If you ever wanted a 340 fastback Barracuda for $14k, here's the car

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I think I'll just let this car speak for itself.

I don't think I have ever seen a 68 Barracuda fastback 340 car in such nice shape with a few desirable options offered this cheap.

If you ever wanted an old Cuda, this is your car. Unless this is a complete scam, this car will NOT last more than a week before someone recognizes the incredible deal this is. This IS a "flip car" that someone could make probably $5000 on in a month.

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I tawt some 340s were blue...? Although I would think the orange ones were late 60s,blue ones were early 70s but I am not 100% sure.

What is a "flipper scam" or how does it work? I looked at a 73 Dyuster last summer and the kid wanted 5 grand. It had frame rail rot on the LF rail and I offered him 3.

Also the car had no interior, I felt like if I paid 5 didnt fix the frame rot,I'd never be able to get my money back so eh...But I wasnt trying to be a flipper, I actually want a Duster or other A body to put one of my spare engines in.
 
I will say what I have seen. I watch for old Mustangs also and a feller had a 66 coupe 289 three speed etc. It looked like a "garage" car, as in was h the dust off see what ya have, but at first glance it was a "good deal' for the asking price which was 5 grand. You could tell no major rot, and what rot there was wasn't typical rust belt 66 mustang rot. I ,right away said to my OL "this is a scam" there is no way they are taking 5 grand for that car. I watched it daily and watched the price creep up, I stopped watching at around $7500-8000. But yeah whoever they were they were looking for a "bidding war" or they were telling people who called "..I dunno the other guy offered me $5800..." etc. This was Craigslist.
 
I asked if it was available, seller replied that it wasn’t. I checked the listing again and it’s marked “pending.”
 
This is why you shouldn’t believe everything you see on the internet.

Either the seller made a TERRIBLE mistake, or, we don’t have the whole story. I’m better on the latter.
 
I was prepared to drive across the country to pick it up. No joke.


i have purchased a number of vehicles off of internet websites - either ebay or facebook marketplace. when i have seen a very good deal like this blue Barracuda was, i contacted the sell, got the seller to agree to sell me the vehicle "in writing" either through emails or on the facebook messenger. then i've got the seller to agree to take an immediate deposit of $50.00 to $100.00 through paypal. once the seller accepts that money by transferring it from paypal to his account, that act establishes a binding contract that can be enforced in court. i am willing to risk losing the $50/100 dollars just to be able to lock-in the deal. once the seller takes my initial deposit, i then draft a longer sales agreement that outlines all addition details of the sale. on one of my Barracudas that i purchased from Portland, Oregon, the seller backed out AFTER he had engaged in the binding contract procedure i outlined. so i filed a law suit against him here in Pittsburgh and had him served with the suit where he lived outside of Oregon. he got an attorney who called me and tried to talk me out of the car. i told the guy i wanted the car and that i was going forward with the suit in Pittsburgh and his client was free to hire a local attorney to defend him. about three days later, the lawyer called me and we settled the case. the car showed up about two weeks later with no damage and all parts attached on a shipper i arranged.

when you see a great deal, you have to lock it in with an enforceable contract. all you need is: the seller offering to sell the item at a fixed price; the buyer accepting that price and then sending the seller an immediate deposit to seal the contract. in legal terms the components are: offer - acceptance - consideration. IF you have all these things in writing, you have an enforceable contract that you can take to court to force the seller to complete the deal. if the seller tries to damage the item in any way, or removes parts from the item, you can sue for the fair market value of that damage and the missing parts.

in my 28 years of being an attorney, i found that "some people" have to be "hit in the head with a ball bat" (figuratively speaking, not actually) before you can convince them that they have to "abide by their agreements."
 
5k for that car is a scam in my book


i'm missing your point badlilred79. the above Barracuda was listed for $14,000 and that is apparently what it sold for - which was an EXCELLENT deal. i have not talked to the seller but that is what i understand happened. if anyone has more information, please tell us...
 
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