regen7998

Hi! New guy to a great site. Lost storage for my
1979 Olds Regency 98 Coupe. Clean solid car, black with black vinyl roof, red velour int.
patched vinyl roof due to some hail damage.
Check ad on craigslist in Madison, WI.
http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3266261235.html
Thanks for looking.(CORRECTED!)

droptopron

Link is not working for me.

http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3266261235.html

regen7998

Sorry for the "bad punctuation". Thanks for getting the right link posted.
Don't know the numbers, but I think there aren't too many regency 2-doors. I would have liked to put on black sport mirrors and rallye rims.
The rear bumper has some rust, I thought it might be cheaper to blast it and paint it black.

jaunty75

Everything is relative.

There were four 98 models for 1979, and their production is below.

Luxury Coupe: 2,104
Luxury Sedan: 6,720
Regency Coupe: 26,965
Regency Sedan: 91,862

So as far as Regency models go, yes, production of the two-door models was less than 1/3 of the four-doors. But Regencies of both types were produced in far larger numbers than the base versions of each style.


I think your asking price is very fair. Good luck selling it.

regen7998

Thanks for the numbers. The next question would be - what features make a coupe a 'luxury' coupe? Wheels, trim package, etc.(VIN)?

jaunty75

Yes. I believe that power windows, for example, were standard on the Regency but optional on the Luxury line. Interior appointments, ornamentation, fabrics used, that sort of thing would probably have been higher quality, although I'm sure the base Luxury line was nothing to sneeze at.

I don't think the VIN would tell you which you had. The third and fourth digit tell you the body style, so you know you'd have a coupe or a sedan, but it wouldn't distinguish between the two lines, I don't think.


Looking again at the production figures, it seems that most buyers opted for the higher-end Regency model in each case. The base prices of these models were as follows:

Luxury Coupe: $7492
Luxury Sedan: $7673
Regency Coupe: $7875
Regency Sedan: $8063

Given the relatively small percentage price difference, it's not surprising that most buyers spent the extra money for the higher line car. The Regencies in each case were only 5% more in price than the corresponding Luxury. Why not go for the extra few hundred dollars and get the nicer car.