This used car market is getting out of hand. Chevette NMNA

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/312006530622533/

Didn't these sell for like $4K new ?

I mean, it's a E36 M3ty car, in a E36 M3ty color, but 3k for a clean looking car with under 100k on it doesn't seem too far out of line.  Also, keep in mind, 4500 dollars in 1979 is like 15 grand in today's money.  

Hipster bait. Its the complete package. 

There are people out there who probably want one for nostalgia reasons, and on top of that, it's hard to buy any running/driving car for $2000 that's not a total pile for these days. Seems like a pretty fair price to me.

A tiny, brown, 2 door hatchback, front engine rear wheel drive, manual car?

....

I think I'd drive it? Also I think that's GRM bingo?

In the late 80s, a coworker/friend would buy Chevettes for $500 and drive them till they wouldn't go anymore.  Then he'd buy another and repeat.  He showed me under the hood and he had vice grips holding something together.  The guy's wife was a vet and he had used syringes all over the car from when she would give her horse injections.  I told him he REALLY needed to clean the car out.  

Also:

 

In reply to rustybugkiller :

  To most of us a Chevette is a transportation module. A commodity with no sporty pretentious. 
  There are people out there who would cherish  that car, because of memories or whatever.

Good luck to them  

When I was about 19 I drove the family station wagon to work. Huge piece of 70s machinery.  My then  boss had me run an errand for him in the company Chevette. The foot well was so cramped all I could think about was if someone hits me I'm gonna die. 

I'm getting too old for more project cars, BUT I find the idea of converting an American Chevette to a Vauxhall HSR 2300 Chevette appealing. US Chevette + British fiberglass body kit + Honda K-series.....

In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :

That was inline with what I was thinking!

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In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :

Also, to prove I wasn't just saying that ... here's my search history from this morning, lolololol

I was actually thinking turbo-i4, but I couldn't remember if there was a bolt in v8 swap for the chevette since it's really not my cup of tea normally.

In reply to Mr. Peabody :

I didn't wake up this morning knowing I needed a chevette that makes those kind of noises, but I will go to bed with that solidified in my mind.

I actually owned a Chevette. Bought it brand new in 1987 because we had (also brand new) children and thought we needed one reliable car in the house.  It was completely trouble free in the four years I owned it.

But I always wanted to put a Quad 4 in it.

I've got an article from a British magazine where the guy built a track Chevette with a 240 HP Honda engine. He had the car weight down to 750 kilos. You could show up at a track day with a "pizza delivery" car and kick some pretty serious butt.

In reply to accordionfolder :

TJ Motorsport: Chevette, Panels (Fibreglass)

In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :

Lalalalalala, I'll pretend I didn't see any of that....

Grandfather to the Cavalier...

Really, Father to, not Grand. More like kissin' cousins. The first cavaliers overlapped by several years.

dxman92 said:

Grandfather to the Cavalier...

You're thinking of the Vega.  Or, perhaps, the Nova.  There was a terrible 4 cylinder version of that, too.  Which was arguably a worse car than this lovely little burnt umber number here.  

volvoclearinghouse said:

dxman92 said:

Grandfather to the Cavalier...

You're thinking of the Vega.  Or, perhaps, the Nova.  There was a terrible 4 cylinder version of that, too.  Which was arguably a worse car than this lovely little burnt umber number here.  

Vega was a rust bucket.  This was a factory feature.  Rumor going around was the steel came from Japan  with a high acid content.  

Nova wasn't too bad.  Not too big, reasonable power , 4-doors. 

My 1st wife was gifted a '73 w/307 V-8 by her daddy when we got married in '79.  Drove it on the honeymoon.  In '84 she traded it in for a Civic Si.  

In reply to jharry3 :

Novas weren't' bad, but the 4 banger versions were like tiny little cement mixers, IIRC.  I'm taking the 153 cu inch version used in the 60's.  

In reply to volvoclearinghouse :

Looking at wholesale prices paid over the last month.  Used car prices are heading back down to normal territory.