For Sale '78 New Yorker St Regis Coupe FS

[Pete Kaczmarski]

looking tonite and found this listed yeaterday...are prices going up????

1978ChryslerNew Yorker

"Single Ownership Luxury"


$18,900


Year1978
MakeChrysler
Auto Model NameNew Yorker
Stock111112470
VinCS23T8C163177
Miles37,579
Engine Size440 V8
Transmission TypeAutomatic
Body ColorDove Gray
Interior ColorGray
Drivetrainhttp://www.grautogallery.com/vehicles/3423/1978-Chrysler-New-Yorker

 

[1978 NYB]

Very nice! Has rare W23 wheel covers. These are the best I ever seen and still have color in the emblems. Unfortunately it has ATC II and the Lean Burn is still hooked up. I would prefer the leather interior over the pimp velour.

Value $6k - $8k. We've seen this one before....

 

[polara71]

Asking prices have gone up substantially. Selling prices have gone up a little. How long will this be for sale before it sees a nible?

 

[1978 NYB]

Asking prices have gone up substantially. Selling prices have gone up a little. How long will this be for sale before it sees a nible?

Forever.....it won't sell for that $$$ if it had only 39 miles on it.

 

[commando1]

$2,500.00

 

[joetrucker]

very nice example of the last nice ones built,but it does need the lean burn switch out..

 

[1978 NYB]

very nice example of the last nice ones built,but it does need the lean burn switch out..

That is a 2 hour conversion.

The ATC II alone would make me walk away from this one.....

 

[polara71]

I'd rather have it all original, don't nobody touch nothing, I'll do it myself

 

[IwannaImp]

Still on their site - now for 15,900 - really??

Looks beautiful, but will it ever be worth that much? WTF is it with cars "for sale" but dealers/owners with HUB disease and not actually wanting to sell them??

 

[cantflip]

I'm going with the theory that a few of them are trying to raise the values, not sell the cars. If a sale comes through... win... if not, maybe it helps them prop up their insurance values. Plus a dealer owned car would allow them to use it without registration and plate fee's and might help their taxes a little.

 

[IwannaImp]

I'm going with the theory that a few of them are trying to raise the values, not sell the cars. If a sale comes through... win... if not, maybe it helps them prop up their insurance values. Plus a dealer owned car would allow them to use it without registration and plate fee's and might help their taxes a little.

You guys are definitely in the know - I have learned A LOT in the two days I've been on this site!

 

[300Nutter]

In general, when a genre of older cars start selling at the collector auctions, that sets a benchmark of actual retail selling prices.

While I don't follow the classic car auction schedule religiously, I do know it's rare to see a C body offered, much less sold.

So the weighted opinion of folks on this forum are probably the best measure of what a C body is actually worth.

I am NOT an expert, just somebody who appreciates all the folks who hang out here and have many decades of experience!

 

[IwannaImp]

In general, when a genre of older cars start selling at the collector auctions, that sets a benchmark of actual retail selling prices.

While I don't follow the classic car auction schedule religiously, I do know it's rare to see a C body offered, much less sold.

So the weighted opinion of folks on this forum are probably the best measure of what a C body is actually worth.

I am NOT an expert, just somebody who appreciates all the folks who hang out here and have many decades of experience!

Yep - we joke about the three "C's" of most auctions televised: Corvettes, Camaros, and Chevelles!

(Mustangs, too - like these are the only collector cars, ever)

 

[GregG48203]

Any dealer can benefit from the use of "eye candy": attractive, young females perched on the car (I have even seen them spliced into the image). I have also seen regular neighborhood used-car lots with one old classic sitting right on a front corner (usually an Eldorado surrounded by Tauruses and Malibus). These techniques serve to increase traffic to the lot or website. Apparently, some dealers can afford to have some vehicles sit on the lot indefinitely.

 

[twostick]

Is a 78 New Yorker worth $18,900? Not likely at least from an asset that is likely to appreciate anytime soon standpoint.

Can you buy one in that condition for what all you tightwads seem to think they are worth? Not on this planet.

Can you buy a decent driver/project and put it in that apparent condition for less money? Not even close so the question is, if you wanted a show quality 78 New Yorker, is it worth $18K to you to instantly have a done car?

Kevin

 

[1978 NYB]

Those Ny'ers are available in that condition for $7k-$9k all the time.....

 

[IwannaImp]

Why would I pay 100 -150% premium? If you want to, step on up and walk the talk.

It's a 78 NYB - not a '59 300 vert

Being a "tightwad" has actually put me in a position where I can pursue a nice classic C-body and pay for it outright.

 

[300Nutter]

I've never been to an RM, Barrett Jackson, or Mecum in person.

But I've been to plenty of car auctions. I've bid and bought several cars.

I do not ever recall seeing a C body offered.

Plenty of A and B bodies, though.

Not saying there arent any C bodies at auction, just rare around here.

The only C bodies I've seen in person are private sales.

 

[twostick]

Why would I pay 100 -150% premium? If you want to, step on up and walk the talk.

It's a 78 NYB - not a '59 300 vert

Being a "tightwad" has actually put me in a position where I can pursue a nice classic C-body and pay for it outright.

OK, just so we are on the same page, I am assuming the car in question here is in concour, perfect, as new condition.

My point is, if somebody GAVE you a clean driver quality New Yorker, $18K would be hard pressed to make it a perfect, finished example and when you were done the only way you would get $18K for it is if you put a briefcase with $15K in the trunk.

A perfect needs nothing C-body for $18K is worth it not because you could sell it later for that much but because you don't need to spend that much $$$ or more and years of time to duplicate it starting with a lesser example.

This rationalization only works obviously if a perfect example of a 78 New Yorker is what you can't live without, want it today and you have the resources to push the Buy it Now button.

Kevin

 

[cantflip]

OK, just so we are on the same page, I am assuming the car in question here is in concour, perfect, as new condition.

My point is, if somebody GAVE you a clean driver quality New Yorker, $18K would be hard pressed to make it a perfect, finished example and when you were done the only way you would get $18K for it is if you put a briefcase with $15K in the trunk.

A perfect needs nothing C-body for $18K is worth it not because you could sell it later for that much but because you don't need to spend that much $$$ or more and years of time to duplicate it starting with a lesser example.

This rationalization only works obviously if a perfect example of a 78 New Yorker is what you can't live without, want it today and you have the resources to push the Buy it Now button.

Kevin

Kevin

In my experience, the people that work the way you described are usually ones who had no money and now have money. Lottery winners and pro athletes who suddenly don't know how to spend it... watch out they usually manage to much faster than you would imagine. Inheritance or whatever reason may allow a person to operate like that, but most folks do not pay that premium even if it would benefit them.

As 1978 NYB put it... "$7k to $9k all the time". Paying double that to implies you lost your virginity in that car or some other silly sentimental nonsense. But I am here because of silly sentimental nonsense so I guess its just a matter of financial control.

Jeff