Best place to buy/sell speedster?

Craigslist - be prepared for joy riders, scammers and cheap skates.  SAMBA has many listed.

What are you looking for? A fixer upper or already sorted?

There are some builds that will be coming to completion I believe.

Samba helped...just trying to figure the pricing structure out and after looking at many..I see there is none  

Do stay away from Craigs List way too many scammers...I've been buying up speedster projects finishing them and selling .....eBay : quite a few deals happen off the actual auction dialog me for ideas  Alan

Someone here once said every Speedster is going to cost $16k for the basics (that was several years ago so may have escalated to $18k as parts have gone up). So an $8k to $12k unfinished/fixer-up could be a bargain if you can do work yourself and are so motivated.  Guess that's the hobby aspect. A new VS for $30k give near immediate satisfaction provided you are willing to work out some issues.  That's the driving aspect. If you buy a beater and have to pay someone else to build you'll quickly end up underwater vs a slightly used sorted one. Many "just do it" and order their ultimate dream of a custom Speedster with all the bell and whistles.  So you have a ranges of prices/values from $2k to $80k --- no pricing guide available like NADA, Edmunds or even CarFax. 

You're in the ball park Greg ...

Greg, how much $$ do you have into your project?

In past purchases I have had sellers show me receipts for $25k to $30k  for a shade tree build CMC / FF.                                                                                                             Amazing how people were dupped and wrote big labor checks then discusted they part with the entire unfinished project for .15 to .20 on the dollar.

Alan Merklin posted:

Do stay away from Craigs List way too many scammers...I've been buying up speedster projects finishing them and selling .....eBay : quite a few deals happen off the actual auction dialog me for ideas  Alan

PM'd you  

If you're new to these cars, it's probably best NOT to buy one right away. We see a lot of new folks here who announce themselves by saying they've just bought a used Speedster replica and what do we think of it. They're often surprised and a little upset by the responses.

Stick around here for a while, read about the experiences of others, look at and drive some cars if possible, and get a feel for the wide range of cars the term 'Speedster replica' encompasses. Some are overpriced at $10,000, some are a great deal at $40,000. There are just too many variables to get into in a short take here.

In a larger metro area, you will probably find some Vintage Speedsters, a Beck or two, and maybe an Intermeccanica, but those names alone tell you almost nothing about a used car's real value.

The best route is to take your time, learn as much as you can, and wait for the right deal to come along. It always does. If it's the right car and the right seller, it may not matter too much where you first learn about it.

And oh, you might ask yourself this, too: If I had a car with a few nasty problems I wanted to hide, where would I try to sell it, what kind of ad would I post, how would I engage a potential buyer, what terms would I agree to, and what would I refuse to do?

Welcome to our crazy little corner of the universe, and caveat emptor.

ditto what Mitch said.

I learned the hard way.

short story: bought a new car from a builder who built a lemon

long story, 11 months later, still building the replacement motor and all associated with that, I should add that in the meantime I've had illness, injuries and business to take care of that has lengthened the process

last week had to  pass on an Ebay Beck speedster with a Jake Raby DTM motor, mint condition built on a 3" tube frame with hand-laid fiberglass body with all the bells and whistles which had a Buy it Now of 25K (a flippin steal!)

I had to pass because I'm already into the one I have for over 30K

Hold onto your wad, look, look and look again.

When you see one you think you want, post pictures and a full description on this site under Speedster/General topics and we'll make sure you know how we feel about it.

and we'll do it in a nice way...(most of us anyway)

Double ditto on heeding Mitch's cautious advice. I was very fortunate in that the seller of my speedster replica, and broker who arranged the sale, were honest, ethical, straight arrows ....but I was dumb vulnerable!  Brand new to the potential pitfalls of this infatuation, and could easily have been duped.

If I were to do it over I'd patiently wait, wait, wait, for a replica that has gone through Alan Merklin's or Troy Sloan's hands. You won't have to factor-in 'crossed fingers' .... these guys are ethical straight arrows!

Thanks Carl!  I've got a silver/black Vintage outlaw in the works right now.

What Carl says X2