>From what I have seen, Ebay is great for getting deals on cars, not selling
at a reasonable price! It won't hurt to list it and see what happens (about
the same price as an ad in the local paper). Start it low to attract
bidders and PUT A RESERVE ON IT for what you would be happy getting. I have
seen way too many nice looking 55's go CHEAP. As for listing them together
or separate, I am not sure on that. Someone out of the area would probably
not want to ship a parts car, yet if you list it by itself, you probably
won't get a few hundred tops. I would probably list the good car by itself
and try to sell the parts car locally. You can always offer it to the top
bidder. You can probably take small parts off and sell them on ebay and
make more than the whole car is worth, then give the remains to a local junk
yard!
Good luck.
Joe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "joe frega" <joefrega@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:54 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Selling 56 Belvedere(s), Your Opinion Please
> Hello everyone,
>
> I hope this finds you all well and having a wonderful
> holiday season. I apologize in advance for the length
> of this email, I just shortened it as much as I could.
>
> Jason has had his 56 Belvedere 4 dr sedan for over
> four years and he is now in college. The college is
> close (35 miles) and he drives home to work every
> weekend. He loves his car but realizes that it is not
> a practical car to be a daily driver, especially in
> the Chicagoland winter (before college, this was not a
> problem, but now he needs daily transportation). He
> has decided to sell the Belevdere and buy a more
> practical car (rear window defogger, ABS brakes,
> worthy windshield wipers, able to be left outside and
> still start in the morning, etc.). The car is
> continuing to deteriorate being driven daily.
>
> The 56 is in faily good shape. Showing surface rust
> now and some bubbles here and there. Interior is
> excellent (new paint, NOS front seat material, new
> vinyl dye on seats/door panels, etc.) except for
> headliner and windlace which are both rotted and need
> replacing. Runs pretty well on John Bartell's 318
> from his 59 Plymouth (remember, the 277 blew a
> piston), but it is kinda rough and now smokes some.
> Chrome is good to excellent and all glass is free of
> cracks. New rear brakes and muffler. New rebuilt
> starter.
>
> The second 56 Belvedere, from Texas, is a complete
> car. 277 runs but needs a cam (we think). No cancer,
> just browning on the surface from the Texas weather.
> Interior dry rotted, chrome ok and all glass is good.
> This is a perfect parts car, or easily restored if
> someone wanted. Third engine (277 with blown piston)
> and third powerflight trans (from John's 318) also in
> the trunk and back seat of the Texas car.
>
> So now your opinions please....
>
> We could list it on eBay as a package. We could sell
> them separately or part out the Texas car on eBay (but
> I'd rather see it restored). We could try to list
> them locally in the Chicago area papers and old car
> papers, internet services, etc., either separately or
> as a package.
>
> If we list it on eBay, we'd want to insure that we got
> a fair price. Should we list it with a high reserve
> and see if the highest bid is acceptable - or - list
> it with a bottom line low price we would take and hope
> to get it?
>
> Bigger problem - we have no idea what it may be
> worth. We realize we'll not get out of it what we put
> in it (especially with replacing the engine) but we
> thought that both cars together might be worth between
> $3000 - $4000. Maybe not, we really don't know (maybe
> more, we really don't know).
>
> If you have any ideas as to how best sell and/or what
> we should expect to get please contact me privately.
>
> Jason and I thank you and wish you happy holidays.
>
> Joe and Jason
> 56 Belvederes
>
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