gettting agravated

[dragonmaster093]

i know my car (body wise) nothing special). but with the money in motor would think i could get decent responses. but no that aint happening. now i have 2500 in port/ polish and rebuilding heads plus machine work on block and part there is another 2500. ive tried for around 5k and even on cars with a price 1/2 what motor is worth yet people are like sure but need 2-4 in addition. and yea i get pisssed and give them a peice of my mind. but damn im i crazy for not "paying" them to take my hard earned money that i put in to the motor off my hands? the ad is 1701817 have second on same car cause first is due to expire soon any thought ideas im open to

[slowmotion]

Throw a cheap set of chrome wheels on it and some kid will buy it.
My dad had a early 80's monte that sat at his station for sale for several weeks. It had factory mags and white wall tires. On day he decided to turn the white walls to the inside. The car sold the next day. Tires and wheels can make or break a deal.

[cepx111]

You got to be kidding me! Hello it's a 77 monte...lol

I dont mean to hurt your feelings but theres noway you'll get any serious offers on that tuna boat.

Around here with the car in that condition (rust & turd brown paint) you'd be lucky to get $2000 :shock: New 5K motor or not.

You built yourself a bonafied money pit dude, it happens.

[dragonmaster093]

i some time think out side the box cepx it is the last year of gms abody last full size monte produced. no disrespect but everybody builds camaros novas chevelles( with the execption of the lost years 73-77) i mean dont get me wrong i like them to but a guy loses interest when you go to the shows and track and theyre there 10 to 1 and prices are getting astronomical. so i guess what im saying is that people put these cars to crushers ect till one day bam they will be wanted and prices go through the roof like 60"s wagons

[cepx111]

Very True.

At any given night at our track there is no less than 10 1st generation camaros, 10 or so 69-71 novas, toss in a few chevelles and mustangs and thast it.
It's always nice to see someone do something different, like a monte.

I actually owed a 76 monte for about a year, it was fine car.
But dam you cant keep a set of hinges on them things, the doors gotta weigh 150 lbs!

[DRTRCR22]

Sam, I know it is a hard pill to swallow, but what you have "invested" is totally irrelevant to "what it is worth" to the rest of the world.
Most of us know from experience, we have over three times in our car projects and engines than we could ever get out of it, that's just the way it goes in the supply and demand market.
And, a .060 over SBC 350 are a dime a dozen, nobody wants them... you can't hardly give a 60 over SBC away. That block could/should never be bored again 'reasonably'. You don't mention any high end parts that could be salvaged out it later for another project, so it is just a run of the mill engine as far as anyone else sees it...
I agree with others on the car style itself...that is not a highly sought after car in any market... one of Chevrolet's drunken aftermath mistakes that killed the Monte legend for many years to come, so you are going to be real lucky if you even get half of what you have invested in it. Hell, we were even talking about cutting it up into a beat-m-up stock car.
Sorry, I know it is hard to acccept, but that is reality, and life is never fair...
My suggestion... finish fixing it up nice, drive it and enjoy it, as it is worth more to you than to anyone else at this point.
Jim

[dragonmaster093]

beleive it or not my doors dont sag

[mooneye777]

My 1st wife and I bought a car exactly like that, same color and top in 1981. I would buy it but it would constantly remind me of her, That SluttttxaskkdsKYdyskuyrysyhfd.

[dragonmaster093]

i can live with losing 1/2 of what i got into it just cause of the body both style and condition even the economy screws values thats why ive even tried to trade on 1500-2500 cars/trucks ect but its the people that say they want like 2k plus car on 2500 car that bothers me

[cepx111]

beleive it or not my doors dont sag

They will....lol

[dragonmaster093]

sooner or later but hinges cheap lol if it dont go ill prolly use my buddy or brothers shop fab up so patch panel and fixer up put little more cash in it and have a cruiser. my main issue to bitch about is the guys who basically want me to give it to them

[cepx111]

Yeah we've all been there, I have the boy's 89 mustang listed on here right now, we cant get any resaonable trade offers - ad #1761039


On yours, paint and shiney rims would do wonders.

Hell put some twinkies on it :shock:

[DRTRCR22]

Sorry man... I've been there done that... many times. I feel for ya.

You know what to say when those idiots jerk your chain like that Sam...? You tell them to go F off, and that you will just let it rot into the ground before you give it away to some smartazz who just likes to screw with people and take advantage of others...

