Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Hey all! Thought I might solicit opinions from any/all who are interested in old Mopars.
I own a '69 Coronet 2dr sedan (post). I bought it in '95 in medium rough condition (but driveable and still titled) for $450, and then had to park it for 6 years (long story why). Recently, I have my car back, and now I am not sure what to do with it. I am sentimentally attached, so I don't want to sell it. Besides, it would cost me a lot of money to pickup a project Coronet/Charger/GTX later if I did (and it would probably need even more work).
Present condition: needs floor pan and trunk pan, and lower quarter patches (like all mopars seem to need). 318/904 that runs good if I could get the bad wiring figured out (ignition key is dead, but starter will turn over if shorted). Body is mostly straight, all the glass is there, and all the latches and such work. Rear window rot is minimal-- just a dime size hole. The car is very solid otherwise. All trim is present and straight. Interior is heat baked- dusty and brittle. I pulled the seat to assess the floorpan carnage. The old fella had riveted cookie sheets down as patches!! All that to say that the car is totally restorable/salvageable, and the stuff it needs is not that involved.
I don't think I should sell it, since it is a bottom-of-the-line Deluxe trim version. The car has no collector value at all (maybe 2500 if it were in twice as good a condition). It is worth much more to me.
The other hand is this: I can't give the car what it needs right now, so part of me thinks that keeping it is selfish-- like a teen mother unwilling to give up a baby for adoption. Meanwhile, the car slowly gets a little rougher, and I will have more work to do.
Should I sell it to give it a better chance at being restored?
Hmm... why do I get so stinking attached to anything that has scraps of my skin all over its bolts??
I will post my keep-it plan in a separate post. This is already too long. Sorry.
I own a '69 Coronet 2dr sedan (post). I bought it in '95 in medium rough condition (but driveable and still titled) for $450, and then had to park it for 6 years (long story why). Recently, I have my car back, and now I am not sure what to do with it. I am sentimentally attached, so I don't want to sell it. Besides, it would cost me a lot of money to pickup a project Coronet/Charger/GTX later if I did (and it would probably need even more work).
Present condition: needs floor pan and trunk pan, and lower quarter patches (like all mopars seem to need). 318/904 that runs good if I could get the bad wiring figured out (ignition key is dead, but starter will turn over if shorted). Body is mostly straight, all the glass is there, and all the latches and such work. Rear window rot is minimal-- just a dime size hole. The car is very solid otherwise. All trim is present and straight. Interior is heat baked- dusty and brittle. I pulled the seat to assess the floorpan carnage. The old fella had riveted cookie sheets down as patches!! All that to say that the car is totally restorable/salvageable, and the stuff it needs is not that involved.
I don't think I should sell it, since it is a bottom-of-the-line Deluxe trim version. The car has no collector value at all (maybe 2500 if it were in twice as good a condition). It is worth much more to me.
The other hand is this: I can't give the car what it needs right now, so part of me thinks that keeping it is selfish-- like a teen mother unwilling to give up a baby for adoption. Meanwhile, the car slowly gets a little rougher, and I will have more work to do.
Should I sell it to give it a better chance at being restored?
Hmm... why do I get so stinking attached to anything that has scraps of my skin all over its bolts??
I will post my keep-it plan in a separate post. This is already too long. Sorry.
Oo.
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