$9150. Dude is trying to suck it down to 7k. I would agree to 8k
--- clay > I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for what I'm > looking for didn't fall out. On Apr 10, 2016, at 4:32 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: > So what's the price at these days?! > > On Sunday, April 10, 2016, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I have a fish on the hook for the 74 450SL. WE have been dancing around >> for about two months. He expresses deep interest, then backs off due to >> maybe the car will need expensive work. I provide soothing noises about >> how all the major issues have been dealt with and the hoses and belts are >> not going to fail in the 200 mile drive to his home, as they are new or >> found not to have aged out. He hems and haws, then slithers away. Calls >> back a few weeks later expressing his deep and abiding interest still, but >> maybe the AC will not function. I get the seller to agree to install R12 >> at no cost if the guy will just buy the dang car. Buyer hem and haws and >> wanders off. I, meanwhile, lower the asking price by $50 each week. Got a >> call last week from interested guy about maybe the seller will test the AC >> system for him so he feels ok about maybe purchasing the car. I let him >> know I will pass on the desire for investment of time and effort. I really >> need to close this buyer. He has niggled me down to his top price which is >> rather lowball given the condition of the car, but the seller just wants it >> out of his parking stall. There is no way I can get the seller to donate >> $2k in work to get this guy to bite hard enough to take the thing off his >> hands. >> >> We will see what I can finagle. >> >> clay >> >> >> >> On Apr 9, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: >> >>> I go by there, just a lot around a small garage, one guy puttering >> around. I am looking at the car, he asks if I am interested. I ask a few >> questions about it, he tells me he got it from the small (rural) Chevy >> dealer across the road, who had picked it up at auction or something. The >> car had been sitting in some old dudes garage for 6 or 7 years, some guy >> bought it from him or the family or something then sold it at a dealer >> auction where the Chevy dlr picked it up. Something like that. It had sat >> outside at the Chevy dlr for awhile, some number of months, enough to get >> lots of acorns and leaves everywhere, and the squirrels packing the air box >> with acorns which he cleaned out. The air duct looked like it had been >> gnawed or broken off in the middle, about 8" or 10" of it was missing. >>> >>> Anyway he goes and gets the key and it starts right up, sounds OK except >> for a faint ticking, maybe an injector or something? The car is blue with >> an ivory interior, pretty dirty, driver seat pretty beat up, clear coat on >> top is all gone except on the hard top. Body straight, no dings, the hood >> star was missing as was the rear trunk stop light lens for some reason, but >> other than the clear coat there were no dings or anything, tires were >> fair. He says he thinks there is another top under there (under the hard >> top) that goes up and down. (Yeah, it's a convertible with a hard top on >> it, duh) >>> >>> So I ask what he wants for it, says $2600, "I have it on Craigslist and >> have been getting calls from all over the world about it. I'm thinking I >> probably have it priced too low." OK. Asked him if had any offers on it, >> apparently not but he says "It's hard to find these cars at this kind of >> price." So I point out it might be priced too HIGH if no one has snatched >> it up. He asks if I was interested in it, I said maybe but not at that >> price as a car that has sat for 6 or 8 years, esp a Benz, is going to have >> a lot that will need going through, rubber and seals and such, and if that >> top won't work, that is some major money to fix, and with all that you >> would still have a $2600 car given the shape of the paint and interior and >> it's still a 20yo Benz that will need more work than most people would want >> to put into it. He ponders that a minute then says "I don't have much in >> it but I can't go much lower but I thought it would be good for someone who >> likes these cars and would want to work on it and restore it." WTF does >> that mean? I mean he is sorta right, or some yahoo will buy it then not >> want to deal with it. So anyway I thanked him and left. >>> >>> I might go back in a week or two and see if it is still there, it might >> be a fun car just to futz around with at $1500 but not much more. >>> >>> It is a beautiful day and looking at bottom-feeder cars and dealing with >> country crackas is kinda fun. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> On 4/9/16 12:04 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On April 9, 2016 at 11:26 AM Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm gonna stop by and look at this thing here in a little while >>>>> https://charleston.craigslist.org/ctd/5514021563.html >>>>> >>>>> I am a fool. >>>>> >>>> >>>> The Concorde Limited or the Corolla DX? >>>> >>>> >>>> Seriously, the R129 is at least the right color. >>>> >>>> I bet it's ready to have a bunch of roof hydraulic cylinders rebuilt. >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
