Toying with selling my conversion
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Toying with selling my conversion I have been off and on about this for about 2 years now. I really love the car, and am considering getting rid of it to help with financial issues that I am having from starting a family. If it were not for that, the car would be mine forever!
It is an 88 Firebird Formula. This car was in a couple of magazines in the past. There are some links to the articles at the car domain site link in my sig. The site also has some pics, but unfortunatly I have been so busy I haven't managed to get the other 50 or so pics and vids uploaded yet. Most of the pics are from the earlier stages of the build. I am considering any REASONABLE offers. I don't really know what the car should be valued at. If you are interested at all, pm me and i will supply all info, pics and vids that I possibly can. I will update this thread and the car domain site within the next day or so for everyone.
Thanks, and hope you like what you see, i have a lot of time into this car.
Chris
It is an 88 Firebird Formula. This car was in a couple of magazines in the past. There are some links to the articles at the car domain site link in my sig. The site also has some pics, but unfortunatly I have been so busy I haven't managed to get the other 50 or so pics and vids uploaded yet. Most of the pics are from the earlier stages of the build. I am considering any REASONABLE offers. I don't really know what the car should be valued at. If you are interested at all, pm me and i will supply all info, pics and vids that I possibly can. I will update this thread and the car domain site within the next day or so for everyone.
Thanks, and hope you like what you see, i have a lot of time into this car.
Chris
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ok, I created a fquick page for the formula to lveiw some pics and a mod list in my sig. I will be updating this page again soon with some more pics as soon as the rain stops and I can get the car out of the garage to get some more pics taken. Thanks for looking.
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Put it on ebay with a reserve high enough to keep you happy, and enjoy the best cheap advertising around. You need to treat a national offering opposite of a local sale, local you want to get interest and have them come look, national (ebay or here) you need to lay out every detail you can, but I wouldn't do a huge list of the non stock parts, just focus on what it does and how well it runs, otherwise you spook all the non gearhead buyers. good luck.
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Thanks for the advice, I have thought about ebay, but I just wanted to see how this does first. As far as the car goes about the only things that I can think to add are that the car has been at the track once since the build, and it ran a best of 12.45 @ 114 mph. The car averages 18-20 mpg city, and 26-30mpg hwy. Also if it helps, there is another member of the board that I purchased the car from in 2005. NineBall who is an admin. here was the previous owner.
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I agree that you have a waaaay better chance on ebay. Even though this forum is pretty popular, there will only be a small group that will make it to this forum (conversions & hybridz), and only a few dozen that will probably even ask specific questions yet alone offer a bid.
Save yourself the time and energy...put it on ebay...set it and forget it.
Looks like ya have "ttt" as a hotkey in the past 4 days, just kidding!
Good luck on the sale, I know the blood sweat and tears that probably went into this and I wish you and your family only the best!
Save yourself the time and energy...put it on ebay...set it and forget it.
Looks like ya have "ttt" as a hotkey in the past 4 days, just kidding!
Good luck on the sale, I know the blood sweat and tears that probably went into this and I wish you and your family only the best!
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$7500 for a clean thirdgen with a LS1? I'll be surprised if you don't get it, since I've seen clean-but-stock thirdgens go for not a whole lot less, and a LS1 is probably one of the few mods that does increase value somewhat.
If I had cash and wasn't buying a house, your car would be very tempting.
If I had cash and wasn't buying a house, your car would be very tempting.
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I have some new pics of the few paint blemishes. There are not many, but the one's that are there, I have close up pics of them. I will send them to people that are interested in buying the car. Understand that this car is 20 years old with the original paint.
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Originally Posted by Scooter70
Did you buy the car from NineBall? I seem to remember him selling a red 3rd gen (no motor, no trans) like that a couple of years ago.
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Just uploaded about 15 new pics taken today onto the fquick page.
link in sig
Also see the vid I shot today here.(may still be optimizing,as I just posted it.)
http://video.ls1tech.com/video/9d02...8ed0150da6c.htm
link in sig
Also see the vid I shot today here.(may still be optimizing,as I just posted it.)
http://video.ls1tech.com/video/9d02...8ed0150da6c.htm