Most of you have followed my trials and tribulations with my car. If I were to decide to sell it what would be a fair asking price? We have all new sheetmetal, some installed, not including the doors, a 400SBC that runs like a top, backed by a TH350. I have seats, carpet and interior, console and B & M console shifter and other misc. parts.
My dilema is this. My husband and I cannot agree on how much time to spend on working on our cars. He has had his for 12+ years and enjoys "tinkering" with it every now and then. I, on the other hand, want to spend days like today (77deg and sunny) working in the garage. Since I have to depend on him to handle my welding nothing has been touched in 2 months. I can't afford to pay someone to do it for me (my 10.00/hr job doesn't leave anything after bills) and my welding skills suck. I know that if I keep this car in my posession, it will likely never see the road, yet I'm not sure I want to let it go.
Help???

I've been in the "sell it now" dilemma a few times. Each time I decided to keep my car. If I were you, I would practice my welding techniques. I sucked at it as well but with some scrap stuff, i learned. I am not great at it but I can get stuff to stick together. Hang in MB. You can do it.

MB...
Just hang in there. He will get started again on it ...however it seem's under his terms and times. Too bad no TC members are there local to you who are willing to give a hand. Most times TC's work for food and drink :) and maybe a few bucks for fuel : : :)


Kev

Marybeth:
I would also vote for keeping it - but that's just me ... ;)
I would try to improve your skill-set to include welding.
Look into local extension courses at the JC or High School - they usually have a semester class that will get you well on the way to being an decent welder.

I wish I had some wonderfull words of advise on how to get your hubby of the stoop an helping you out a little more on your's - if that was an option, I don't even remember if he can weld ...

Wish us Calif. boys were closer, we're happy to help out where we can :yes:

John

Marybeth,

Dont sell it unless you have no choice or i promise you, you will regrett it.
Besides, I know how you can inspire him to get busy on your car :D

Just cut him off till he gets something done ;);)

Just kidding:D:D

Just keep the faith remember slow and steady wins the race.

Marybeth,

Dont sell it unless you have no choice or i promise you, you will regrett it.
Besides, I know how you can inspire him to get busy on your car :D

Just cut him off till he gets something done ;);)

Just kidding:D:D

Just keep the faith remember slow and steady wins the race.

Funny I was thinking she does have the upper hand !! And by the way I am close,but stepping on hubby's toe's might be worse then useing the upper hand if ya know wha i mean

Once the welding is done it's done!! So if this is the major selling point because it's what is keeping you from moving on focus on him and his skills and how to get him involved again or go it with a local welding class you can take or maybe take the car to a local welding class, body shop school or local tech school. I think most of these places just charge for the materials and the labor is free or nearly free. The body shop tech school my son attended in Nashville, charged for materials and some environmental fees for disposal of paints etc, it was not much.

Now if you need to sell for other reasons or you have just plain lost interest. I would see what you can do to keep it before selling. The cost to replace will always be higher since the basic value of these cars is always going up for the most part.

If your still having to sell, I would go E-bay with some research and ask the moon for it. You know what you have, I am going out on limb here but anything that runs, drives and has a clean title has got to worth at least 7 to 10K depending on overall condition. Just look at what gets sold on e-pay for 3k, rusted out hulks of Camaros with no drive train and most of the time no title.

Joe

an un assembled car does not cost that much to hold on to, who knows, maybe a sibling would appreciate your project. just something to ponder

My two suggestions are:
1. Ask hubbie point blank in the face, across the table is fine, what would it take to finish?
2. Ask a beginning student if he/she, better a she since hubbie might get jealous of a male student, if they want to practice.
3. Get a welding machine and practice. HF has them for under $200, plugs into 115V and has flux in the wire, so no gas is needed.

Look at it this way, car is not costing you anything setting, just space. As said, later replacement will be more costly.

I know all you guys are right, and I'd kick myself (or him) for selling it, I just hate to see it sitting there, collecting dust. Would having someone come and work on the welding offend hubby? Probably. Do I care? Uhh, ask me when I'm not ticked off.

We have a mig welder, and believe me, I have tried but with the areas we are working on, a pro (or someone really good) is required. (door jams, rear wheel wells and quarters, tail panel). I don't know if I want a HS class any where near it.

Thanks for your input. As usual, very valuable and much appreciated.
MB

Do they still have the Skill Center out that way? It may be worth checking them out. They have done some nice work there. Mabey they are looking for a project? The 67 Chevelle they did turned out great.

Don't sell it -- having the car sit there and collecting dust in someone's garage who has been working on it and has every intention of continuing to work on it is a whole lot better than it sitting around in someone's garage who swears they "are going to restore it" and meanwhile have no intention of lifting a finger to do any work on it. By the way, my wife convinced me to do something for her by using a frying pan technique that had nothing to do with food preparation :D

Skill Center? Where?

what happened marybeth you where going along fine. till? the tail panel didnt line up in the back? also i remember previous owner did the trunk in it. is that where it all stopped.

Skill Center? Where?

http://www.gasctech.us/


They have an automotive/body shop class. The students take on projects like yours. Can't hurt to contact someone there. Good luck.

We ran into problems with the tail panel and then my husband/welder lost interest, not only in my car but his as well. He says his heart is leading him in a different direction right now. I can respect that, but I am tired of having to beg and plead to get work done on it, which is why I am considering selling. I want to drive this car BEFORE I am pushing up daisies...

PS...I emailed the skill center this morning....thanks for the info.