Would it be even worth anything or is it just a bad idea to get involved?

[Leduc'sMopars]

Last November I bought my truck off craigslist, the guy was cool and we were both happy with the deal. After checking out the truck and deciding to take it we struck up a conversation about mopars. He had a nice 68 barracuda with a 383 and he had some other odds and ends lying around from cars he used to own. Then he showed me a "68 dart gts" it was only the firewall-forward of the car. He had the VIN, fender tag and numbers matching 383 and 4 speed. Would that sort of stuff be worth anything or is it just a bad idea to get involved? It didn't peak my interest since I've never had a dart but it got me thinking. I have seen something similar with a 68 roadrunner for 2,000, but that had been sitting outdoors for a long time.

 

[daredevil]

Worth a lot to the right crook.

 

[Meep-Meep]

I suppose the question would be what percentage of the subject car would need to be intact to call it a repair? I have seen examples of people replacing both quarters, trunk floor, and maybe even the interior floor and that still makes that car real and no one says anything about that. In my opinion a car needing that much sheet metal replacement will never be a top dollar car. If someone goes through the trouble of using all of what's left of that GTS they MAY sneak by and call it a repair. But after all that time and money, and the accumulated errors during the build possibly compromising the final product, they would be better off finding a complete one. The easy way to fix that car is obvious but that crosses the line of legality. I get the dilemma and I'm not sure I could scrap something like that either.

 

[Leduc'sMopars]

I was thinking the parts would be better off as a "big block conversion kit" for a 6 cylinder car since everything was there. I wouldn't want to buy it as a "car"

 

[daredevil]

I was thinking the parts would be better off as a "big block conversion kit" for a 6 cylinder car since everything was there. I wouldn't want to buy it as a "car"

Good call. Shows integrity.

 

[Budnicks]

I was thinking the parts would be better off as a "big block conversion kit" for a 6 cylinder car since everything was there. I wouldn't want to buy it as a "car"

For the right price.. That's not a bad idea either, if it has a VIN you can find out some history maybe, IMHFO but "at best case scenario" it would be a re-body otherwise, if you were to try to use the original VIN... the Vin &/or fender tag are a nice wall hanger or conversation pieces too...

 

[Cranky]

If you build it and document EVERYTHING and don't try and sell it as an original car....IE, be truthful about what it is. But on the other hand, what will the new owner do with it?

 

[Leduc'sMopars]

That's true, it would probably be best as parts to convert a to a 383, if it wasn't a rebody there would be WAY too much money into it to reconstruct the car to make it worth it. I don't think anybody would want to pay enough to justify selling it either if it was "fixed"

Like I said though, it isn't my car and I don't have plans on buying the mess, but it got me wondering.