1984 88 sedan
November 15th, 2012, 10:52 AM
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1984 88 sedan
Not mine! another craigslist find, insane asking price!
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/3402925138.html
Pat
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/3402925138.html
Pat
November 15th, 2012, 11:17 AM
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I like how it's a "Royal Broughmen." Sounds like a 1960s vocal group.
It always amazes me when people selling something as big ticket as a car can't even properly spell what they're selling. Makes you wonder what other aspects of the car they don't know anything about.
Yes, he'll go to his grave waiting for someone to pay him $15,000 for an '84 four-door sedan. The price guides put the value of a 1984 Oldsmobile Royal Broughmen in showroom condition at only about $4,300. Why would anyone pay almost four times that for one that isn't in that condition?
Of course, it does have four new tires. Maybe that's it.
It always amazes me when people selling something as big ticket as a car can't even properly spell what they're selling. Makes you wonder what other aspects of the car they don't know anything about.
Yes, he'll go to his grave waiting for someone to pay him $15,000 for an '84 four-door sedan. The price guides put the value of a 1984 Oldsmobile Royal Broughmen in showroom condition at only about $4,300. Why would anyone pay almost four times that for one that isn't in that condition?
Of course, it does have four new tires. Maybe that's it.
November 15th, 2012, 11:46 AM
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But... but...
It's (wait for it) FULLY RESTORED!!!
And I thought the one at Fall Carlisle was overpriced. There was a beautiful 83-ish D88 moredoor with something like 5,000 miles on it for sale. A one-owner granny car, last driven in 1997. Unfortunately, the $6,500 asking price was still about three times what a low-option, green-on-green four door was worth.
It's (wait for it) FULLY RESTORED!!!
And I thought the one at Fall Carlisle was overpriced. There was a beautiful 83-ish D88 moredoor with something like 5,000 miles on it for sale. A one-owner granny car, last driven in 1997. Unfortunately, the $6,500 asking price was still about three times what a low-option, green-on-green four door was worth.
November 15th, 2012, 03:15 PM
#4
Restored?
Ummmm no,
Look at the driver's seat and the carpet dash. Seat shows wear and the carpet dash could be hiding cracks.
Drop a zero off the asking price, and it will sell. B Bodies don't hold their value
Ummmm no,
Look at the driver's seat and the carpet dash. Seat shows wear and the carpet dash could be hiding cracks.
Drop a zero off the asking price, and it will sell. B Bodies don't hold their value
November 16th, 2012, 12:08 AM
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1985 base Royale grills (did it get whacked in the nose ?).
Funky looking bumper rub strips front & rear (may only be wax/polish residue - will need inserts re-striped at a minimum)
All the emblems appear to be MIA (cept' for the header & trunk lock).
Rear bumper possibly tweaked (could be a hint of more going on back there).
None of these would normally be deal breakers on a car of this age .....
But a high asking price increases one's expectations greatly.
Maybe they could get out a scrub brush & clean the blue off the new shoes for $15K as well.
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