Interested to see if it brings its asking price....wouldn't surprise me these days

ck80 · Dec 22, 2021

pagrunt said:
One positive for the current listing is that it wasn't priced over $10,000. Now when it does get relisted I expect it to be over it.

Another "positive" is that the $7000 at the time of listing was worth more $10000 will be worth in a few weeks thanks to inflation and Brandon.

Really it's a price cut

SS_Malibu · Dec 23, 2021

Someone better buy that $20,000 Malibu before it's gone.

DRIVEN · Dec 23, 2021

I think it's regional and relative. My dad has a cousin who lived in Illinois when I was a kid. He'd fly out to the NW every summer to visit family and bring a stack of cash. He'd end up buying some overpriced POS that locals would consider "rusty" and drive it home. It would become his winter project that he'd work the bugs out of and sell for profit, fly back out with the cash, and repeat the next summer.

Given the condition of cars of that vintage in my part of the country, I wouldn't even consider it a project. Parts car, maybe. There's just better options to be had. Maybe in the rust belt it's a fair price on a viable project. "Rust" seems to be one of those words that has a really flexible definition.

Screwz · Dec 23, 2021

this Isn’t the first time we have seen an over priced gbody on the market. I’m ok with it maybe they will drive the prices up and our cars will be worth more

SS_Malibu · Dec 23, 2021

I bought the one I have now a couple of years ago from a Fox Body Mustang guy. At $4,300, I felt like I got a good deal especially after seeing all the factory options that were on it.

CopperNick · Dec 23, 2021

Don' think I would judge the frame by the pictures. Yeah, it looks rusty, just like the front looks greasy. What I am not seeing is huge holes in it or the whole lower sill of it gone. What those pictures show could easily be a car that sat in a garage or shed for multiple years. The engine bay seems fairly clean, or it just got a recent steam job. The interior is pure vanilla; totally grannie grade, bet the radio is just AM only. but, it is clean and neat, no tears in the upholstery or panels, even the dash appears intact. 60 thou original if you trust the speedo.

The quarter panels, well both sides show cancer. It would be what the trunk pan extensions look like that would interest me. The one picture of the rear glass that appears makes me wonder if the the lower rear sill under that chrome strip is starting to have issues. No pictures of the lower door sills. ????

I do agree that the ask on this approaches exorbitance given its state of origin. However, all the sheet metal, apart from those "snacks' in the q-panels, appear straight and injury free; they are all also the same color with the same degree of fade. No way to know what they look like internally without some up close and personal investigation.

Think I'd suggest 3000 as is. it is so vanilla that it would make a good candidate for a big block and some suspension work. Make a good sleeper to scare the kiddies during show and shine.

Nick

mc1984ss · Dec 23, 2021

I am almost positive that is the same Malibu that sold recently at a local auction. A friend of mine was willing to spend some money on it but he said it was way to rough. He's fixed a lot of stuff over the years. When I first saw the listing I thought no way that is the same car but it's only an HR away from where the auction was

LS6 Tommy · Dec 24, 2021

Let's put this in perspective. I know of a local guy with a 14 mile 1984 Monte SS. That's not a typo. It has 14 miles on it. It still has the factory washer fluid, predelivery cardboard on the floors and plastic on the seats. He's been asking $24k for it for about ten years. The most recent offer was a tad over $10k...

Tommy

PBGBodyFan · Dec 24, 2021

LS6 Tommy said:
Let's put this in perspective. I know of a local guy with a 14 mile 1984 Monte SS. That's not a typo. It has 14 miles on it. It still has the factory washer fluid, predelivery cardboard on the floors and plastic on the seats. He's been asking $24k for it for about ten years. The most recent offer was a tad over $10k...

Tommy

If it’s been stored properly and has all documentation there is no reason it doesn’t get 24k or even more, more meaning in this market.

There have been uber low mile SS’s(typically an 87’ Aero or 87-88’s) crossing 30k and that was 5-10 years ago, the last 1-2 years prices/inflation whatever the reason they’ve shot up.