Old Iron

[un2xs]

I have a few "classic antique" vehicles. No titles on most of them, but have had them 20+ years in most cases. I have kept them because they always seemed to much there to just scrap. How do you go about deciding on a realistic value on tree row cars?

Amongst the treasures are a rusty 73 El Camino, an early 60s International Scout, a 69 two door Impala, a 70 4 door Impala which needs chassis repair and a pair of 69 5 door suburbans. I'd hate to just scrap them, but nobody is making offers and only one person has looked.

Contemplating putting some of them in a "classic/antique" auction held 4 times each year by an online auction house.

Thoughts?

[BrickHaus]

I wish I had the garage space. Id buy something just to have a project. The scout sounds like a good time to me.

Id say the niche auction auction is probably going to get you the most coin for the current market on any given day. I must say..

This thread is worthless without pics.

[coyote]

I got a buddy that is always on the lookout for Impalas.

The problem there is like myself, he is in California.

My guess is Kansas is not long on lowrider culture

[DocsMachine]

Okay, just generally speaking, nothing you have there is in any particularly high demand. Pretty much nobody is clamoring for a '73 ElCamino or a 4-door Impala. The Suburbans, if they're 4WD, and the Scout, have some following, but I can't imagine there's a great deal of off-roading in Kansas.

The other half is, as always, condition, condition, condition.

Somebody will spend a ton to fix up a poor-condition '69 Z-28 or a '67 GT-350, but these days, anybody who wants a '69 Impala, would want it running and more or less driveable. If none of the cars are running, they're parts, and none of them have particularly valuable or in-demand parts. If the Impalas had big-blocks, maybe, but even then, these days nobody wants the original engines- small block Chevies are almost literally a dime a dozen- they want modern engines like the LS or Coyote.

Yes, there are guys that will fix up less-common cars, but you're more likely to find that sort of thing in southern California than Kansas.

Even up here in Alaska, where things like those are rarer than chicken teeth, you'd have to price them at "get it out of my yard" levels.

Doc.

[Twisted G]

Okay, just generally speaking, nothing you have there is in any particularly high demand. Pretty much nobody is clamoring for a '73 ElCamino or a 4-door Impala. The Suburbans, if they're 4WD, and the Scout, have some following, but I can't imagine there's a great deal of off-roading in Kansas.

The other half is, as always, condition, condition, condition.

Somebody will spend a ton to fix up a poor-condition '69 Z-28 or a '67 GT-350, but these days, anybody who wants a '69 Impala, would want it running and more or less driveable. If none of the cars are running, they're parts, and none of them have particularly valuable or in-demand parts. If the Impalas had big-blocks, maybe, but even then, these days nobody wants the original engines- small block Chevies are almost literally a dime a dozen- they want modern engines like the LS or Coyote.

Yes, there are guys that will fix up less-common cars, but you're more likely to find that sort of thing in southern California than Kansas.

Even up here in Alaska, where things like those are rarer than chicken teeth, you'd have to price them at "get it out of my yard" levels.

Doc.

Hopefully one day people feel this way about old Japanese cars. I want to build up a first gen 86-87 Honda CRX so bad. Mazda, Toyota, and Honda made so much cool stuff back then. .

[Pumpytrilly1]

Start high price and see what offers you get. Auctions are usually better because people enjoy the experience and just want to buy something.

[Levi]

Don't know anything about the market in Kansas, but people out here on the west coast seem to ask stupid money for any Scout that isn't rusted to pieces. Really impossible to say without knowing what condition they are in.

[dano_____]

I think you need to post up some pictures on here so we could give you a realistic assessment.

[un2xs]

You guys are correct. I need a few photos. I will add some, but you need to be patient. There is a mobile home blocking my road and I don't feel like hiking roughly a mile in and up hill. (Fortunately it's not up hill both ways.)

I will try to get some pics when my brother moves the mobile home.