For what it's worth

[77kermit]

I hate to do it but it's time for me to consider selling my favorite car. The only problem is I have no idea what value to place on it, especially since I moved to California and it is not smogged as of yet. So I pose the question to you folks. The facts about the car: 1977 710 wagon, all original except for the exhaust (2 inch pipe and a straight shot muffler), rebuilt L20b, rebuilt original hitachi carb, very decent interior, perfectly uncracked dash, very nice original seats, everything works except the clock. It needs only to be fine tuned mechanically, and has new brakes all around and good tires. The bummer is that it needs a little body work (small rust repairs here and there) and a new paint job. It comes with two spare rear bumpers as the one that's on it was damaged in a fender bender. I know how much time and money I've put in the car, what I don't know is what a good starting price would be, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[intense 620]

i've seen these in much worse condition go for like 3500 bucks. the problem with cali is finding someone who appreciates them and what they're worth

[bonvo]

seriously if i had money i would give it a good home but unless your gonna sell it to me for like 100 bucks i cant afford it i remember your car it was one of the first ones i photoshopped where in cali are you

[hang_510]

any help would be greatly appreciated.

its worthless, feel free to leave in front of my house!

[77kermit]

I'm near Sacramento.

 

I liked the 3500 number, not digging the 100 or less :P .

 

I'd rather see it go to a good home, if someone on Ratsun made a serious offer that'd be ideal.

[bonvo]

where near sac? if you and i can meet up i could give you a good idea of what you should ask after seeing it in person

[77kermit]

pm sent dr. frankenstein

[datzenmike]

I hate to do it but it's time for me to consider selling my favorite car. The only problem is I have no idea what value to place on it, especially since I moved to California and it is not smogged as of yet. So I pose the question to you folks. The facts about the car: 1977 710 wagon, all original except for the exhaust (2 inch pipe and a straight shot muffler), rebuilt L20b, rebuilt original hitachi carb, very decent interior, perfectly uncracked dash, very nice original seats, everything works except the clock. It needs only to be fine tuned mechanically, and has new brakes all around and good tires. The bummer is that it needs a little body work (small rust repairs here and there) and a new paint job. It comes with two spare rear bumpers as the one that's on it was damaged in a fender bender. I know how much time and money I've put in the car, what I don't know is what a good starting price would be, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

The bad....

 

unsmogged

needs some body work

needs paint

damaged bumper

 

To be made California compliant you will need a lot of hard to find smog parts and install them. If you don't then the next buyer will have to and this will depress the price quite a lot unless you get some idiot that has stars in his eyes. The problem is that once he finds out he will scrap the car for a few parts. Because it's a runner it's worth at least $500 and up to 3X that . (depending)

 

For $3500 I would expect a KA24E swapped in and or at least perfect interior and paint. AND passed smog. It's only realistic to expect half that amount from someone who wants a project and has a couple of 710s for parts. For $500 to $1500, realistically under half that, .....I would keep it and fix in my spare time. Locate scrap 710 for the smog equipment and swap it on, swap the bumper. Keep it, not worth the money you get for it to end up off the road or for parts.

[Rhapakatui]

I have all the smog Crap, and will sell it to you cheap. I'm waiting for a manifold to come in the mail so I can start desmogging my 620. Let me know what you need and I can start sending it to you.

[77kermit]

I should have been more clear about the car. It has all the original smog equipment, and only 65,000 original miles on it. I had the engine rebuilt because some of the gaskets were dried out and failing. I also have receipts from when it was first bought up until today, as well as the original owners manual, sales brochure from 1977, and original tool kit and jack. The interior is the nicest unrestored datsun interior I've ever seen. The only signs of wear are a very small start of a tear in the drivers seat, and the crome detailing on the driver side door panel is peeling. I replaced the smog pump recently and can easily order anything else it might need through rockauto. In order to be smogged it would have to be fine tuned with a sniffer, other than that it should be good to go. It also has the non catalyst sticker under the hood as it was made for sale in washington, so no cat to deal with.

[INDY510]

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What's it worth???? ............. or what will it sell for????

 

 

Just tell everyone it's a 610 wagon...... ;)

 

 

 

Japanese Nostalgic Car club might fetch more cabbage:

 

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/