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Wow did I ever open a can of worm's:eek:ops: I think I will go back with the factory silver and even thought it is not a formula S car I think a black stripe would compliment a great paint job, the jams and everything else are rust free as is the trunk and really I don't give a hoot about re-sale value I have lost thousands of dollar's over the years with tinkering and fixing of these old cars,the wife just doesn't like silver but I will just put my foot down (I wear the pant's here)and tell her unless she wants to work a bunch of overtime to get under-hood and jambs and trunk painted it is going to stay its factory color with a fresh black stripe ,thank's for everyone's opinions it has gotten me the true Mopar answer I was looking for. Now do I go for a painted on stripe or do I go with one of those aftermarket Decal kits that I have seen?????:-D
 
Leave it origanal! It looks great the way it is. On barrett-jackson the cars with their original paint always bring a higher price. Add the center stripe, looks cool. Congrads!!!
 
let the wife pick the color ..........thats the best way to keep her wanting to go cruising in it :burnout: i'm not married!!!!:blob:
 
If I was going with a black stripe on silver I would consider a satin one rather than a gloss one. If colored like blue or red, I would use gloss. Just my preference though. I have always liked the look of red on silver.
 
1972DusterPaul said:
Do what you and your wife want for color...early Barracudas will never bring a ton of money.

Personally, I love silver cars with red interiors.

My 2 cents.

Paul
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Wow funny you said this because the NADA says the car is worth somewhere between 11,000 -18.000 thousand dollars to me that's a ton for a car that cost like 2600 brand new,my wife would jump off a cliff with me if I asked her to so no worries about her not wanting to cruise with me, I spoke with her last night about how much more it would cost for a total color change and she agrees that the original Plymouth silver with a Black stripe would be cool so that is what I plan to make happen. thanks a lot for all the positive feedback it has been very helpful in myself and the little lady making our decision. I have been a member on several muscle/old car websites and this one is full of a bunch of great guys n gals who love old and new Mopars. I think I will stick around for awhile. ( Frank ) PS I will keep looking at the poll until it closes but I think I have the answer I was looking for.
 
If you can get $11,000 to $18,000 for an early Barracuda...get it in small, umarked bills and run (don’t walk) to the nearest bank and deposit it!

Clearly the NADA people have been having adult beverages under the big top at Barrett-Jackson.

Not that it can’t be done...but for $18,000 you need a perfect restored (numbers matching) car, with the right options (Formula S) and the right buyer.

I searched this website and found very little over $10,000. A couple other websites I went to had some dealers asking for gobs of money but not the individuals who were looking to sell.

A quick glance at Ebay found a nice black Barracuda from Texas that sold for $,8000...that was the highest that actually sold.

I can’t comment on your area, but this summer I looked at a real nice red 1965 for $7500, he had started at $12,000 or $13,000 (I forget what the seller said).

I know of another white 1965 that started at $25,000 and sold this summer (after a long long time) for $10,500...and it was a rotisserie restoration (not 100% show correct with a little hot rodding done to it).

Don’t get me wrong...I love the first generation Barracudas...but $10,000 to $12,000 in this economy is more realistic for a super nice car...drivers can be bought for well under $10K.

This would be a great topic for a Poll...and all this is just my opinion which means nothing.

As a side note I went to NADA and plugged in...my Duster...they said up to $17,000 and in super condition I would be lucky to get $10,000-$12,000 these days...and I would still have to invest the $17,000 (including the purchase price) just to get there.

A car is only worth what a buyer and a seller agree to at that given time.

Paul


mrfttmuscle said:
Wow funny you said this because the NADA says the car is worth somewhere between 11,000 -18.000 thousand dollars to me that's a ton for a car that cost like 2600 brand new....
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Nice car i agree with all said here, haven't decided what to do with color on mine yet. There's a 66 cuda 360 4 speed car here at a classic dealer for 29k and change [what a deal] nice car but 29k holy s---t they will be sitting on that for awhile.
 
68383GTS said:
My 71 was red from the factory.The Guy I bought it from painted it plum.Its a pretty rare car but a improvement I think,I hate red.
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Whatta awesome ride. I drool everytime I see a pic.
 
What NADA says and what it is really WORTH are two different things. The worth is simply what the market will bear at the time of sale. Period. You think somebody will give 18K for it now? It's a nice little car, not trying to be insulting. It's not the car, it's the economy. Here's the bottom line. If it's a car yall are gonna KEEP and enjoy for the two of YOU, paint it the color of your choice. I'd even say that about a 71 Hemicuda convertible. Because if I had one, I'd want it to be the color of my choice, even if it was not originally. Have fun with it. It's a nice car.
 
Cars always look best when their paint job looks as if it could be original. That takes a lot more money and effort and time if you're changing color.

For any given quality level of the finished result, it costs a lot more to change the color than to keep it the same. When changing the color, you have to do a great deal more disassembly and prep of areas that don't need to be touched (or touched as much) if you're keeping the color the same. Doorjams, dashboard, doorframes…the list goes on and on and on, and every place you forget or ignore is going to stick out like a sore thumb and look awful...and keep looking awful forever. On the other hand, if you keep the color the same, the car will look terrific with its fresh paint and even those non-primary areas (dash, doorframes, etc.) that haven't been touched will still look great and you'll have spent less money and/or wind up with a better overall job no matter what you spend.

