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My son and I have started looking for his first car. He's got a pretty decent budget and we've run across this 68 Camaro that needs some work, but has possibilities.

About the car: 1968 Camaro, 6cylinder, 3 speed on tree. Exterior painted 10 years ago and is respectable and generally appears to be little filler. Interior is orignal and really only needs carpet to be a fair summer driver.

The good - Doesn't need immediate paint or body work. Engine was recently rebuilt (last 5,000 miles). Mechanically and electrically sound.

The bad - The car is an original 6cyl, 3 on the tree. Also needs interior floor plans replaced. The last repairs were done with sheetmetal and not the best workmanship. Also needs the rear passenger side framerail replaced.

I follow the marketplace pretty closely, but I'm not sure how adversely the 6cyl and 3 on the tree impact the value. Any help is appreciated.

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Re: 6Cyl/3Tree

If he's gonna make it a hot rod,not too much. If its a flipper, alot.

There are a lot of nice cars out there for the money right now, it's still a buyers market IMO. Not saying 100k supercars, but plenty of 10-15k cars.

Pulling a frame rail ( for me anyway) is no small job and can lead to other issues. I would not rush into anything. The car does look nice and it's "red" so it's appealing.

There is a 69 Spoiler on the car.

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With the metal work needed you are talking about I would look for a better car to start with. On Camaros.net a long time member said he was selling his no rust roller 67 for I think about 7000.00. I would get a car like that first.
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Thanks for some of the quick feedback. The guy is asking $9,500 and I know that's not going to fly. My son would keep it as his hotrod. Down the road it would probably get a 4 speed and a BBC. He really likes the Motion/Dana cars, so maybe also a different hood and some other cosmetic items down the road.

I think we could probably do the metal work over the winter if we took our time. His initial budget is around $10K to get soemthing on the road. Not an easy task when you're looking at popular late 60's Chevys.

As for it being a Camaro, this one is local. He actually prefers Chevelles, but clean projects or affrodable drivers are really hard to come by.

Thanks again for the input and suggestions.

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Hold out for a Chevelle if that is what he really likes.
Floor pans and framerails are pretty serious repairs even if doing it yourself.
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just remember too ... you can always get a malibu and throw some s/s badging on it. if you are trying to be cost effective and for his starter car it may be a good idea to do a "clone" or "tribute" style car to help keep you with in budget and he will have more pride in the car because he will have made it what he wanted it to be.
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Pretty nice Chevelle on Milwaukee CL for 14k
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Thanks for all the help guys!

I just got back from taking a look at the car. Moral of the story always look with your own eyes. WAAAAYYY worse than represented. This was a $2,500 car if that. Needed practically every panel and an entire floor.

Gonna keep looking, now focussing on Chevelles though.

We have time, so no real hurry unless it's a total project car.

Thanks again.

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