914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/7/23 3:53 p.m.

BTW, I HATE when people do that!

My brother just called, we're clearing out Mom's house tomorrow.  He's retired and ambitious with a lot of contacts.  He helped a little old lady by driving her to the fish market, he knows her from somewhere.  About that time I sent Mike a pic of the LaSalle I just bought, he looked at it "Ooo".  He showed the lady.

"Is your brother a car guy?"

Well yeah.

"I haven't talked about the car in years, but my husband always wanted a Low Rider.  We went to California and bought a 1966 Impala 2 door fast back with a big block.  Got all that silliness in the trunk.  Hasn't moved in a decade or two."

 

We'll talk more tomorrow, any thoughts of where to sell it or (sight unseen) what it's worth?

 

Dan

 

dan0
dan0 HalfDork
7/7/23 4:03 p.m.

Mmmmm. All that silliness in the trunk... What an awesome way to describe that. 

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish)
SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) PowerDork
7/7/23 4:10 p.m.

LOL, I love it to... "Testing the waters".   Either the car is for sale or it isn't.  You don't have to be embarrassed if nobody buys it 

Ojala
Ojala GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/7/23 4:51 p.m.

If the paint is special and it has a reinforced frame/arms then it's worth $30k-$40k if you can clean it up, rebuild the suspension air/hydraulics, and ship it wherever. If the builder is a famous known  builder with provenance then the sky is the limit into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 

If the paint is just okay, the frame/arms are lightly modified or unmodified, and the builder is unknown then it's worth whatever a 66 big block is worth in your area minus cost to return the suspension to stock. 
 

Honestly there isn't a huge money market for someone else's lowrider. You would need to hit the right buyer in the southwest looking to spend his retirement payout and be prepared to wait a few months.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/7/23 5:03 p.m.

It will be for sale shortly, just curious if there's a market.  Mike will try to get pics on Monday.  The car's in primer, but for me?  86 the hydraulics and do track days, I'm too old & white for riding low.  =~ (

In reply to 914Driver :

in for details on this.  i learned to parallel park in a 66 caprice with a 4-speed and manual steering.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia UberDork
7/7/23 5:09 p.m.

It matters how much they hacked up the frame to put in the hydraulics,  I have seen some that were pretty dangerous , 

but sounds like a neat find anyway :)

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/7/23 7:00 p.m.

$500usd

WonkoTheSane
WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
7/7/23 8:37 p.m.

The price is directly related to the size of the metal flakes.

dan0
dan0 HalfDork
7/7/23 8:38 p.m.
WonkoTheSane said:

The price is directly related to the size of the metal flakes.

And pinstriping. 

chandler
chandler MegaDork
7/8/23 8:49 a.m.
Patrick said:

$500usd

I'll go $600

No Time
No Time UltraDork
7/8/23 9:17 a.m.

I came here looking for picturessad

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/8/23 12:25 p.m.
chandler said:
Patrick said:

$500usd

I'll go $600

601

chandler
chandler MegaDork
7/8/23 5:19 p.m.

You win

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/8/23 7:07 p.m.

Cool maybe one day we'll know what I bid on

yupididit
yupididit UltimaDork
7/17/23 7:23 a.m.

Where are the pics

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/23 9:23 a.m.

Nowhere just like the car

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/17/23 10:49 a.m.

Sorry, he went on vaca.  =~ (

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
7/17/23 11:07 a.m.

I'm just amused to spot this part in my trajectory through life where the car left behind for a widowed little old lady to sell off is a lowrider.

I mean, it makes sense. They were totally a thing when I was a kid and I'm over fifty.

It's kinda wonderful.

RX Reven'
RX Reven' GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/18/23 5:43 p.m.

This thread is worthless without pics!" Smiley..... | Arborist, Chainsaw &  Tree Work Forum

dan0
dan0 HalfDork
7/18/23 5:54 p.m.

In reply to RX Reven' :

Wow that picture takes me back like 20 years to VWVortex days. 

akylekoz
akylekoz UltraDork
7/19/23 9:05 a.m.

I'll take it for $1200

Cotton
Cotton PowerDork
7/19/23 8:17 p.m.

I have a 66 Impala,  so if this turns out to be a parts car type situation I'd be interested and willing to pay a fair price.  Especially if it's a manual and buckets and console.  The big block is also a plus because the current 283 isn't working for me in this behemoth.

Stampie
Stampie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/19/23 8:26 p.m.

In reply to akylekoz :

$1201

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