TAC Central => Lobby => Topic started by: Warren Seale on September 08, 2022, 08:59:50 AM
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How much do you think this 35 mile 79 will fetch this weekend? I figure $35K. It's a pretty good video to see an original condition unmodified 79.
Even with no usage, the dash pad is warped! You can see it pretty well at time stamp 0:35.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycU09CIdxKg
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The way prices are with 2nd gens rn, I think it'll go for way more than 35k, lol.
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Didn't this car sell at an auction this year for major dinero?
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I was at Mecum in Harrisburg in July when a '77 SE with 14 Miles fetched 400K!
We were on our way out when it came into the staging lane, so we hung around to watch it go across the block. Bidding started north of 100K. Everyone in the building was shocked when the hammer dropped at 400K
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The non-SE '79 is less desirable for sure, but the way these cars blew up over the past couple of years, I wouldn't be surprised if it went for 6 figures.
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I bet it will hit 6 figures.
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Went for $140,000. Did not sell. A 403 hardtop with a slushbox and standard interior... I would have never thought it would come to this. :o
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What-da-ya mean it went for $140, but didn't sell. Do you mean the asking price was 140? If so, what was the highest bid?
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Did not see the auction but would surmise he meant it was bid to $140,000 and did not meet the reserve. I figured it would go for strong money, 140k was most likely all in. Should have taken the money and walked.
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Went for $140,000. Did not sell. A 403 hardtop with a slushbox and standard interior... I would have never thought it would come to this. :o
It was a low option car. Didn't even have the WS6 pkg.
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But how many other 79 trans ams have 35 miles? Too rich for my blood and with no mileage to speak of its destined to be a museum piece. But I say good to the seller. Personally I would rather drive them than look at them :grin:
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I was at a show a couple of weeks ago and there was a beautify 75 t/a. Was an AACA winner and it showed. Excellent restoration of a family owned car. The current owners late sister bought the car new. I talked with the guy for a while and he was really decent and great to talk to. As he was showing me the engine compartment that one could eat off of, he was telling me he had the best builder re-do the engine and how great it ran. I then asked him about driving it to the show. His reply was 'oh no I dont drive it, I trailer. I dont want to mess it up'. Doesnt make sense to me but to each their own.
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In the pictures this car looks beautiful, a real time capsule.
I am going to guess the majority in this hobby don't have bags of money to through around. My personal feeling is, collect a car or cars because you like them, not as an investment. When prices are well in to the six-figure category, you eliminate a large percentage that would just love to own something like this.
I bought my 1980 TA 2 1/2 years ago with 6600 original miles. It now has over 9K miles and I enjoy driving it.
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I was at a show a couple of weeks ago and there was a beautify 75 t/a. Was an AACA winner and it showed. Excellent restoration of a family owned car. The current owners late sister bought the car new. I talked with the guy for a while and he was really decent and great to talk to. As he was showing me the engine compartment that one could eat off of, he was telling me he had the best builder re-do the engine and how great it ran. I then asked him about driving it to the show. His reply was 'oh no I dont drive it, I trailer. I dont want to mess it up'. Doesnt make sense to me but to each their own.
That kind of logic never made sense to me. A concourse level restoration on, say, a typically-rusted, project-condition late 2nd gen will cost $70-$100k now. You spend all that dough, and you don't even drive it? What I don't get is, you can meet yourself halfway and have your cake while eating it, too. Just don't drive the darn thing in inclement weather and keep it in a garage! Done! Most of us ALREADY do that! Most classic car owners that actually do drive and enjoy their cars still don't drive them NEARLY enough to add tons of wear in a short period of time. Realistically, how much wear can you possibly add to a car you drive 2-3000 miles a year? Most of us, even less.
Stone chips are your biggest threat when driving the car (sans accidents, but that risk is always there whether or not you drive it), so just repaint your front bumper every few years. Otherwise, just keep it wiped down rather than conventional washes, including the undercarriage once a year and it should theoretically stay in amazing, show-ready shape, AND you get to drive it and enjoy it. Before shows, just spend a weekend really hitting hard into it with the chemicals and rags, and you're good to go. These cars need to run to stay reliable - that 35 mile T/A not only will never be started up again, it shouldn't be started up again. Every gasket, seal, and fluid on that car is probably shot. Water and sun are what age cars from an aesthetic standpoint, which is realistically all these people with these trailer queens are worried about. Keep it garaged and drive it only in nice weather, you eliminate both of those elemental insults and thus allllllll the signs of wear that they cause: water spots, stains, rust, etc. The thing about dirt is that if you STAY ON TOP OF IT, it can always be wiped off. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This is why there are 100,000 mile survivor Trans Ams out there in amazing condition, while there are 5,000 mile originals rotting in yards. I just don't get it, man.
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In the pictures this car looks beautiful, a real time capsule.
I am going to guess the majority in this hobby don't have bags of money to through around. My personal feeling is, collect a car or cars because you like them, not as an investment. When prices are well in to the six-figure category, you eliminate a large percentage that would just love to own something like this.
I bought my 1980 TA 2 1/2 years ago with 6600 original miles. It now has over 9K miles and I enjoy driving it.
I've always dreaded the thought of seeing these cars lined up next to Bentleys on the manicured lawns of rich folk, and discussions about them revolving around pricing and speculation, rather than wrenching on them and driving them. And I own one. These cars were once an Average-Joe-Everyman's safe haven when other cool muscle cars like Camaros, Chevelles, Goats, and virtually any freakin' Mopar became the stuff of dreams. Year by year, late 2nd-gens grow closer to joining those leagues.
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Amen to that, "Nuke". :)
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I love how he says the tires are brand new and the car runs and drives... lets see someone drive a 43 year old car with 43 year old rubber and other plastic parts.