Good evening,
I inherited my Mother's 1988 cutlass supreme international pace car. It has less than 90,000 miles on it. It has been garage kept and body and interior is in great shape. The car does not run and has not run in the last 10 years. I would like to sell it but have no idea what a reasonable asking price. Please help! Thanks

 

Welcome. Is this one of the hardtop pace car replicas or one of the ten or so actual convertibles that made it to private hands? The latter are worth quite a bit more than the former. One of the convertibles sold at Barrett Jackson in 2008 for $22K. Another one sold at a Mecum auction in 2019 but I can't find the sale price. A third one was listed on Hemmings in 2019 for $19,900. I don't know if it sold.

 

It is the hardtop, do you know how much I should ask for?

 

Post some good pictures and a location.

 

Why does it not run? Just because it hasn't been started or is something wrong with the car? If it just needs TLC to get it running, that's one thing, but if there's say, a spun bearing or broken parts, it will definitely make a difference. Condition is ALWAYS a factor. 90K-ish miles isn't a whole lot for the age, but that's still a good amount on the drivetrain. If it ran like a top, that would be an easy 6 or 7K starting point. Since it's been sitting forever and doesn't run, I wouldn't expect a lot. Maybe ask half that much at most. JMO. There's obvious sentimental value and that can't be taken out completely, but you need to be real. Most buyers don't take sentimental value into account when buying 35 year-old cars.

Don't go strictly by auction results. Those prices are typically skewed upwards by buyers with more money than brains. Besides, they were convertibles which are more rare and more desirable. Not like the hardtops fall out of trees, but there just isn't a demand for them except maybe a few historical buffs that are looking for display pieces, not something they have to fix and or restore. Unless your car is a 9.5 out of 10, you'll be disappointed thinking it's worth auction prices.

Ask 40 people and you'll get 40 different answers. The asking price has to come from you. There's not a ton of sales information on these cars because there weren't a ton of them. So the rarity factor could come into play, but rarity does not always equate to value. Generally speaking, find out what works for you. Start a bit high, and you can always adjust the price down until it sells. The market is SOFT right now for any FWD "classic" V6 car. Especially those that their only claim to fame is some decals and a paint job. There's not a lot special, IMO, about the '88 Olds pace car, sorry to say. Virtually zero parts support and low demand doesn't make for a quick sale, unfortunately.