues, can't really see the longs - but looks like 1 baseball sized hole - the rest very solid! I have to decide what to do. I would like to return it to a daily driver fun car status, but I just took on a big Land Rover project, and my skill set knowledge is a much better match to the rover than the 914. And we all know what time drains these things are. so can I impose on the knowledgeable to take a look at 15 or so photos and give me their honest opinion on value if I was to sell it as it sits, vrs condition skill required to put it back to functional. It was running when it was bought, drove it onto and off the trailer. If so, would I just post photos here, or is there a better way to do that ? thanks Carl J Fresno Ca |
Calwaterbear |
Apr 17 2017, 04:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 15-November 14 From: United States Member No.: 18,123 Region Association: Central California |
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McLovin |
Apr 17 2017, 06:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 31-August 16 From: Tallahassee, FL Member No.: 20,360 Region Association: South East States |
I'll throw out a number since nobody is answering and I looked at a lot of junk before I bought mine.
First, it really hurts your value that you're located in California. You guys are spoiled out there with respect to rust. As an east coaster, I see the merits in the car, and think that someone who was willing to do the welding could definitely fix your car. You may know that the best way to get a good number of responses on the internet is to get a bad answer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) In the spirt of that, I think the car is worth $3,000 to $3,500 if you can get the engine running again. If not, you're not going to get much for it at all. That car is the kind where a guy can get $2 of value out of it for every $1 spent on it IMHO. Personally I'd find a way to shelve it until you can get the time to work on it. |
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