1996 trans am fully restored
1996 trans am fully restored Thinking about selling my car not too sure whats it really worth to the right buyer. Too much to list I have a stack of reciepts. Car makes 400hp and 380 tq at wheels.
Repainted/removed all dings ect
Car is now sunset orange including jams and under the hood
Rebuilt motor new everything oil pump, bearings ect ect
24x, le 2 heads, big cam, kooks stepped headers 3in td, ect ect
Tick performance stage 2 t56 rebuild with new clutch and tick clutch master
Rebuilt 10 bolt
Sealed underneath the car
I understand the lt1 isnt a prefered platform but there is an *** for every seat. Car is in very nice shape. 180k on odo. Interior is perfect shape. Spent alot of money in there also. Any thoughts?
Repainted/removed all dings ect
Car is now sunset orange including jams and under the hood
Rebuilt motor new everything oil pump, bearings ect ect
24x, le 2 heads, big cam, kooks stepped headers 3in td, ect ect
Tick performance stage 2 t56 rebuild with new clutch and tick clutch master
Rebuilt 10 bolt
Sealed underneath the car
I understand the lt1 isnt a prefered platform but there is an *** for every seat. Car is in very nice shape. 180k on odo. Interior is perfect shape. Spent alot of money in there also. Any thoughts?
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I don't want to insult you so I am not going to comment, other than its a really nice car. I highly doubt you can get anywhere near what you put into it though. Not unless you find just the right buyer. Sorry I don't have a number for you though. I have been shopping lately and seen some H/C LS1's selling for like $7500 though. Others on this site been for sale for a long time. Lot of F bods to choose from.
You will need a buyer that doesn't care about the miles. By switching to the 24x, you eliminated the primary issue with the LT1. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, it's a 180K mile heads/cam car. Probably looking at 5K.
I figured somewhere in the 7-5 range given the buyer. If the odo didnt say 180 you would never know it.
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I'd be concerned about the possible items that still have 180K miles (suspension, brake lines, exhaust, electrical-controls-instruments-lighting, AC-engine cooling-interior heating, steering, power windows-seats-mirrors). If there were no concerns there I don't see why a fresh drive-train and paint job can't be worth $7.5K to $8K. I'd be tickled pink to pick up a car like this for a daily driver for $5K to $6K. I don't see anything this clean and redone in my area. $5K generally gets you a trashed out, higher mileage vehicle needing most everything.
So what if it's not an LS-1? It looks every good as one in SOM and a ram air hood. For $5K I could possibly go out and find a 60K to 75K mile '98 Z28 with original and faded paint. It would be a constant source of nits to repair. I'd rather have this LT-1 that looks like 30K miles.
So what if it's not an LS-1? It looks every good as one in SOM and a ram air hood. For $5K I could possibly go out and find a 60K to 75K mile '98 Z28 with original and faded paint. It would be a constant source of nits to repair. I'd rather have this LT-1 that looks like 30K miles.
Last edited by Firebrian; Dec 2, 2014 at 01:46 PM.
Case in point. There is an *** for every seat. The entire car has been gone through. Heat and ac eliminated. All new suspension components. Interior looks like car has 10k on it. I feel like most people will give the its not an ls argument. But any ls car in the same shape as mine will probably go for 12+ at least.
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I was temped to ask you where you are located, I was kinda coming around too the car. The no heat or A/C is an absolute deal breaker for me though.
Still a nice sounding and looking car though.
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Verdad Gallardo Case in point. There is an *** for every seat. The entire car has been gone through. Heat and ac eliminated. All new suspension components. Interior looks like car has 10k on it. I feel like most people will give the its not an ls argument. But any ls car in the same shape as mine will probably go for 12+ at least.
I figured no hvac would deter some people which is fine. I built the car without those because I never use them and I wanted to clean up the engine bay. The car only gets driven april to nov/dec.
4800 for a 140k formula seems a bit high maybe its because of where your located. I live in Massachusetts. That car here might get 3.
Seems that it just really comes down to the buyer.
4800 for a 140k formula seems a bit high maybe its because of where your located. I live in Massachusetts. That car here might get 3.
Seems that it just really comes down to the buyer.
I figured no hvac would deter some people which is fine. I built the car without those because I never use them and I wanted to clean up the engine bay. The car only gets driven april to nov/dec.
4800 for a 140k formula seems a bit high maybe its because of where your located. I live in Massachusetts. That car here might get 3.
Seems that it just really comes down to the buyer.
4800 for a 140k formula seems a bit high maybe its because of where your located. I live in Massachusetts. That car here might get 3.
Seems that it just really comes down to the buyer.
You're going to need a very specific type of buyer. It's not going to deter a few buyers, you have eliminated the daily driver market, which is going to encompass probably 85% of the buyer pool. The miles, mods, and plainness is going to eliminate a collector.
The only three options you are going to have is someone looking for a toy, someone looking for a race car, or a flipper that will put the HVAC back.
The first two are going to be a hard sell because it's not an LS1 and the flipper is only going to want to spend 2-3K. It's going to be a very difficult sell unless you're willing to take a major loss or put the HVAC stuff back.
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I was thinking track car as well, that or maybe the starting point for a show car. It really is the lack of heat and A/C that turned me off, as up until that point I was going to PM about it. If you still have everything and are really wanting to sell I'd definitely look at least putting it all back in place and leaving it up to the new owner to recharge it.
I was thinking track car as well, that or maybe the starting point for a show car. It really is the lack of heat and A/C that turned me off, as up until that point I was going to PM about it. If you still have everything and are really wanting to sell I'd definitely look at least putting it all back in place and leaving it up to the new owner to recharge it.
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If it was cheap enough and if it still had heat I'd buy it, windows down with the air set to induction and max blower speed and it's not so bad. Main thing is being able to run defrost and having more than the transmission tunnel to keep you warm. :p