SAD 6.9 going cheap

[Michel]

It is in the US and it is rusty.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...Track=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us

 

[TJ 450]

That rust is incredible! It would be a good parts car.

Tim

 

[Michel]

8hours to go and still one bid of $200....

One hell of a cheap parts car....

 

[Michel]

would be a good driveline transplant into a SLC,

looks like major bodywork to restore.

You wouldn't restore...

It's too far gone to be economically restorable

 

[Michel]

all relative, in the 1970's would you restore a "crappy" '57 chevy?

nope

would you restore one now?

I think so

5-10 years time people would kill each other get a 6.9 restoration project.

The '57 Chevy would have to be a convertible with factory fuel injection before I would consider restoring it in this condition....

 

[Michel]

fuel injection???? on a chevy????

didn't know the Americans had discovered that yet.


thought they were still enjoying leaf springs and carby's

1957 Chevrolet came out with mechanical injection providing the first engine producing one HP per cubic inch
283hp out of a small block Chevy of 283 cubic inches...

 

[Styria]

Hi guys, I never cease to be amazed the extent of deterioration so many 6.9's have been allowed to fall into - after all, this was a luxury car when new, priced on a par with Rolls Royce, and you just have to ask yourself why, and what sort of owners would the cars get into that condition. Regards Styria

 

[Michel]

Well you wouldn't think the first owner, or the second but maybe the 5th?

As all cars get cheaper and cheaper they generally fall into the hands of people who are living outside their means, can't afford repairs, drive them into the ground.

At the time in Australia the 6.9 was around $89,000, you could buy 3 very nice houses here in Tassie for that same amount of money.
A very serious outlay in dollars.
Would be equlivant to spending 400-500k maybe more on a car today. You don't get much change on a roller from a cool 1 mill

Exactly and if you look at the S65 L AMG, you don't get change of half a million on the road.... That would buy your three houses in Tassie....

 

[Michel]

2 nice houses these days, prices have gone up sharply over the last few years,

you get people who move down from Sydney, sell their 600-700k house, buy a 220-250k house here, and drive the prices up.

A good example my cousin was telling me about where she lives in Oatlands, a small country down in the middle of Tasmania, houses there 10 years ago were selling for 30-40k, now they are 130-140k and going up fast!!

See ??????
What would you guys do without us to keep your economy rolling

 

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The sad 6.9 title reminded me of the one up at Herscheid's I filmed a while ago:



Styria: Did anything happen with this one, or is it still there?