long stroke wrote:

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Is it just my imagination, or has that 54 been lowered? Sweet looking Star Chief ride. 

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 Not sure. I got a forwarded message saying it was a 5.3 lt engine with overdrive, and they would like $42,000 for it. I've got a name and phone number if anyone has deep pockets and needs a new ride.

I don't personally know them, though. I don't feel comfortable posting a "car for sale" ad for someone I don't know, but I enjoy sharing the info with members.

dualquadpete wrote:

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Nice car but better stay out west with a 5.3!! MOE would "love" that here, if no emm. on it???? Bend over Rover on the tickets that would get In Ontario

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 Not really up on my fifties cars. Not sure, even, what a 5.3 litre is.

I'm still firmly stuck in cubic inches. Don't know what came stock in a 54.

 That is a heck of a........... s**t load of money for that car. Especially in today's times.

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 I would have thought so a couple months back, as well. What I've been seeing the last little while has just blown me right out of my space boots.

Last month a fellow in the hood paid 18 Gs for a 65 bench seat 283 Impala 2dr hardtop, in pretty nice shape, but not pristine.

Earlier this year a guy bought a neighbour's 69 Cutlass 2dr hardtop for almost 11 Gs, with an old, tired 350 and a bench seat.

Another fellow I met paid 19 Gs for a late sixties 442 hardtop that needed the motor and tranny rebuilt.

I could tell you of others, but you wouldn't believe me. Guys paying close to 50 Gs for sixties cars full of bondo. At this point anything is possible. There are no guidelines any more. The people that have the loot just don't seem to care.