What's It Worth

[SIXTY2BUBBLE]

hey guys what's a 62 bubble worth with lots nos parts and a 63 qb 409 dual quad engine ?
i'll try and list parts tomorrow
car needs resto quarters rockers and floor pans
doors hood trunk and fenders are descent
orig roman red on red v8 car with clear title
nos rear lisence panel
nos dog dish hubcaps
nos trunk script
nos hood mldg
nos trunk mldg
nos door striker-left
nos belair script
nos tach transmitter
nos wiper blade
nos hood and trunk emblems
63 QB 409 engine --doesn't need rebuild
3361 and 3362 carbs with correct fuel fitting --need rebuild
62 dripper valve covers
nice sun tach
reanodized head lam bezels
nos park lamp lenses
two nice straight grilles
posi pig with 308 gears
many extra parts --some doubles
proper 62 409 horse manifolds
proper alum bellhousing
rebuilt fiel pump
nos grille teeth
i don't know for sure if i'm gonna sell it but i have to buy a house--we were gonna wait a year but for various reasons we may have to buy sooner and i don't know whether to keep car and have higher mortgage or sell car to keep mortgage lower?decisions decisions
girlfriend doesn't want me to sell it as i probably won't be able to get another one
i don't know if this was right area for this thread, but looking for opinions on it's worth
any opinions would be great

[dq409]

Keep the car, live in a tent !! Or motor home,,, or

Really, if you can afford the higher payment do it.
The cars value will only increase over the years and will be harder to replace.

Thats a tough decision to make but at least you have your girl friend on your side. Good luck ! dq

[bobs409]

I would do WHATEVER it takes to be able to keep the car. Get 3 jobs if you have too! :D

If it just isn't possible, I would take all those NOS pieces to ebay! You'll get alot more money selling them there than selling with the car. Heck, sell the car there too!

Sorry I can't give an estimate on value... I would start watching ebay and classifieds to see what similar cars/parts are fetching.

Remember this, there is a whole world of people who say, "I sure wish I kept my -----" Or, "I used to have one of those, sure wish I didn't sell it!" Are you ready to be one of them? :p

With the way prices are going and cars getting harder to find, you may never get this chance again. (certainly not with all those NOS pieces you've collected) :brow

Good luck on your decision and welcome to the site. :cheers

[models916]

$20,000 neighborhood

[tripowerguy]

I'm 67 years old so I have a lot of years of living and experiences. From that I will tell you don't sell the car for money reasons, you will spend the rest of your time wishing that you hadn't sold. If you are tired of the car and want to go on to another project OK. I've been in the same boat and sold a car thinking it was the best way to get money to live on. First of all an unfinished car is always less than the sum of it's parts. Second you have a girlfriend that most of us would die for, she supports you in your love of cars. Find another way to buy the home. :) Roy

[SIXTY2BUBBLE]

i might be jumping the gun about selling it, i really would hate to.
my girlfriend has had a hard life growing up and then ended up in an abusive realtionship. she never really had anything in life and has been staying with her father but it is getting unbearable because of his drinking. . i want to give her a nice home and i figure i'd still have my nova, buti really love the bubbletop. she DOESN'T want me to sell and she gets teary eyed when i mention it. she says lets wait a year to buy the house.we can buy house without selling it, but i'd rather have no other bills other than mortgage.
girlfriend is awesome!!!! she supports my love of cars and gives me lots of time to work on them. she doesn't want me to sell anything
just trying to figure what it is worth if i did:scratch :dunno
decisions decisions:bang
thanks for any input guys!!!! i really like this site so far---seems like a great bunch of people:beerbang
i'll be supporting this site for sure!!!!!!

[dq409]

i might be jumping the gun about selling it, i really would hate to.
she DOESN'T want me to sell and she gets teary eyed when i mention it. she says lets wait a year to buy the house.we can buy house without selling it, but i'd rather have no other bills other than mortgage.
girlfriend is awesome!!!! she supports my love of cars and gives me lots of time to work on them. she doesn't want me to sell anything
!!!

It sound like what you need to do is move in together so you and this great girlfriend can work on saving up for that home. This way she can get away from her father and the two of you can get closer to that dream of owning a home together with out selling the car.

You have been given some good advice from us old guys that have been there and done that and regretted it.

If she gets teary eyed talking about selling it KEEP IT !!
I think you need to read what you just posted.

The bills will take care of them selves with your hard work, you always have the option of selling the car latter if the bills do become a burden.
Just m,y 2 cents,dq Best of luck !

[models916]

How much is a house going for up there in the tundra?

