Hi everyone. I have a 1979 Ford LTD that has been in my family since I was four. I'm trying to decide how to go about selling this wagon. The engin is a 351 Windsor and has been rebuilt. Same with the tranny. The body is good considering it's age and it has been oil under coated so much it's practically slippery. It starts and runs great. Brakes, tires exhaust all good. Where do I price this car? I had someone want it for a smash up derby but this car is in way too good shape for that. Advice please!
Posting some photos would certainly help. Interior and exterior, all angles. Plus a much better description. What options on the car? Mileage? Country Squire or not? 3rd seat? Regardless of the answers to the above, the world is not kind to these cars. According to the Old Cars Price Guide, in showroom condition, your car has a value of about $2,500. I think that's low by two or three grand, but that's what it says. If the car needs lots of cosmetic work, it won't command a high dollar amount. That's why photos are very helpful. What did the guy who wanted it for a demolition derby offer you for it?
Sounds like my wagon undercoated and oiled religiously! I don't give a flying monkey azz what "old price guides" NADA or otherwise say on price. THEY GO BY AREA and assume salt and road grunions! and condition assumtion of half rusted out JUNK! At least NADA medium retail is 2500 area and just over 4000 High retail and a nice solid car without the road nasty's should command HIGH retail. Lol Personally if I can't get what I'm asking or a VERY CLOSE offer of CASH IN MY FACE, I'll drive her myself.
It is tough to place a price on or to get a good price for a wagon from the 1970's or any other decade. I am in much the same situation, in the process of selling my fathers 1972 Buick Estate Wagon. The Old Cars Weekly Price Guide is almost useless. Come on, $10,000 for that car in condition 1? NADA, Kelley, and Edmunds don't go that far back. Where is a gauge or standard to measure? I have seen few wagons of that vintage sold not to mention what they sold for. The ones that I have seen went for 4-5 grand, tops. There is not that much demand for station wagons, I guess. I probably have to face it and realize that a 1972 Buick wagon, that is an original owner, clean, low mileage and shows minimal wear may not command a much higher price. I did get one offer for it though, some yokel wanted to give me $2500 and a trade for an ATV. Maybe I should have taken it; had he included some lottery tickets, Slim Jim beef jerky, a fifth of Jack Daniels, a carton of Kool menthol's and some Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy DVD's. If I knew wagons of that year were going to be that worthless, I would have beat the crap out my daddy's car when I was a teenager. My dad, at the very least, did himself no favors and may have made the mistake of trying to "save it". Generally cars are not an investment and this one is surely not. I have heard that individuals will pay up $3500 for a wagon to be used in a demolition derby. I know that it too good for that kind of fate, but did the guy offer you that much? Going with some of the others advice on this site, I would post some pictures of your vehicle and see where it goes from there. Wow, a wagon that does not even look like a family of six used it, being worth so little.
It is tough to place a price on or to get a good price for a wagon from the 1970's or any other decade. I am in much the same situation, in the process of selling my fathers 1972 Buick Estate Wagon. The Old Cars Weekly Price Guide is almost useless. Come on, $10,000 for that car in condition 1? NADA, Kelley, and Edmunds don't go that far back. Where is a gauge or standard to measure? I have seen few wagons of that vintage sold not to mention what they sold for. The ones that I have seen went for 4-5 grand, tops. There is not that much demand for station wagons, I guess. I probably have to face it and realize that a 1972 Buick wagon, that is an original owner, clean, low mileage and shows minimal wear may not command a much higher price. I did get one offer for it though, some yokel wanted to give me $2500 and a trade for an ATV. Maybe I should have taken it; had he included some lottery tickets, Slim Jim beef jerky, a fifth of Jack Daniels, a carton of Kool menthol's and some Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy DVD's. If I knew wagons of that year were going to be that worthless, I would have beat the crap out my daddy's car when I was a teenager. My dad, at the very least, did himself no favors and may have made the mistake of trying to "save it". Generally cars are not an investment and this one is surely not. I have heard that individuals will pay up $3500 for a wagon to be used in a demolition derby. I know that your's is too good for that kind of fate, but did the guy offer you that much? Going with some of the others advice on this site, I would post some pictures of your vehicle and see where it goes from there. Wow, a wagon that does not even look like a family of six used it, being worth so little.
