pete240z
pete240z SuperDork
9/16/11 2:50 p.m.

What is a car like this really worth? What would be a fair price? $30,000?

What is the price of a hemi 'cuda?

I know it is serial #1 but...............

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260851169625&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Grizz
Grizz Reader
9/16/11 3:16 p.m.
pete240z wrote: What is a car like this really worth? What would be a fair price? $30,000? What is the price of a hemi 'cuda? I know it is serial #1 but............... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260851169625&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Price of a hemicuda depends, highest I've heard of was 2.5 mil for a 1 of 1 car. Rest of em aren't anywhere near that high. This? I don't think 300 is gonna happen when you build your own for much less and have it exactly like you want it.

But I'm not a collecter, as my brain functions and I can think of stuff like that.

pete240z
pete240z SuperDork
9/16/11 3:18 p.m.

okay, maybe not a hemi 'cuda - but $300,000 can get you something sweet?

GrantMLS
GrantMLS Reader
9/16/11 3:21 p.m.

thats a tough sale - you have to be a big time fan of them and want the number 1 to roll off to pay that kind of money.

mndsm
mndsm SuperDork
9/16/11 3:45 p.m.

I wouldn't pay that much for it. Granted, I'm not as well versed in early Nissan/Datsun history as I probably should be, but it seems overpriced. Collectible? Absolutely, 300k? Nope. I can buy nearly anything I want at that price.

Ian F
Ian F SuperDork
9/16/11 3:58 p.m.

Scarab? Who?

While it may be collectible and it's definitely rare, for it to be valuable it needs to have a bunch of people with money wanting it. Hard to say if this car will qualify.

This is likely just a first pass to gauge interest in the car and develope a more realistic value.

MitchellC
MitchellC Dork
9/16/11 4:01 p.m.

Maybe if it was still 2007.

Capt Slow
Capt Slow Dork
9/16/11 4:15 p.m.

knock a zero off of it and it would only be slightly overpriced.

ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter SuperDork
9/16/11 4:18 p.m.

Cool piece of history.

I'd pay $10k for it, which is about double what I'd pay for any other V8-swapped 240Z.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/16/11 4:46 p.m.
pete240z wrote: okay, maybe not a hemi 'cuda - but $300,000 can get you something sweet?

Yep

fasted58
fasted58 Dork
9/16/11 4:48 p.m.

all it takes is one sucker w/ $300K... er, uh... wealthy collector

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
9/16/11 4:58 p.m.

Rather have 30 ten thousand dollar cars.

pete240z
pete240z SuperDork
9/16/11 5:11 p.m.
914Driver wrote: Rather have 30 ten thousand dollar cars.

winner, winner, chicken dinner

pete240z
pete240z SuperDork
9/16/11 5:18 p.m.

Grizz
Grizz Reader
9/16/11 5:45 p.m.
914Driver wrote: Rather have 30 ten thousand dollar cars.

More likely: 300 thousand dollar cars, with 5 of them running.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/16/11 6:07 p.m.

I would say that it's worth a few thousand less than a stock Z in similar condition.

At least to me...

wlkelley3
wlkelley3 Dork
9/18/11 9:02 p.m.

Man, I haven't seen an original Scarab in years! Thought most suffered the same fate as most Z-cars or Datsuns in general - rust. Those things ruled the freeways around San Diego and LA in their day. Known as Pantera beaters. I grew up in SoCal and came of age when these were coming out. At 16, I dreamed of driving one of these up and down the LA freeways passing everything. It's the documentation that will make this worth $$. Whether $300k is another question, definately over 6 digits to a collector though. The rest of us will just have to build our own.

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