? re my panel
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? re my panel
Hey guys, I have a 52 F1 panel that my boss wants to buy. There's a couple pics in my gallery. 79 Firebird subframe and rear end. Fiberglass tilt front end. GM tilt column, power booster and harness. No engine or tranny. Lots of rust but fixable. Several boxes of new trim, hubcaps, window fuzzies, etc... How much should I take from him. We just bought a house and the money would be really nice, but on the other hand, I would like to keep it. What do you guys think is a fair price? Thank, John
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I think you should be very careful selling to your boss. If he starts getting frustrated by problems with it, grief is sure to follow. Just my opinion, but it happened to a friend of mine. He nearly gave it to his boss. I make it a policy to stay away from deals with my employees or peers. I'd rather give it to them if they pay me back its a bonus.
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I'll agree with that, I would price it out of sight and pray he doesn't go for it. If he does, you'll have the consolation of all that money to buy frosties when you are at home watching the soaps all day.
Seriously, I sold my boss a Taurus that had only 30k miles on it, had been totally reliable. Within weeks it started shucking parts off itself and he sunk a couple grand into it before dumping it. He was "good" about it, sort of....
Seriously, I sold my boss a Taurus that had only 30k miles on it, had been totally reliable. Within weeks it started shucking parts off itself and he sunk a couple grand into it before dumping it. He was "good" about it, sort of....
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Here's my two cents worth:
I agree with the others, selling to your boss may back fire on you. I try not selling to friends. I just sold a Pontiac convertable a couple of weeks ago. My neighbor wanted to buy it but I resisted his offers and finally a friend of his bought it. It was a patched together relic and I didn't want to deal with my neighbor ragging about all the worked done to it in the past. I felt better insulated selling it to his friend, who I had never met before.
If you still want to sell it to your boss I would say somewhere in the neighborhood of $2000-2500, maybe a little more since it has the glass front end kit. I bought a '48 panel about five years ago in a little worse shape with a parts panel for $800. We live in the same general location of the country and a truck like yours would sell for much less in the southern and southwestern parts of the country but panels in this area are getting extremely hard to find. I just bought another '49 panel in very good condition, minus engine, with extra parts for $5000 and I had to drive 1600 mile round trip to get it.
Hope this helps.
I agree with the others, selling to your boss may back fire on you. I try not selling to friends. I just sold a Pontiac convertable a couple of weeks ago. My neighbor wanted to buy it but I resisted his offers and finally a friend of his bought it. It was a patched together relic and I didn't want to deal with my neighbor ragging about all the worked done to it in the past. I felt better insulated selling it to his friend, who I had never met before.
If you still want to sell it to your boss I would say somewhere in the neighborhood of $2000-2500, maybe a little more since it has the glass front end kit. I bought a '48 panel about five years ago in a little worse shape with a parts panel for $800. We live in the same general location of the country and a truck like yours would sell for much less in the southern and southwestern parts of the country but panels in this area are getting extremely hard to find. I just bought another '49 panel in very good condition, minus engine, with extra parts for $5000 and I had to drive 1600 mile round trip to get it.
Hope this helps.
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temporary hijack here. Hey Bob, Where's Altoona?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1950-...QQcmdZViewItem
OK, back to thread, I agree, no selling to bosses, I got mine from a coworker, but free has no price tag, but add money, and tensions can raise.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1950-...QQcmdZViewItem
OK, back to thread, I agree, no selling to bosses, I got mine from a coworker, but free has no price tag, but add money, and tensions can raise.
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I agree with you guys. On one note though, the person that did all of the work on it lives next door and grew up with my boss. So he is fully aware of the issues with it. It does kind of stink though, I could use the money for the house and my 58. But like I said in my first post, I would like to keep it.
On a different note. Is the title for this post all screwed up for you guys too? Last night it said "I think I'm selling my panel". Now it says "? re my panel" What gives. This sight has been crazy slow lately too. John
On a different note. Is the title for this post all screwed up for you guys too? Last night it said "I think I'm selling my panel". Now it says "? re my panel" What gives. This sight has been crazy slow lately too. John
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The title of the thread may have been changed to make it in conformance with "no ads in the main forum" policy
On the price; panels are hot and there are very few down he-yah in the SW. There weren't many to begin with. But it appears to be completely unrestored?
This is the worst thing about dealing with friends, you are tempted to make a deal "for a friend". What would you want if you put it in the paper, selling to a stranger?
On the price; panels are hot and there are very few down he-yah in the SW. There weren't many to begin with. But it appears to be completely unrestored?
This is the worst thing about dealing with friends, you are tempted to make a deal "for a friend". What would you want if you put it in the paper, selling to a stranger?
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