That was the "baitiest" click bait ever !

 

Scott

I bought my 67 427 Caprice in 1974 for $700 . Didnt increase in price in 9 years that much

65 SD L79 wrote:

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I bought my 67 427 Caprice in 1974 for $700 . Didnt increase in price in 9 years that much

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I KNEW mine was overpriced (68 Impala Custom) in 1978. I paid $750 for it... didn't have factory air like your Caprice. It did have tilt, cruise, Strato Bench and F41 though. 

Might be a touch on the low side!

Think of what it is. Man, a 68 2+2 fastback 427, looks to be unmolested, what a beauty of a snag for someone. I hope it survived the years. Probably has, being what it was. Likely ended up with big Rally Wheels.

I remember back in high school around 79/80 one of the custodial staff had a showroom condition (I mean SHOWROOM) '68 2+2, Burnished Saddle with black interior & vinyl roof cover. Gas tank straps were mint, the tank, paint, vinyl. Interior, nameplates, chrome. Spotless. Fast forward to January 1986. I see the car with typical rust being used as a winter beater. I remember actually being angry upon seeing it. Festering rust. I have winced many times at seeing old survivors getting carelessly used up with little thought. At least beaumontguru has a system. Respect.

On the other hand, I remember back in 1973 one of 3 Magill brothers in Ancaster that were known for having clean and interesting cars / trucks, got his 1st car, a solid '60 Parisienne convertible, white with white top, red interior. He put chrome reverse wheels with baby moons (taking the lead from his older brother who had them on his '48 F-1 pickup). He sold the '60 in 1974 to buy a silver '65 Studebaker Daytona. Fast forward 10 years. In 1984 I was sitting at a traffic light at #53 & #2 when I saw Terry's old 1960 Parisienne drive through the intersection. It hadn't aged a day even though it had been 10 years. That was cool, almost surreal.


SPEAK OF old Auto Traders, I used to get them free all the time as my brother went around Hamilton / Port Dover / Seaforth as a photographer for Auto Trader on the side. I remember Wayne Moriarty (sp?) who started the whole enterprise, I remember seeing 427Carl's old ex '67 SD convert at a dealer in Seaforth in 1982. Anyway the back issues piled up so I would clip interesting cars before tossing the rest. Pre-computer days. Probably have it somewhere...

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CdnGMfan wrote:

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Think of what it is. Man, a 68 2+2 fastback 427, looks to be unmolested, what a beauty of a snag for someone. I hope it survived the years. Probably has, being what it was. 

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 Actually, at that price there's a good chance the car was parted out and the 427 ended up in a Camaro/Chevelle/Nova, sad to say.

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 I agree.  In the 1980s (at least in the crowd of gearheads I ran with), that would have just been considered an engine donor.  Too big to be fast, not popular with the muscle car crowd - "a boat".  Take the biggest engine and put it in the smallest car was the mindset of the time.

One of the nice things about this site is that there are people who actually like these big cars, but back then it wasn't the norm, at least around here.