Whats It Worth?? WB Kingswood...

[HK1837]

$750 max. I knocked back a rust free but worn and dented WB Kingswood a few weeks back. 253, M20, console, GTS dash, buckets, metallic, air, steer, driving. $2000 was my max price. Not worth anymore than that. Idiot B&S'ers had stuffed it a bit with big alloy bar and SS side things.

[83 WB_Ute]

in a perfect world its worth $500....unfortunately the internet and armchair experts have pushed the prices up....if he has no mates and only uses the internet for porn then you may get it cheap....as for the 253 needing work?..its a cast iron motor,make sure its not seized and give it electricity and fuel and it will fire....good luck.

Righto.. I will see what happens and if they are interested in selling I will try and get it to run first and then decide on a price to offer them.. Thanks.. I hope it all goes well..

Hope it turn's out all right for you. Another project for you to do.

Thanks mate.. I would pass it up if it was a standard WB, but I have always wanted a genuine WB kingswood and the V8 + 4spd and the factory GTS dash are bonuses.. But the main thing is that it is all matching numbers and pretty much original except for the bullbar, roll bar, mags and the CD player..

It really depends on if you really need it. Maybe the money is better spent on your ute you are trying to finish at the moment. You might get it for 1000 but then all your cash is tied up in another ute you can't do anything with. You will not want to wreck it out as you will want to keep all the good bits your self anyway.
A bargain is only a bargain if you really need it. Otherwise its just cash tied up you can't use.
If you got it for 1000 you would almost certainly double your money re-selling it on ebay. Thats the best option in my opinion. But having said that, I havnt seen it and you don't know what they will sell it for.

I have always wanted a actual kingswood ute.. I will say no if they want too much for it, but I would be stupid to not take it if its cheap and then store it until it's time comes..

I definatley will not wreck it, if it was a standard ute I probably would take the parts I need off it and then sell it.. Same thing with selling it on ebay..

I'm not in the market to make money. I am in the market to preserve history and enjoy myself while I am doing it..

$750 max. I knocked back a rust free but worn and dented WB Kingswood a few weeks back. 253, M20, console, GTS dash, buckets, metallic, air, steer, driving. $2000 was my max price. Not worth anymore than that. Idiot B&S'ers had stuffed it a bit with big alloy bar and SS side things.

Righto.. So if I let them offer the price first and then be honest about how much it is actually worth.. If they say it has to be worth more than that, then I'll point out all the parts that would need to be fixed..

Yep, totally agree with you.. And they also choose the kingswood ones and not the standard ones.. If I do get it, I will definatley remove the B & S stuff and get rid of it..

Thanks for all the help guys.. You's have saved me a fair bit of money.. I would have paid a bit more than its actually worth.. lol

[playwme]

Righto.. I will see what happens and if they are interested in selling I will try and get it to run first and then decide on a price to offer them.. Thanks.. I hope it all

Don't try to get it running. If you succeed they'll want more for it. It's an old Holden v8. If they say it was running when parked then it'll run with the right amount of attention. You want to buy it as a non runner unknown condition car.

The whole " it needs this much spent on it so it's worth good one minus work needed" isn't always true though. You need to take the value of the parts it does have sometimes too.

[83 WB_Ute]

Don't try to get it running. If you succeed they'll want more for it. It's an old Holden v8. If they say it was running when parked then it'll run with the right amount of attention. You want to buy it as a non runner unknown condition car.

The whole " it needs this much spent on it so it's worth good one minus work needed" isn't always true though. You need to take the value of the parts it does have sometimes too.

Yeah, I just had a chat with the parents and they said exactley the same thing..