[No409]

Dude, dont sell the car. i just went through buying a house with my g/f, went into it with no money, and it was a little tough at first , but we got through it. now a year later things cant be any better, and i still have all my toys. and i have my own house

[Tom Kochtanek]

I've got a creative solution:

You "gift" me the 62 Sport Coupe and all the parts.

I'll give you a house in Columbia, Missouri (USA), debt free.

We're even!

If you are handy on a construction site I'll arrange for you to get a job that can help pay the grocery bills for you and your girlfriend.

Meanwhile I'll spent just shy of 40 billion dollars restoring the Bubbletop, taking about 27 years to accomplish that feat (seems to be my average time to complete a project). When it's done, I'll let you take me for a ride in it :). I'll be soooo old you will only have to drop me off at my house and you can take off in the car, it'll be all yours.

We just have to work out the fact that you're very far away and 27 years is quite a long time..... :). Oh, and there's the 40 billion dollar issue...

All kidding aside -- Keep the car. Keep the girlfriend. Get her away from abusive people. Buy the house. Take out a bigger loan. Within one year you won't even feel the pain of the payments, and you will have a house, a girlfriend, and some fine cars and parts. And our respect for taking the risk.

It won't be easy, it never is. But it is worth the effort. To not try is to give up.

Enough of my babble, I might go back to you "gifting" me the Sport Coupe again :).

Good luck with the house, the girl, and the cars!

Best,
TomK

[jim_ss409]

It sounds you'd rather keep the car but want to get some idea about it's value so that you can weigh your options. There's one for sale on E-bay right now that will give you an idea of it's value. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4606649170&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

[SIXTY2BUBBLE]

How much is a house going for up there in the tundra?

in my area which is a pretty nice town , a descent house will start about 150,000
and up ---you can get a fixer upper cheaper . if get around toronto area, you can double that:doh

[SIXTY2BUBBLE]

I've got a creative solution:

You "gift" me the 62 Sport Coupe and all the parts.

I'll give you a house in Columbia, Missouri (USA), debt free.

We're even!

If you are handy on a construction site I'll arrange for you to get a job that can help pay the grocery bills for you and your girlfriend.

Meanwhile I'll spent just shy of 40 billion dollars restoring the Bubbletop, taking about 27 years to accomplish that feat (seems to be my average time to complete a project). When it's done, I'll let you take me for a ride in it :). I'll be soooo old you will only have to drop me off at my house and you can take off in the car, it'll be all yours.

We just have to work out the fact that you're very far away and 27 years is quite a long time..... :). Oh, and there's the 40 billion dollar issue...

All kidding aside -- Keep the car. Keep the girlfriend. Get her away from abusive people. Buy the house. Take out a bigger loan. Within one year you won't even feel the pain of the payments, and you will have a house, a girlfriend, and some fine cars and parts. And our respect for taking the risk.

It won't be easy, it never is. But it is worth the effort. To not try is to give up.

Enough of my babble, I might go back to you "gifting" me the Sport Coupe again :).

Good luck with the house, the girl, and the cars!

Best,
TomK
sometimes that doesn't sound like a bad idea:)
i've been through missouri a bit and thought it was pretty nice what i saw and met some nice folks
i would love to live in usa --don't get me wrong , canada is a nice place and pretty friendly but we get taxed to death and it costs me 50.00 to fill up my work car(4cyl sunbird) my truck is about 90.00 to fill.i vacation in the usa every year and hit tennessee at least once a year and go to a lot of super chevy shows in th u.s

so what's this house like tom:D :brow
as for me in a construction site:eek: :rolleyes: :stooges just keep me away from the air nailer:rofl

[SIXTY2BUBBLE]

thanks everyone for some great advice. there is a lot of good sincere people on this site, you can tell by the way they write.i always appreciate advice from some
of the older guys also as they've lived through most of what we talk about.
when you guys mentioned about how i would regret selling it , it made me think about all the cars i've sold in the past and regretted as they are worth about double now and would be hard to afford nowadays and me selling this car will bring lots of regrets
so for now guys--you talked me into keeping it:clap :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm gonna hang on to it and like some of you said, if i have to sell it later , at least i can(almost like having some financial insurance i guess)
i'll be looking for some help from you guys once i get started on this beast as this type of car and engine are new to me .:scratch :bow
i am still a little scared about the sheetmetal work , but i think i found a really good guy to help ( as long as he is still doing it when i'm ready)
is this car really worth in the area of 20,000 as one member said? i know they're up there but mine is sure not as good looking as the one on ebay right now.

once again--thanks everyone-------you have great advice:bow :) :clap

[dq409]

Your welcome Sixty! Yes as you have said "we older guys have been there" !
I think you made the right and wise decision.

Good luck to you and your girlfriend and the house hunting ! ,dq