Value of a '73 2.0 vs. '75 1.8, and how important is true "originality"? |
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Value of a '73 2.0 vs. '75 1.8, and how important is true "originality"? |
Rick986 |
Nov 14 2021, 10:23 AM
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0-60 in 14 seconds! Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 31-August 21 From: NE Ohio Member No.: 25,869 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I'm sure many of you saw the '73 2.0 car that sold on BaT yesterday for a whopping $54,750 (+5% buyer premium). Indeed a beautiful, rust-free California car and great color...but quite less than "original" based on comments, seller feedback, etc. As well, true mileage was unknown and thought to potentially be over 100,000. Finally, there was also no historical documentation.
I have a '75 1.8 in Nepal Orange. It's a documented 51,000 mile car - same owner from '77-'21. It came with purchase records from the 70's and service records from the last 20 years when the PO "resurrected" the car years after his spouse's early passing (it was her car). One might argue that the gap in records might call the miles into question, but I seriously doubt it. This looks & drives like it was strictly a sub-1,000 mile/year summer car. As far as I can tell, it's original in almost every way and absolutely rust-free except for some VERY minor surface bits in the usual places. Longs, HH totally clean & solid. Unfortunately, the dealer who the PO consigned it to had the hood & headlights repainted due to road rash. He thought it would show better (which it does), but didn't consider that this might ding the originality of the car. He just wanted to sell it for the PO. My question is, how much "less", if anything, is my car worth compared to the one that sold because it's a '75 1.8? Everybody seems to get all hot & sticky over chrome bumpers & 2.0 motors (and 6's, for obvious reasons), but would my car sell for less...when it seems to have so much more true originality (all things being equal in terms of buyer emotion, color preference, etc.). The fun factor is identical and from what I've heard, the 1.8 L-jets are more reliable. I can certainly attest to that with over 1,000 miles I put on the car in 6 weeks! I'm not planning to sell anytime soon...and there may be quite a bit of subjectivity here, but just curious what you guys have to say. Any & all feedback/constructive criticism, etc. welcomed. Thanks in advance. |
Superhawk996 |
Nov 14 2021, 01:29 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,637 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Any & all feedback/constructive criticism, etc. welcomed. Thanks in advance. Forget about it. Go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) On any given day on BAT you might find the right guy with lots of $$, recently divorced, 5 drinks into the evening, and thinks to himself "I gotsta get me one" and you car could come in $5k higher. Who knows. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) IMHO, if you want to say your car is equivalent and worth $54k who am I to argue. Any object in the world is only "worth" what a willing buyer and willing seller agree upon. Some days that's crazy high, other days, it's low. Bottom line: FedGov has printed trillions upon trillions of dollars since 1913. Inflation is real and not going away. What used cost $1.00 in 1913 now would cost you $28.22 according to BLS CPI Inflation calculator. When I was a kid, a candy bar was $0.25. Today, more like $1.00 - $1.25 for the same candybar. A candy bar is never going back to $0.25! When I graduated high school, gas was $1.12 to $1.20 per gallon. $3.25 today and never going back to $1.12. Prime 914's are not going back to $10K cars like they used to be in 1990s . The inflation ship has sailed. The thing that drives 914's up in value in addition to inflation is the fact that the supply of 914's is diminishing in numbers due to rust, crashes, etc. So at the same time inflation is pushing up commodities like a candybar or gasoline, really nice 914's like yours or this one on BAT are actually getting scarcer. What is $54K today will soon be $65K. Just enjoy what you have, and go drive the heck out of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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