I am trying to gauge interest in my 42,000 mile original Delta 88 Holiday Coupe. Awesome car in exceptional original condition.

Not sure I want to sell it but may have to. Email me if you are interested.

Guy
graz442@verizon.net

 

Nice car where are you located?

 

Ditto, where is this beautiful 88 located and if you were to sell her, what would be the price range?

 

Hi guy.grazino: This is a great parts car. It looks fairly acceptable. I'll pay you big buck$ for you to send me the front and rear bumpers.

I pays buyers to purchase a car that is already complete or restored. Your car is another great example. My '67 Delta 88 Custom is looking good,
but I'll never get my money out of it.

Thanks for the pictures and good luck with the sale!

Jaybird

 

That's a Jersey plate on the car.

 

Hey Guys, thanks for the compliments. The car is in central NJ. Came out of CO. I am the 2nd owner. I have some extra parts and all documentation. She runs like a champ. 425 - 2 bbl, Auto & Air. Dual Exhaust, Excellent Interior. Will add more pics. I'd like to get around 11K for her.

 

Guy,

I don't mean to sound critical of either you or your excellent ride, but I think your expectations are optimistic in the current market.

Full sizes, even beautiful low mileage originals like yours, are terribly undervalued these days.

I hope you can find a buyer in that range, but I wouldn't hold my breath...

- Eric

 

Eric -

Your right - they are undervalued compared to big Chevies. I am basing my "estimate" on "book value" and my understanding of similar cars that have sold recently. I also took into consideration, the current economic state.

I am open to others on the board giving me an impression of what they think the car is worth...

thanks!

GUY

 

That's a beautiful car. I have '67 Delta 88 convertible that I wish the paint was half as good on.

Having said this, I do agree that $11,000 is a bit strong. The Old Cars Price Guide puts the value of a '67 Delta 88 two-door hardtop in #3 condition ("car show" condition but not showroom condition) at about $7400. In #2 condition (showroom), the value listed is $11,500, which is your range. But is this car really showroom condition, which means showing no wear or dirt at all?

Hard to say. As I said, it looks beautiful in those photos, but we haven't seen the interior or engine. 42,000 miles is a nice, low number, but it's still 42,000, which would make it hard to argue that it's actually showroom nice.

However, it could be close to that. So a value somewhere between $7000 and $11,000 might be appropriate. $9,000? $10,000? Who knows. I think if you actually found someone willing to give you $11,000 for it, you will have done well, but it might take a while to find that person.

 

Jaunty -

Thanks for the comments. The car is not "showroom" obviously. I used another site to consult on the value, I forget which one but it wasnt Old Cars...

If someone was serious about the car, I would be negotiable.

I'll post some other pics of the interior and under the hood....

GUY

 

I wouldn't say it's obvious. You posted two photos that are admittedly from a few feet away. But in those photos, the car looks very much like it could have just rolled off the showroom floor. I know it's got 42,000 miles, and that often means it's not showroom. But it might have been fixed up, and it might be close to that.

In short, the car looks pretty darn good. Post a few a photos from a little closer, and maybe we'll see the flaws. But we can only go by what we see.

 

Here are some more pics.

 

Hey, you have one beautiful car there. Even the engine compartment looks pretty clean. A little clean up on that, and you would have something approaching showroom!

If that's the original air cleaner, then it being black indicates the low-compression version of the 425, if I'm not mistaken. I don't know if that would have any effect on the value, but it was probably the least powerful engine available for this car.

I see that even the Olds emblem in the middle of the grille still has it's red coloring. Mine has long since lost that color. I'd love to find one that's still red. And before everyone jumps in and says they have these at Fusick, they don't. There are lots of similar-appearing emblems like this that were used on Oldsmobiles over those years, but, depending on the application, they all have different mounting stud patterns. In this case, there are two, centered, one above the other, and spaced 7/8" apart, and they're about 3 inches long. What Fusick has are usually made to fit Cutlasses.

I'm going to Carlisle this weekend, and I'm going to carry mine around with me and see if I can't match it up with one someone is selling. I'm guessing I won't find one, or, if I do, it'll be in no better shape than mine. But you never know. The scavenger hunt is half the fun.

 

A few more...

 

Check these out...

 

The "Super Rocket V-8 - Regular Fuel Engine - no charge" shown confirms that it's the low-compression version. The high compression engines used premium fuel.

Very cool to have that documentation!

It's a very cool car. A real time capsule. The color scheme just screams '60s.

 

Jaunty -

After I bought the car, I bought 2 NOS Grille emblems, because the lower part of the rocket was broke off. I also put a NOS Grille and a NOS Tail panel on the car (just to spruce it up a little).

If you need a super nice Grille, a NOS Grille Rocket, or a near mint tail panel let me know...

Guy
(graz442@verizon.net)

 

Actually, I'm interested in all three if the price isn't too bad. I'll send you an email.

 

SOLD !!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...69281&viewitem=

 

Well, congratulations!! You got your price afterall - well done. BTW, nice job on putting together a great ebay auction - the car presented really nicely. I know you provided full disclosure, only thing I would have done different is have the bottom of the car steam cleaned to get rid of the grease/oil on the bottom of the engine. But this just goes to show that these cars can sell strongly to the right buyer. Hope the buyer is a collector who will treat it right instead of a flipper who will try to resell at 20k.