Advice on ‘74 Duster

diymirage said
are these the same market?

74 Plymouth Duster

1972 Plymouth Duster Sports Coupe* dart charger demon Cuda Challenger

now, i understand the paints not as nice but they are somewhat comparable

my point is, you can spend as much as you want buying a car, or you can wait for a deal to come along

The ‘74 is the same market, it’s within a couple hours. The ‘72 isn’t really, that’s in my area and it’s at least 6-7 hours away. California is big.

Neither of those cars are comparable though. That ‘74 needs paint and an interior. What does that cost? Well in SoCal it’ll cost $10k. Seriously. You won’t be able to put a cheap paint job on that car for less than $5k. So now your ratty paint, trashed interior $5,500 had $15k into it to get it anywhere near comparable. And it’s a 318 car, and it’s obviously not been taken care of as well as the car the OP is looking at. So that’s not a better deal. It’s just cheaper to start with for a lower quality car.

At $13.5k the car the OP is considering isn’t a terrible deal. It would cost more than that to build that car. Yeah price wise it’s still on the high end of the market for what it is. But it’s a better deal than either of those cars you listed to compare to for what you’re actually getting. That ‘72 is all hacked up. Says “not road worthy” right in the ad. It’s a mess. That’s not a better deal, it’s just a lot more work the OP has to do before he can drive it.