And while you shouldn't get paralyzed trying to second- and third-guess your decisions based on what you think some future buyer might think, the answer to your question is yes, an original-color car is always more desirable than one that's had its color changed.
 
mrfttmuscle said:
Wow funny you said this because the NADA says the car is worth somewhere between 11,000 -18.000 thousand dollars
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Whoah-whoah-whoah, time out. Don't get dollar signs in your eyes until you read this and understand how and why those NADA figures are hallucinatory fever dreams at best.
 
1972DusterPaul said:
Do what you and your wife want for color...early Barracudas will never bring a ton of money.

Personally, I love silver cars with red interiors.

My 2 cents.

Paul
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I do to..see my post about silver and a red stripe.

Can we move those damn cats to the coyote thread please?
 
an early a body color is not a value buster unless it is truely an original beauty! I like my dark blue 65 formula s color and will keep it, but I want to add the formula s stripe when it gets a paint job! One should go with the what makes you feel good! Drive it and enjoy it, just do not go with panther pink........but if you like it do it!
 
slantsixdan said:
Whoah-whoah-whoah, time out. Don't get dollar signs in your eyes until you read this and understand how and why those NADA figures are hallucinatory fever dreams at best.
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First off Dan I like your beard, and secondly you appear like a very knowledgeable man, I totally agree with everything you have said and will
make a little example of the same type of situation,I own a ton of old baseball
cards and you can look them up in magazines and online and some are said to be
worth hundreds of dollars,the only way this is true is if I can find a guy or girl
who wants to purchase the card for the amount of money someone else says
it is worth. When I purchased this car I myself might have paid more that it
was worth,but I love it as does the wife and just want to make this time-capsule of a Plymouth look better than a 10 footer,the paint is showing it's
age and needs freshened up. I also never bought this car with the intention
of selling but would at least like to think if time's got bad I could recover a
couple of the dollars I spent on it and wouldn't want something like a paint
job to hurt the value. I would also like to Thank all the guy's who posted for
giving me their idea's and thoughts I really appreciate it.
 
Pictures look pretty good...I would try and rub and buff out the paint and drive it as is for a while.

Paul

mrfttmuscle said:
First off Dan I like your beard, and secondly you appear like a very knowledgeable man, I totally agree with everything you have said and will
make a little example of the same type of situation,I own a ton of old baseball
cards and you can look them up in magazines and online and some are said to be
worth hundreds of dollars,the only way this is true is if I can find a guy or girl
who wants to purchase the card for the amount of money someone else says
it is worth. When I purchased this car I myself might have paid more that it
was worth,but I love it as does the wife and just want to make this time-capsule of a Plymouth look better than a 10 footer,the paint is showing it's
age and needs freshened up. I also never bought this car with the intention
of selling but would at least like to think if time's got bad I could recover a
couple of the dollars I spent on it and wouldn't want something like a paint
job to hurt the value. I would also like to Thank all the guy's who posted for
giving me their idea's and thoughts I really appreciate it.
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Paint it what ever color you want,but the silver look nice! It is your car right! Anyone who doesn't like it can pee up a rope.
 
1972DusterPaul said:
If you can get $11,000 to $18,000 for an early Barracuda...get it in small, umarked bills and run (don’t walk) to the nearest bank and deposit it!

Clearly the NADA people have been having adult beverages under the big top at Barrett-Jackson.

Not that it can’t be done...but for $18,000 you need a perfect restored (numbers matching) car, with the right options (Formula S) and the right buyer.

I searched this website and found very little over $10,000. A couple other websites I went to had some dealers asking for gobs of money but not the individuals who were looking to sell.

A quick glance at Ebay found a nice black Barracuda from Texas that sold for $,8000...that was the highest that actually sold.

I can’t comment on your area, but this summer I looked at a real nice red 1965 for $7500, he had started at $12,000 or $13,000 (I forget what the seller said).

I know of another white 1965 that started at $25,000 and sold this summer (after a long long time) for $10,500...and it was a rotisserie restoration (not 100% show correct with a little hot rodding done to it).

Don’t get me wrong...I love the first generation Barracudas...but $10,000 to $12,000 in this economy is more realistic for a super nice car...drivers can be bought for well under $10K.

This would be a great topic for a Poll...and all this is just my opinion which means nothing.

As a side note I went to NADA and plugged in...my Duster...they said up to $17,000 and in super condition I would be lucky to get $10,000-$12,000 these days...and I would still have to invest the $17,000 (including the purchase price) just to get there.

A car is only worth what a buyer and a seller agree to at that given time.

Paul
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You are 100% on this. I am a fan of 1st gen Barracuda's but they will never bring the big $$$ (not that I care, just an observation).

You can buy a very nice early Barracuda for give or take= $10k. If you see them over that, they take forever to sell and the price keeps getting reduced. The Formula S 4 speed cars have some value; but not a hefty hefty amount.
 
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