FOR SALE 1968 Coronet - Reluctantly gauging interest

[MidnightSpecial]

I dont agree with what you've been told and i'll tell you why. You tell us you need the money as you want to get engaged and need to fix the house. Your obligations should always be to your family or in your case your future family not to a car. As a man you need to do what you have to do no matter how hard the choices are. Ive seen to many guys make there families play second fiddle to there hobby cars and thats just plain wrong. We all want certain things in life,by the time i was thirty i had a house and three kids,i waited another 30 years to get a car i wanted. Nobody ever said it was easy.... Best of luck to you

I too have seen family's take a back seat to the cars/racing and in that case I agree with you. I dont see that situation in this case.

if you have a steady job/paycheck then just keep saving. You were only asking 8500 for the car. Figure out a way to budget that before you get rid of the car. And take it from me, dont spend a lot on a wedding or ring. 2 words. Cubic zirconia. Build the fence yourself and park that coronet right in front of you when you do it so you can stare at it when you are digging post holes. These cars are getting more expensive and harder to find. 30 years ago guys got rid of them to start familys and now are buying them back at 10 times what they sold for. You might not have that luxury.

Your sure are right about the 30 years ago. The thing is how bad do you need the money and even if you keep the old car can you afford to fix it. If this young man can afford to hold on to that car then by all means he should. My point is if you need the money for your family the car has to go. The thing about buying a fake diamond is this. If a couple agrees to buy a fake ring thats there right. Some woman dont even want a diamond. But a diamond is a commitment. I would never say buy a fake and pass it off as real. Or tell your intended you don't want to go for a real one because you don't want to spend the money because you need it for a car. Thats starting off on the wrong foot and like i said ive seen guys neglect there homes,bitch about the costs of the kids education and have the money to dump into a hobby car. You make choices in life. I wonder what my wife would think about me after 40 years and three kids if i did not have the dough for the down payment of our house way back in 76 because i did not want to sell my 65 Corvette

I appreciated the advice guys.

I'm not hurting for money. I am actually pretty good with my money. I pay bills before anything else...I'll go hungry before I miss a bill. I see far too many people my age with bad credit and its such a fight to get anything in life. I have good credit for my age. I dont have a lot of unnecessary debt. But it was just that I have hit a lull and dont have any project money, not that I dont have money period. It was gonna be a liquidation of an asset to pay off some things quicker. I have about another 2 years before my girlfriend gets antsy with no ring. The fence isnt a true necessity its just my dog being inside is annoying the crap out of me haha plus he wants to be an outside dog.

Maybe its just my impatience that caused it. Maybe its that the people around me arent really into cars and they have sunk their negativity into my head.

Trust me if I went flat broke and was missing bills i would sell it in a heartbeat....thats not the case here. I just hate to see her sit.

This is why i decided against it. I dont HAVE to sell it, just like i dont HAVE to sink more money into it at the moment.

 

[Cranky]

I appreciated the advice guys.

I'm not hurting for money. I am actually pretty good with my money. I pay bills before anything else...I'll go hungry before I miss a bill. I see far too many people my age with bad credit and its such a fight to get anything in life. I have good credit for my age. I dont have a lot of unnecessary debt. But it was just that I have hit a lull and dont have any project money, not that I dont have money period. It was gonna be a liquidation of an asset to pay off some things quicker. I have about another 2 years before my girlfriend gets antsy with no ring. The fence isnt a true necessity its just my dog being inside is annoying the crap out of me haha plus he wants to be an outside dog.

Maybe its just my impatience that caused it. Maybe its that the people around me arent really into cars and they have sunk their negativity into my head.

Trust me if I went flat broke and was missing bills i would sell it in a heartbeat....thats not the case here. I just hate to see her sit.

This is why i decided against it. I dont HAVE to sell it, just like i dont HAVE to sink more money into it at the moment.

Then keep the car!!! Put the dog on a cable run so he can be outside more or set up a electronic barrier to keep him within his space until you can afford a fence. I'll be 63 soon and have made many sacrifices over the years for the family and now I see that some of them did not have to be made. In some cases had my nads been bigger I would have put my foot down on some of the things that happened so that the kids or wife could benefit instead of me and then when the kids wanted more, I realized I had messed up. Even my youngest kid has a newer car than my wife does (I always drive the beaters etc). Yeah, she bought it herself when she finally realized that the money tree was no longer growing in her back yard. IE, she got herself a job! She even moved out but I'm holding the short end of the stick with a 100k college bill and she didn't even finish! Think things out before you make a move you'll regret later and I'm not just talking about possessions. My first wife hated my cars and my friends. One of the cars that got sacrificed in that marriage was a 70 440 RT Challenger rag top that was fully loaded! It was a bone stock driver back in 82 and needed paint but it still ran a 14.20 on worn out street tires. Why she married me I'll never know...why I married her is another question lol. I did manage to keep a very nice 70 383 Challenger until 98 tho...