For sale on Gumtree - They are getting up there

[HJ_Blue_Van]

It's amazing me what people are paying for rusty pieces of crap..... A few years ago a HQ - HZ ute was $500.00. Now they are 3, 4 or even 5 grand for rough ones that don't run and need total restoration.

This may be a reaction to the high prices of fully restored cars, people thinking they are worth a certain percentage of said restored ones, or the realization that they will never be able to afford a restored one.

This particular van is a bargain at 80 grand considering the work that has gone into it.... BUT.... you need to find someone with the money. I believe you will.

That's what the consensus is between my friends and I.

There are people out there who are dreamers and want to get rich off their one rusty old heirloom, have never owned anything of value and probably never will, and who are the exact same people that when a vehicle that is extremely marginal at best appears for sale on a site with a dreamers price, jump on there and begin to proclaim how cheap it is. Can't even count how many times this has happened.

[Valencia]

Any one paying 5K for a rusty clapped out old Holden has got rocks in the heads
some people think it cheaper to buy an old jigger and spend countless hours and money rather
to buy something already finished WRONG

Wise old man told me once cheaper to buy a race car than to build one

[pj350]

Unfortunately I'm one who can not afford to pay the 70 to 80 grand for a restored car ...
But having said that I love researching car's looking and finding

[HZSandman]

There are obviously plenty of people who would love to buy a restored one even if they don't have the money. So far over 5000 people have looked at my ad. That's a lot of dreamers. Not that that is a bad thing. But it shows that there is plenty of interest but not a lot of people with the money. There is no way to restore one of these for under 80K. The price of parts alone would set you back more than this. $600 for the last yellow needle GTS clock I saw go on EBay. Good luck on an original steering wheel with grain left on it. Unless you are going to do the panels and paint yourself it would cost heaps more to do one yourself than buy one already done. But then there is the emotional attachment to one you have brought back from the grave. That can not be underestimated.

[hilta]

Hzsandman, there will be a buyer out there, you just have to weed through the tyre kickers, I know damn well I wouldn't take under $80g for any of my sandmans, I just recently sold my Hq gts for $40000 and the amount of people I had say" you'll never get that" well I have had great pleasure in waving $40g cash under there noses saying Thank Christ I didn't listen to you! I ended up with 4 serious buyers competing for the car, I found advertising on unique cars I received more genuine buyers rather than the keyboard wannabes on gumtree and Facebook, I have my Hx Le advertised at the moment, there will be a genuine buyer for that eventually, all the best cheers

[davegmh]

“fine attention to detail”........... is that why the headlight bezels are back the front ?

[HJ_Blue_Van]

“fine attention to detail”........... is that why the headlight bezels are back the front ?

Well, if that's the worst thing that you could find. lol

[davegmh]

Well, if that's the worst thing that you could find. lol

I wasn’t trying to find anything. I was looking at the pics and it stuck out like dogs balls that’s all. Point being that if you can’t even get that right on a resto you’re asking 80k on................we’ll do you want to see the rest ?? LoL.

[HJ_Blue_Van]

I wasn’t trying to find anything. I was looking at the pics and it stuck out like dogs balls that’s all. Point being that if you can’t even get that right on a resto you’re asking 80k on................we’ll do you want to see the rest ?? LoL.

Yep, agreed, upside down bezels sure sign to not buy.

[wbute]

Yeah it seems more like serious lookers. You only have one serious buyer, they lay down the money. If it was an auction you might have a couple of serious bidders.
Ultimately, if you don’t hand over the money your nothing but a tyre kicker.
80k is a lot of money for any 40 odd year old car. With a federal election looming and the prospect of losing negative gearing, I feel there could be a check in luxury investments like old cars with a small market. House prices are on the slide already, but who knows, Sandmans might go up further too.
I own my ute because I love it and the value is never going to be the reason for owning it. Otherwise I wouldn’t have kept it for twenty years I guess.