Is my car overpriced?

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d55dave

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So, with the traffic that the overpriced duster thread has been getting, and the lack of responses that I am getting on my car I wonder, is my car overpriced? I know it isn't an a body. I have it cross posted on craigslist, Facebook, the 55 & 56 Dodge group and over at forwardlook.net. Here is a link.

[FOR SALE] - 1955 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer

I don't think it is drastically overpriced, for what the car is. I suspect that it just has a much smaller following than a duster. Thoughts?

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Very nice car but the market for it is only a fraction of what it is for a 66-72 B body or 67-76 A body.
Price? It may be reasonable but you are not likely to get a flood of calls on it. Keep in mind though...It only takes ONE person to be interested enough to buy the car.
 
It looks like a great car, but yes, I think it’s overpriced. Significantly.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ‘55 or ‘56 Dodge sell for anything much over $20k regardless of model, condition, or originality. Now, I’m sure that there have been some rare models that have sold for that much at auction, I just haven’t seen it and I saw more than a few sell when I was following prices on them.

The ‘55 and ‘56 Dodges just don’t have that big of a following. Even the ‘55 and ‘56 Plymouths do better, and they still don't have a big following.

I sold my ‘55 Coronet a couple years ago. It was a 2 door hardtop like yours, and still had the original 270 poly in it. I’d converted it to disk brakes up front and put a later B-body 8 3/4 in it to get rid of the old tapered axle drum set up. I also had an Offy intake on with a 4 barrel carb, dual exhaust, later distributor etc. I had replaced the floor pan with the sections that are reproduced to get rid of some of the rust that car had, and the paint and bodywork was no where near as nice as yours. Overall it was a reliable driver quality car, and my wife actually used it as a driver for about a year. I had the car up for sale a couple times, once before I did the rust repair and again after. I sold it for $5k. To a friend of mine that also has a thing for the 55/56 cars. I had very little other interest in it at all, and I thought I was being very fair with the price. He sold it about a year later, but again it was in pretty much the same price ballpark.

Obviously your car is MUCH nicer than mine ever was, and I'm sure you've got a ton of money into it. But ultimately if you get more than $20k for it I'd be shocked. That's not a knock on your car, it's just what it is. If don't mind advertising it for months on end you may do better than that, if you take it to an auction you might do better. And of course that's just my opinion.

My car as it was when I sold it. Cop wheels too! :D
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It looks like a great car, but yes, I think it’s overpriced. Significantly.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ‘55 or ‘56 Dodge sell for anything much over $20k regardless of model, condition, or originality. Now, I’m sure that there have been some rare models that have sold for that much at auction, I just haven’t seen it and I saw more than a few sell when I was following prices on them.

The ‘55 and ‘56 Dodges just don’t have that big of a following. Even the ‘55 and ‘56 Plymouths do better, and they still don't have a big following.

I sold my ‘55 Coronet a couple years ago. It was a 2 door hardtop like yours, and still had the original 270 poly in it. I’d converted it to disk brakes up front and put a later B-body 8 3/4 in it to get rid of the old tapered axle drum set up. I also had an Offy intake on with a 4 barrel carb, dual exhaust, later distributor etc. I had replaced the floor pan with the sections that are reproduced to get rid of some of the rust that car had, and the paint and bodywork was no where near as nice as yours. Overall it was a reliable driver quality car, and my wife actually used it as a driver for about a year. I had the car up for sale a couple times, once before I did the rust repair and again after. I sold it for $5k. To a friend of mine that also has a thing for the 55/56 cars. I had very little other interest in it at all, and I thought I was being very fair with the price. He sold it about a year later, but again it was in pretty much the same price ballpark.

Obviously your car is MUCH nicer than mine ever was, and I'm sure you've got a ton of money into it. But ultimately if you get more than $20k for it I'd be shocked. That's not a knock on your car, it's just what it is. If don't mind advertising it for months on end you may do better than that, if you take it to an auction you might do better. And of course that's just my opinion.

My car as it was when I sold it. Cop wheels too! :D
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That car is Damn nice. Makes me really want a mid 50s mopar. Damn mopar fever... Got Any more pictures?
 
As was stated earlier in the thread "you only need 1 person".
I recently had a car that I listed for 10k over what others cars of the same make, model and year where going for. It took quite some time but it sold for my asking price. If you want that price and you dont have to sell hang in there and sooner or later that person will come around.
Good looking car! Best of luck with your sale.
Rod
 
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