I have a silver/red speedster;excellent condition,garaged,never rained on,car cover,dual carbs,1675cc,chrome rims,less than 15,000Km,1969 pan,clear title,no salvage .$19,500,contact wkalivas@bakersfieldcollege.edu
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I have a silver/red speedster;excellent condition,garaged,never rained on,car cover,dual carbs,1675cc,chrome rims,less than 15,000Km,1969 pan,clear title,no salvage .$19,500,contact wkalivas@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Post some pix here...
Do you have any pictures of this car?
Pix will be coming soon. thanks for your inquiry.If you have any specific pix you wantto see up close, let me know.WK
I posted some pix of my speedster, it's on the photo section, more to follow. thanks WK
Not sure how many miles 15,000Km is, and the car looks nice, but the 19.5K might be a little high based on the mileage, and the fact that Kirk would most likely let a new one go in the 23-24K range at this time..
Don't quote me, but prices have come down for everything these days...unfortunetly
Don't quote me, but prices have come down for everything these days...unfortunetly
15000k would be roughly .63 miles or=9450 miles
Vince--you are so right about prices. A year ago I sold a 1934 Gibson Style 3 banjo to a guy for $17,500 and these have now dropped to just $10,000. I'm thinking like you, that cars are doing the same thing as that banjo.---Jack
IT SEEMS THE INTEREST IS THERE IN MY SPEEDSTER,I have seen the THE NEW ONES, BUT,I noticed that they don't have any porsche badges. What's a fair price? It seems that there is quite a spread in price that is featured here.WK
William, you are fortunate enough to have a car with the "classic" color combination and appearance. That's a double-edged sword, though.
Lots of people looking for their first 356 replica want the car they saw in their coffee-table book at home or in some vague memory from childhood, and that color combo is pretty much the exact one they'll remember seeing. The down side of that is that they're fairly common.
The up side is that it's exactly what it presents itself to be; a regularly driveable re-creation of a classic. You aren't ruling out the buyer who wanted a red car by having a silver one the way a guy looking for a silver car would walk past the red one.
It's also a Vintage. They re-sell for a pretty good percentage of what a turnkey goes for. It won't depreciate like another 'pre-owned' car would because of its shape and simplicity, but it's a luxury item that the average person won't drive every day. Also because it's a Vintage, it will be recognized by the prospective buyer as a car worth its salt; Kirk and company build a really reliable, very well-appointed car for what they ask for them. The ones I've seen, anyway, are quality automobiles.
I guess my point is that you'll have to find the niche market. Aim it at people who are already inclined to buy a toy, and sell it on its own merits. Take a weekend and a pile of business cards with a picture of the car and a small 'for sale' sign on them with the phone number and how much you want for it on the back, and park it at a show with the cards in the windshield.
People will ask about it, you can tell them what they want to know, and maybe one of them calls you back to buy it.
Seems like the way to go, to me.
I'd ask somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters the cost of a new one, provided it runs well and looks as good in person as it does in your photos. You won't be competing with Kirk for business at that price, either.
You'll get more nibbles, anyway.
Lots of people looking for their first 356 replica want the car they saw in their coffee-table book at home or in some vague memory from childhood, and that color combo is pretty much the exact one they'll remember seeing. The down side of that is that they're fairly common.
The up side is that it's exactly what it presents itself to be; a regularly driveable re-creation of a classic. You aren't ruling out the buyer who wanted a red car by having a silver one the way a guy looking for a silver car would walk past the red one.
It's also a Vintage. They re-sell for a pretty good percentage of what a turnkey goes for. It won't depreciate like another 'pre-owned' car would because of its shape and simplicity, but it's a luxury item that the average person won't drive every day. Also because it's a Vintage, it will be recognized by the prospective buyer as a car worth its salt; Kirk and company build a really reliable, very well-appointed car for what they ask for them. The ones I've seen, anyway, are quality automobiles.
I guess my point is that you'll have to find the niche market. Aim it at people who are already inclined to buy a toy, and sell it on its own merits. Take a weekend and a pile of business cards with a picture of the car and a small 'for sale' sign on them with the phone number and how much you want for it on the back, and park it at a show with the cards in the windshield.
People will ask about it, you can tell them what they want to know, and maybe one of them calls you back to buy it.
Seems like the way to go, to me.
I'd ask somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters the cost of a new one, provided it runs well and looks as good in person as it does in your photos. You won't be competing with Kirk for business at that price, either.
You'll get more nibbles, anyway.
Hey Cory....Nibble on this......
you had that one coming...
you had that one coming...
The porsche badges increase the resell at least 2-3k.
Hey,thanks for your knowledge and input,greatly appreciated.WK