From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!wookie Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Old cars Article-I.D.: alice.1580 Posted: Thu Mar 10 16:34:40 1983 Received: Fri Mar 11 22:43:33 1983 It is always difficult to put a price on an old car. Usually any old car in decent shape (no rust, low mileage, runs well etc) is worth at least $600 so I am not surprised to hear of someone offering that for a 63 Falcon assuming it's not a rust bucket. I happen to love 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2 door Sport Coupe and thus will pay what other people think is an outrageous price for such things! If I have to pay $2000 for an old car say from the 60's, it is generally in quite good condition. This means I can probably run it for many years. I have found so far that parts are still available and inexpensive since the engineering costs were gone long ago and so I wind up saving $$$$$ in the long run. I bought a 65 Pontiac 2+2 in 1972 with 136,000 miles on it for $250. I rebuilt it putting another $2000 into it and had a beautiful powerful fun car with everything but the kitchen sink. The car ran another 110,000 before the frame cracked. Overall it only cost me $3000 while my brothers Cutlass bought at the same time in 72 ran 130,000 miles and cost him a total of $5500 and it died long before my old Catalina. So I figure I made out well. Anyway this doesn't answer the question but does indicate why people will pay those prices. Try looking in Hemmings Motor News from Bennington, Vt.. There are also auction reports I believe from Edmunds which will give you some idea of value but again prices are strictly dependant on if you find an interested buyer! Good Luck Keith B Bauer White Tiger Racing Bell Labs Murray Hill