Look for my Dad's '72 Estate Wagon in the Car Corral this year at Iola

Yep. I apologize for the bald face promotion, but my dad's car is up for sale and will be in the car corral area at this years Iola (WI) Old Car Show and Swap Meet. He has decided to seriously market it for sale after owning the car since new. If you are interested, there is a detailed description and more photos in the Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond Du Lac Craigslist ad http://appleton.craigslist.org/cto/5073963457.html. If you just want to talk about great old wagons we can do that too. Don't let the asking price scare you, reasonable offers will be considered.

 

Sorry, but I am going to reply to my own post. I have the wagon yet and need some offers because it is tough to put a price on a wagon like this, in such good condition as this. I figured I would throw a price out there and see if it got shot down. Maybe it would be easier to sell a used up and rusty piece of junk. To sum it up, we are not going to give the thing away. You may not be able to find a nicer original 1972 Buick Estate wagon in the country.

 

It shows the listing just removed. Good luck.

 

Yea dead link for me'

 

The original advert is from a month ago...

How about posting some PICS and a PRICE.....

 

Could this be it? It's not the exact same craigslist, but it's nearby, and it is a one-owner '72 Estate wagon with might be described as a scary asking price. $16,900.

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/5128426000.html

 

A few realities to keep in mind. It's a station wagon. They're always going to be a tougher sell no matter the condition. THREE things determine an old car's value. Condition, rarity, and desirability. Many people make the mistake of assuming that if the first two are true, that if the car is in great shape and rare, then the third leg of that stool will be true and it will be automatically be sought-after and thus valuable. This is a bad assumption.

No one is saying you should give the car away or scrap it, and you shouldn't take a lack of offers personally, but you should be realistic in your expectations. I don't know if the car referenced above is your car, but I'm guessing that if it's not, it's at least similar and with a similar asking price. I think you'll be waiting until doomsday to get anything close to $17,000 for this car. I think something in the high four-figures, maybe $10,000 or $11,000 tops, is reasonable, and that will take some time to get that. Not everyone wants these cars, but some people do, and you have to be patient.

 

Yes that is it. I figured I would post it statewide and a couple of adjoining state Craigslist sites to give it more exposure. It did work as far as that goes when someone stumbled on it and reported in a forum post on July third. Glad to see you saw it because I re posted it last Friday after it had just expired earlier in the week.

Please do not get me wrong; your points are well taken. I am under no illusions.

First, wagons are generally not sought after. Just about the only people really interested in them frequent this website. Historically, wagon enthusiasts will not pay a lot for one, in any condition. That is why I mentioned that that this one may be in too good of condition.

Yes, these wagons are rare as far as the number of them that are left in 2015, but they were quite common in the 1971-1973 model years and many of those were driven (into the ground) until the early 1980's. My car is, if I may say a "survivor", but again, this does not make the car necessarily worth anything.

As for the condition, it could not be in much better of one. It even is from the original purchaser, my dad, in 1972. But I have to again refer to paragraph above about desirability, and that is where the stool gets kicked out from under me. Do not worry though, I pretty much was bracing myself for that anyway and it was not that far of a fall.

I do not mean to seem impatient either. Like I wrote, I just wanted to put a price out there and see if there were any counteroffers. I could have laughed (but I did not) at the offers like $2500 and a trade for an ATV. Now that would be giving it away. These Estate Wagons do not come up for sale very often and believe me, it was tough to come up with an asking price.

I may just get someone interested in it for their personal collection, like you may have eluded to, say the right person. I do also understand that it may not be even close to my price of $16,900. In other words, it is all good. I appreciate what you have wrote.

 

I will say one thing about this. Yes, this was probably a joke offer. But many people will look at this car as simply a used car. For most people, the thought that a station wagon is a collector car and thus would have value for that purpose just doesn't enter their mind. They see it as nothing more than a 42-year-old car that's been kept in good shape. The thought that someone would buy it and prize it doesn't occur to them. For people who think of the car this way, it's a $2,000 or $3,000 car, tops.

To get collectors to see it, you need to advertise it where collectors look. This site is one, and it doesn't hurt to do craigslist, but craigslist is for used cars. There are websites that cater to car collectors, such as the Hemmings site. You need to put it in front of the right people.

You might also try ebay.