<VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"

[henry kaczmarek]

All
Just some rough numbers on my 65 Monza---
Body work @ 18.00/hr (the "Friend Rate")
7900.00  (all bondo and paint removed, all dents dollyed out, all lines 
right. prep from bare metal up--2 coats acrylic primer, 3 coats base 
primer.)

Paint work @ 20.00/hr (also a "Friend-former customer rate")  1300.00
Dupont high line paint, (Not Nascent) Base/clear coat, 4 coats of clear.
And when the pictures are posted in a few weeks you will agree that I got a 
20K paint/body job for less than 9500.00

Once the custom upholstery is done, and the car is finished I'll have about 
20K in the car.

Now I'm the biggest prophet in my dealings with customers to tell them 
"NEVER EXPECT TO GET EVERY DIME OUT OF YOUR CAR THAT YOU PUT INTO IT". 
It's just not logical to expect it.

But if you have 20K in mechanical, paint/body, and interior,  Is 10K too 
much to ask?   I'm not selling mine, but I believe it's worth that much. 
Every nut and bolt replaced. All systems rebuilt. Better than new.

Can't buy a new car for 10K.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: "Brent Fullard" <brent.fullard at rogers.com>; <Wrsssatty at aol.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"


> Exactly. It all has to do with whether you're a "have" or a "have-not".
> Also, one might look at the bright side. With rising values of turn-key
> Corvairs, there will be more and more rescued and restored, making more
> examples of them available. And if you ARE a "have", then every increase 
> in
> value is like getting free money deposited in your bank account.
>
> I remember when the value of a Camaro wasn't much greater (if at all) than
> a Corvair. If I had had any financial foresight, I should have gotten into
> them instead. Nowadays, you can't even get a decent gutted roller shell of
> a '67-9 Camaro for less than $2500 minimum. Heck, I've seen decent turnkey
> "common" Corvairs STILL selling for that! All the while, equalevalent
> Camaros are selling for $20-25K or more. I think equalevalent Corvairs
> should be worth at least half that or better.....
>
> -Mark
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Brent Fullard <brent.fullard at rogers.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"
>>
>> It's very simple. Those talking down the value of Corvairs and wishing 
>> for
>> lower prices are buyers and not sellers. To prove my point, how many of
>> those on VV who are talking down the price of Corvairs are willing to
> offer
>> for sale the following for less than $10,000:
>>
>> "any turbo-charged stock, Concours-quality Corvair,  especially
>> convertibles"
>>
>> Do I have any sellers? Going once, going twice.....
>>
>> On 9/5/10 11:12 AM, "Wrsssatty at aol.com" <Wrsssatty at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > <I don't know why  any Corvair should be worth
>> > $10,000>
>> >
>> > I think that at least any turbo-charged stock, Concours-quality 
>> > Corvair,
>> > especially convertibles, ought to be worth at least $10,000.  Look at
> the
>> > prices of other cars of the same vintage and similar quality.
> Sometimes I
>> > think we're our own worst enemy.  If we don't esteem Corvairs, how can
> we
>> > expect anyone else to either?
>> >
>> > ~Bill Stanley
>>
>
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