For Sale Barn find- '68 Dodge Monaco 500

[67-Fury]

https://harrisburg.craigslist.org/cto/4992482687.html

 

[detmatt]

Looks nice.

 

[commando1]

And yet another one that couldn't even wait to get it off the trailer and already has wet dreams about a killing at Carlisle.
There would be no point in talking to this man now...

 

[Joe Sportone]

And yet another one that couldn't even wait to get it off the trailer and already has wet dreams about a killing at Carlisle.
There would be no point in talking to this man now...

Yup.... But man, that's a great looking car.

 

[tbm3fan]

And yet another one that couldn't even wait to get it off the trailer and already has wet dreams about a killing at Carlisle.
There would be no point in talking to this man now...

Really makes you wonder what happened to the car hobby. I just got my latest issue of Mustang Monthly, which I have been getting since 1984. Over the years you could see the hobby changing through the issues. This month had an article on a yellow Shelby GT-500KR convertible that was owned by a Playboy bunny long ago. Half way through I learn about the current owner who has other cars. This is his first Ford and therefore his first Mustang. He felt it was a worthwhile buy as an investment because it had good upside for appreciation. That's it! He isn't a Mustang guy and he isn't even a real car guy. I ripped the issue in half and threw it in the trash this considering I have kept every copy. Thought I would calm down after a week but didn't and wrote the editors a letter expressing my displeasure and telling them I won't renew again simply to see this kind of stuff.

 

[67-Fury]

it seems a lot of guys just want to flip these old cars now i hate when i see a car i like but someone says its not worth much well im ok with that money isn't everything i just love old cars im passionate about them i don't care about investing i want a car because i love to drive and work on it not because it will make me money someday

 

[Xenon]

In the late 80's , early 90's, non car people bought muscle cars for the "investment"....
This drove the car prices thru the ceiling to where hobbyist could no longer afford to
get one....
Then the crash !!! BAMM!!
Many of those who bought for investment lost their *** and in a big way....

Myself,, I pretty much got what *I* wanted.... Didn't care about any resale value...

 

[53ryder]

So what do you think he'll want? 8-10K?

Glenn

 

[tbm3fan]

This is what I sent last night. I'll see if it gets printed although the last two did. One dealt with DIY versus handing over the car to a professional shop along with a big check and then looking all proud next to "your" restored car as everyone goes Wow except me. The other dealt with the editor asking for those Mustang drivers to develop a hand sign while driving to acknowledge other Mustang drivers. I wrote back that I had no intention of doing so and thereby joining the ranks of Corvette and Porsche owners. The first letter got responses from many who felt like me. The second one got a response from the editor along the lines of "can't we all just get along."

I have been getting Mustang Monthly since 1984 and have saved every issue. Through those issues one can see how this hobby has changed over the years. Some for the good and much for the bad. From a do it yourself hobby in the 80's, to the appearance of the auction houses in the 90's, to professional restoration shops, to the horrible 2000 Eleanor movie. I am a DIY person and have said as much to the editors in the past.

So what do I see in HoofBeats this month? Your editorial on DIY vs. check. How appropriate and wonder what brought that about? Continued through the issue and didn't see much that interested me. Then I hit the article of the Playmate's G.T. 500KR. Halfway through I became incensed and still am. We have this fellow, JB, who bought the car because of it's investment potential for crying out load. It is his first Ford and his first Mustang and it won one of his goals which was a trophy.

He isn't a Ford guy. He isn't a Mustang guy. He isn't even a car guy when you get down to it. It was at that point I tore the issue in half and threw my first one away. My subscription is up in July 2016 and you won't have to worry about me renewing as JB was the straw that broke the camel's back! Still irritated a week later and spare me the I'm sorry you feel that way.

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

I'm withholding comment until I see what he wants for the car.........everything else to me is irrelevent. Rememmber our U.S. economyis is based on making a profit not dictated by the goverment. Like anything eise, if the price is too high it will not sell. Then the owner will have to re-evaluate and lower the price if he wants to sell it.

 

[70NPORT]

In the late 80's , early 90's, non car people bought muscle cars for the "investment"....
This drove the car prices thru the ceiling to where hobbyist could no longer afford to
get one....
Then the crash !!! BAMM!!
Many of those who bought for investment lost their *** and in a big way....

Myself,, I pretty much got what *I* wanted.... Didn't care about any resale value...

Bingo me either. I don't care if it supposedly worth 2 million dollars or 2 dollars. Just a car to me.