Parts Car Value, I need some opinions Options

[LvSteveH]

Don't you love it when you go to look at a car that's for sale and you have all of these wonderful images of how great it might be. So here's the deal. The car is a 73 1.7L, original owner 60k mile car. Unfortunately it's rusted to the hilt. It's from Missouri, and the spare actually has a studded tire for snow, that's a first for me. Anyway, the good news is that the interior and many of the seals and such are in great condition. The car has sat for the last 10 to 15 years, it just "stopped running" one day. Out here in vegas most original seats and rubber are turned into dust, so I still have some interest in the car. All lenses are in very good used shape, the interior is virtually perfect, deck lids are great, engine unknow, but has stock fuel injection, tranny is a side shifter, wheels are crappy stock steel w/ rust, and the car has A/C. It's the longer under dash unit setup for use without the center console, was said to all be working when the car was parked. Most rubber is in excellent shape, and the windows operate very well, both mirrors are good, as are door handles. All glass is also good.

So here's the $64k question, the body is junk, of course we'd all love to find great parts cars for a few hundrad bucks, but this guy won't come off of $1250. It's pretty easy to get to that value by adding up parts values, but is it really worth it on a parts car? I have a habit of stock piling parts, so I can't really trust my judgement sometimes. I get too excited about having transmission number six, another set of door handles, and so on. So what's the max value? I do have projects lined up to use the parts, but it could be quite a while before I actually need them.


Thanks for the help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif),
Steve

[LvSteveH]

Jim it sounds like we may be dealing with the same guy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) he's not gonna budge, and thinks someone can restore the car and make money. I have never seen a rocker panel actually rot in half, to the extent that you can reach through into the drivers side longitudnal. Somehow the rest of the car is pretty nice though. When I think of how many parts I need for this car or that car, getting one complete seems like a good way to go, I just hate paying top dollar, as parts cars go. Although it is rare to find a totally clean original parts car. What's the value of the A/C setup, I've been thinking about going that way more and more, as living here in Vegas makes driving a 914 in the summer very uncomfortable. I have a decent 914-6, and hate the idea of cutting it up to add a/c, what would that do to the value, it's a straight car with glass gt flares. One last note, which interior parts of a 73 are correct to put in the six? Thanks

Steve