Maybe $1500-2k Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 9, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > yeah maybe, he was kinda vague on that aspect other than it had sat out there > for some time then he picked it up. Whatever, that detail doesn't mean much. > > What would Klebster offer him for it? It has like 113k and aside from the > paint and the driver seat and those missing bits it looked OK given it has > sat outside for some time, started and ran fine (except for the mild tick) > but the top probably doesn't work. > > --R > >> On 4/9/16 5:46 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> There is no way a Chevy dealer bought it at auction. Most likely it got >> traded in at the Chevy dealer who took it to auction and maybe it did not >> sell then this guy bought it. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 9, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I go by there, just a lot around a small garage, one guy puttering around. >>> I am looking at the car, he asks if I am interested. I ask a few questions >>> about it, he tells me he got it from the small (rural) Chevy dealer across >>> the road, who had picked it up at auction or something. The car had been >>> sitting in some old dudes garage for 6 or 7 years, some guy bought it from >>> him or the family or something then sold it at a dealer auction where the >>> Chevy dlr picked it up. Something like that. It had sat outside at the >>> Chevy dlr for awhile, some number of months, enough to get lots of acorns >>> and leaves everywhere, and the squirrels packing the air box with acorns >>> which he cleaned out. The air duct looked like it had been gnawed or >>> broken off in the middle, about 8" or 10" of it was missing. >>> >>> Anyway he goes and gets the key and it starts right up, sounds OK except >>> for a faint ticking, maybe an injector or something? The car is blue with >>> an ivory interior, pretty dirty, driver seat pretty beat up, clear coat on >>> top is all gone except on the hard top. Body straight, no dings, the hood >>> star was missing as was the rear trunk stop light lens for some reason, but >>> other than the clear coat there were no dings or anything, tires were fair. >>> He says he thinks there is another top under there (under the hard top) >>> that goes up and down. (Yeah, it's a convertible with a hard top on it, >>> duh) >>> >>> So I ask what he wants for it, says $2600, "I have it on Craigslist and >>> have been getting calls from all over the world about it. I'm thinking I >>> probably have it priced too low." OK. Asked him if had any offers on it, >>> apparently not but he says "It's hard to find these cars at this kind of >>> price." So I point out it might be priced too HIGH if no one has snatched >>> it up. He asks if I was interested in it, I said maybe but not at that >>> price as a car that has sat for 6 or 8 years, esp a Benz, is going to have >>> a lot that will need going through, rubber and seals and such, and if that >>> top won't work, that is some major money to fix, and with all that you >>> would still have a $2600 car given the shape of the paint and interior and >>> it's still a 20yo Benz that will need more work than most people would want >>> to put into it. He ponders that a minute then says "I don't have much in >>> it but I can't go much lower but I thought it would be good for someone who >>> likes these cars and would want to work on it and restore it." WTF does that mean? I mean he is sorta right, or some yahoo will buy it then not want to deal with it. So anyway I thanked him and left. >>> >>> I might go back in a week or two and see if it is still there, it might be >>> a fun car just to futz around with at $1500 but not much more. >>> >>> It is a beautiful day and looking at bottom-feeder cars and dealing with >>> country crackas is kinda fun. >>> >>> --R >>> >>>> On 4/9/16 12:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On April 9, 2016 at 11:26 AM Rich Thomas via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm gonna stop by and look at this thing here in a little while >>>>> https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/5514021563.html >>>>> >>>>> I am a fool. >>>> The Concorde Limited or the Corolla DX? >>>> >>>> >>>> Seriously, the R129 is at least the right color. >>>> >>>> I bet it's ready to have a bunch of roof hydraulic cylinders rebuilt. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