It all depends how bad you want it out of your sight, but please try not to do stupid stuff like I did. About ten years ago I had a VERY nice bright red 69 Cougar XR7 351C-4V that I had probably over $20K in it and won four big car shows. I had built the car for my wife, but then one day she decided she didn't need me anymore and left me after 18 years. Well, I got the car in the divorce, and I was so pissed at her that I let a collector talk me out of it for $2500.00 so it would get out of state and out of my face where I would never have to see that car again. I had been trying to sell it and could not get anyone even make me a serious offer on it, until one day a about year later when I totally lost all comoon sense and gave it away! But hey, the car is gone...! and yes I have been kicking myself in the azz ever since...! I saw one go across Barrett Jackson identical to mine, that sold for so much I almost cried.... hell it probably WAS mine...!
Jim

[dragonmaster093]

title for title lol paint does shine took pics after sitting in crappy garage and road construction going on not worth the expense to put on new rims cause again my taste prolly off the norm i like the slotted ets or ansen rims or maybe torque thrusts but again just me

[dragonmaster093]

would like to get a suburban 4x4 cause in aug gonna be a new addition and thats what the old lady wants she said for the 73-90 body would have to be straight but she wants the 94 is body then in march the amount i :wink: :wink: :wink: got out of the monte icould get a new toy

[cepx111]

I hear ya, gotta take care of momma first!

[slowmotion]

Here's a few Monte's

http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/displaycar.php?stock=3563&location=STL

$15,995
http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/images/carpics/STL/3563/3563.jpg


There's even a club.
http://www.montecarloclub.com/



http://www.montecarloclub.com/Member%20Photos%2073%20-%2077%20Page%202/Bryan%20Woolard%2073%20Full%20Left.JPG

http://www.montecarloclub.com/Member%20Photos%2073%20-%2077%20Page%202/Bryan%20Woolard%2076%20Full%20Right.JPG

http://www.montecarloclub.com/Member%20Photos%2073%20-%2077%20Page%202/Donald%20Darroch%2073%20Front%20Left.jpg

[peterk]

i know my car (body wise) nothing special). but with the money in motor would think i could get decent responses. but no that aint happening. now i have 2500 in port/ polish and rebuilding heads plus machine work on block and part there is another 2500. ive tried for around 5k and even on cars with a price 1/2 what motor is worth yet people are like sure but need 2-4 in addition. and yea i get pisssed and give them a peice of my mind. but damn im i crazy for not "paying" them to take my hard earned money that i put in to the motor off my hands? the ad is 1701817 have second on same car cause first is due to expire soon any thought ideas im open to

Welcome to the real world... The majority of the people that look at this site are tire kickers looking for a great deal without having to spend any money.
If i were you, i would take the engine out and stick it in something that is has more eye candy or is more appealing to the general public. Just my $.02 cents worth.

[peterk]

i know my car (body wise) nothing special). but with the money in motor would think i could get decent responses. but no that aint happening. now i have 2500 in port/ polish and rebuilding heads plus machine work on block and part there is another 2500. ive tried for around 5k and even on cars with a price 1/2 what motor is worth yet people are like sure but need 2-4 in addition. and yea i get pisssed and give them a peice of my mind. but damn im i crazy for not "paying" them to take my hard earned money that i put in to the motor off my hands? the ad is 1701817 have second on same car cause first is due to expire soon any thought ideas im open to

Welcome to the real world... The majority of the people that look at this site are tire kickers looking for a great deal without having to spend any money.
If i were you, i would take the engine out and stick it in something that is has more eye candy or is more appealing to the general public. Just my $.02 cents worth.

[FullTimeRacing]

I don't know if this was said ,but if you want to make money with cars you have to build what everbody likes(camaro,nova,chevelle,mustang,ect)not what YOU like. JMO

[dragonmaster093]

if i would have dropped it inyo the 82 pontiac granprix i had prilly would have been gone but had good offer on it ad roller and sold it got this car at fair price motor got done and here is where we sit. and i know i wont make money prolly wont break even and i can deal with that its life. that was never the point of this post the point was the guys wanting basically my car and damn near the asking price of theres to trade

[TheYellaBrick]

Yank engine/trans and sell separately, sell car for what you can get. You can most often part out for more than complete package....

[dragonmaster093]

if i dont sell or trde over the spring and summer ill do some body work and paint then maybe get the rallys either plated or powder coated to match the color or do color contrast not sure yet got a shop i can use so just a matter of my time and mats

[bjuice]

dragonmaster...i have never thought it was cool to price a man's stuff...with that said you car is worth what someone is willing to pay..and you have to keep an open mind,,such as trade with cash is a great alternative this day and time for buyers and sellers....MATTER OF FACT ITS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD ALTERNATVE....LOL

with this said My grandmother owned a black with red pin-striped 1976 Grand Prix with red interior with Buckets seats(it was new)...if i could find that identical car somewhere in decent shape..it would be worth more to me than Most people just for sentimental reasons...and if by some 1 million to 1 odds i found the exact car, it would be purchased ir-regardless of the shape its in.

just another angle on your sale...

here is a 76 grandprix with red interior just like grandmom's back in 1976

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l104/Roblin_GMV/Roblins%20Garage/76PontGran01.jpg

[dragonmaster093]

i hear ya and on some i would if the funds were there. i dont wanna sound whinny but mark and dirka know whats going on. and just put it on to trade straight up or if someomne wanted to buy out right cool too but its not a have to sell thing and i am thankful to everyone thought and veiws