Sanity check before I buy a 1969 Coupe

foothilltom said:

Howdy folks,

My son and I are knee-deep into a restoration of a 69 coupe (bought it for $1500) and are realizing every day how much more this baby needs to get back into shape. We're looking to create a Driver from our efforts.

I should stop looking at ads, but I recently found another 69 which appears to be in really great shape (the deluxe interior is especially nice) and the body is straighter than the one we already bought. They're both 302's, so mechanically they're equivalent. They both need paint and mine needs body work.

The main difference is the prospective 69 has a salvage title.

My question is: does $2500 sound reasonable for a 69 salvage that runs, has a straight body, and excellent interior?

I'm thinking about restoring both or perhaps just having a "better car" available to guide our restoration efforts on the original one. Part of me thinks I'm crazy for considering another project to sit in the driveway.

Am mostly wondering what the "salvage" title does for resale and if folks think $2500 is reasonable. Thanks!

Tom

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Pakrat said:

A salvage title does kill a cars value for sure, I know, my car was totalled 4 years ago. The only reason I am rebuilding it is because I got a very nice settlement and my car is titled in Massachusetts but I live in NH where they do not title cars this old and as such no salvage title could be issued. If that wasn't the case I would of sadly walked away from my car and not spent every last dime (and then some unfortunately) building it bigger, stronger and faster than ever before.

If you think you can and will swap out all the stuff, get enough off of it to make it worth the investment and then sell it later to make back some of the money and get ahead on the deal then I say go for it, otherwise just buy the parts new/used as you need them.

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