When I clicked the crack pipe button (obviously), 60 readers thought this car as having a nice price... What happened? Did they not read the article, did they think it was $500? Was their desk frozen and their mouse slipped over to the other button as they clicked? Or are they just messing with us?
If the headlight reflectors were solid platinum, If the horn button was a 400 carat sapphire, If the engine coolant was viable dinosaur semen, Maybe then I'd go to $500,000.
Somebody might get off $20k for a nice unrestored survivor like this, if it's a desirable model. Since the seller either doesn't know or can't be bothered to share the details, he's gonna be sorely disappointed. If he bothered to dig it out of the barn, turn the engine over by hand a few times and clean it up, he might have a hope of getting a 5-figure offer (and I'd sure like to see it at the Orphan Show next year). As it is? Crack Pipe.
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I just sent this to the seller, I'll let you know if he replies.
Where did you get an asking price of a half million dollars?
According to [www.manheimgold.com] a 1927-29 Essex 2-dr Sedan is worth the following:
Fair $4,500
Good $7,000
Exc $9,500
Show $14,000
Given that it has been in storage for a while and needs serious cleaning & reconditioning, at its most generous this car could be considered fair to good condition. So your price is between Seventy times and One Hundred and Eleven times the market value for this car.
Is it a rare model? Does it have a famous owner? Do you have any documentation or other proof that it is worth such a high price?
@Pixel: If his dad drove the car on his wedding 26 years ago, we can assume he's around 24 y.o. and probably hasn't got the faintest idea... and he's from Oakdale, not sure if that helps.
This is an example of an old car that will never become a true classic. The Essex was the junior car for Hudson, and a plain-jane sedan like this one was the most boring of the line. Also, a car this old isn't really suited for any serious driving in modern conditions - no performance and woefully inadequate brakes are simply the beginning of the issues. The seller is obviously delusional. And I wonder about the handful of people that voted Nice Price.
@Jagvar: You would hope he misplaced a decimal point, but the price is listed THREE seperate times, once as "added information" to confirm. This guy's one remaining brain cell is starting to get lonely.
@P161911 now with M POWER!: You can't use the word "seperate" and denigrate someone else's intelligence. Now, let me check this flame for typos... checking... checking - yep, there are plenty.
@SCROGGS!!: My flatlander (Cleveland) relatives came to visit us as young 'uns. Yes, there were roads that went right along the mountain spine. And at every curve, the flatlanders would come to a full stop, blow the horn, and then cautiously accelerate. They were certain they were going to get knocked off the mountain.
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Is he out of his bleeping mind?? Has he ever even watched the Barrett Jackson auctions on TV? I don't think I've ever seen a car go for that much!
Or is this some dumb kid who's doing this for his grandpa with grandpa's info because grandpa is totally computer illiterate?
Grandpa to 10 year old kid: "You know so much about this internet stuff, how about you sell that car in the barn for your grandpa? I'll give ya my credit card info and you can put it on Ebay or whatever that is."
Kid: "Okay, how much do you want me to sell it for?"
Grandpa (thinking very wishfully): "Well, how's a half a million dollars sound?"
Kid: (Goes to Ebay and immediately describes car like he thinks it is and lists it for grandpa's wishy washy price)
I'm only saying that because I can't believe an adult with half a brain, capable of using ebay would try to sell a car at that price. If this was Craigslist I might believe it. Some Craigslist users have serious problems.
@Megan Squier: I don't know about B-J (though I do have a lot of contempt for them), but I do know that cars regularly go for over a million USD at the Kruse auction, especially on the day of the classics (Auburns, Cords, and Deusenbergs). I was there a few years ago and no less than 6 people raised their cards for a starting bid of over a million. The serious bidders didn't get involved until $1.5m.
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Besides, I'd rather run hooch in something with a bit more guts under the hood. Something like, oh, perhaps a '69 Dodge, painted Hemi Orange, with a *ehem* distinctive-sounding horn.
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So we have a guy who knows neither the value of anything nor the price of anything!
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If the horn button was a 400 carat sapphire,
If the engine coolant was viable dinosaur semen,
Maybe then I'd go to $500,000.
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[Adds "unrestored" to FFs spellchecker, WTF?]
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Where did you get an asking price of a half million dollars?
According to [www.manheimgold.com] a 1927-29 Essex 2-dr Sedan is worth the following:
Fair $4,500
Good $7,000
Exc $9,500
Show $14,000
Given that it has been in storage for a while and needs serious cleaning & reconditioning, at its most generous this car could be considered fair to good condition. So your price is between Seventy times and One Hundred and Eleven times the market value for this car.
Is it a rare model? Does it have a famous owner? Do you have any documentation or other proof that it is worth such a high price?
I am very curious to hear back.
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Have at it boys!
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Since when did Jalopnik get the Spelling Police?
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Dsp/HP Eng 153/50 6C
Fair $4,500
Good $7,000
Exc $9,500
Show $14,000
according to [www.manheimgold.com]
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Thanks for actually, you know, looking up the book price. I wonder why they don't do that on "Nice Price or", just to give a frame of reference...
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Half Million for this car is a joke.
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/Grafton native
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Or is this some dumb kid who's doing this for his grandpa with grandpa's info because grandpa is totally computer illiterate?
Grandpa to 10 year old kid: "You know so much about this internet stuff, how about you sell that car in the barn for your grandpa? I'll give ya my credit card info and you can put it on Ebay or whatever that is."
Kid: "Okay, how much do you want me to sell it for?"
Grandpa (thinking very wishfully): "Well, how's a half a million dollars sound?"
Kid: (Goes to Ebay and immediately describes car like he thinks it is and lists it for grandpa's wishy washy price)
I'm only saying that because I can't believe an adult with half a brain, capable of using ebay would try to sell a car at that price. If this was Craigslist I might believe it. Some Craigslist users have serious problems.
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Besides, I'd rather run hooch in something with a bit more guts under the hood. Something like, oh, perhaps a '69 Dodge, painted Hemi Orange, with a *ehem* distinctive-sounding horn.