Can anyone recommend the best place for me to sell a project car? I listed it on this forum. Thank you!

 

I looked at that post and while it appears to be a very nice custom build, I think the term “frame off restoration” is used incorrectly.

 

The photos make it a match. :-(

 

OK, thank you. I'm learning all of this by the firehouse method. I will research and rephrase.

 

Of course, you can post your car for sale on Craigslist. Just be careful that you don't get murdered. Here's a better online sales website.

https://offerup.com

 

if you sell it on craigslist they started charging 5 bucks to post a for sale ad in the cars for sale section,evidently to weed out scammers,but if you put it in the car parts section and word it correctly they don't charge

 

Barn Finds lists a lot of project cars. I have no idea how successful the sellers are there, however.

 

Do you have receipts of the work done? Especially on the engine or anything else rebuilt? Adding that will help potential buyers evaluate the value of the parts and machine work done to it. Is this a project that you inherited or have been building yourself? If something you inherited can you get friends of the person who did the work to give testimony of how detailed the person doing the work has done? That could go a long way within the Oldsmobile community.

 

Thank you!

 

Thank you!!

 

I inherited it. My brother was building his dream resto-mod car before he passed in November 2023. I have some receipts. His friends can attest to the quality of the workmanship - he really spared no expense

 

From what I've gleaned about "frame off restoration" projects, I think I used the term correctly. Interior was cleared out of the car body, it was unbolted from the frame and set aside. The engine, transmission, and suspension were removed from the frame. The frame is currently bolted onto the rotisserie.

 

So this was Tripp's car. He was a member here for many years. I didn't know he had passed away. Sorry for your loss. I hope his friends can help you sell his car to someone who will continue the work he had done to it.

 

I asked and she said her brother recently passed and she inherited the car. Yes, we lost another...

 

Thanks, but I don't know anyone named Tripp. My brother was named George.

 

Most of us don't use our real names, such as I go by 2blu442. Here's a link to your brothers profile page. He went by TripDeuces for the three 2 barrel carburetors.


ClassicOldsmobile.com - View Profile: TripDeuces

 

Try here https://www.oldsmobilecentral.com/

 

I was meaning a frame off restoration is the term used when bringing a car back to 100% factory original configuration. This car has a lot of non-original custom parts. Just pointing that out so you are aware of the expectations when that term is used.

 

I really hate to hear this. RIP Oldsmobrother

 

RIP and condolences. :-(

 

Sorry to hear that your brother passed. You could also use Facebook Marketplace to list his car for sale.

 

The answer is simple. Everywhere!

You can't get too much exposure, and you never know when or how it will sell. What you want is eyeballs on your ad, and the more eyeballs the better.

Craigslist gets a lot of bad press, some of it deserved, but I've sold several vehicles that way with no problems. As much as people like to put it down, craigslist probably gets your car more exposure than the next ten selling sites put together with the possible exception of ebay.

Certainly put it on every site that lets you list it for free or for a nominal fee. Craigslist charges $5 (per month, I believe), and that's mostly to stop people from leaving their car up for sale forever. $5 is nothing compared to what you likely will end up selling it for.

Keep in mind also that someone buying a car that's in pieces is taking a risk no matter how much care was put into the car's disassembly or in the repair and restoration of the parts. There's always the risk that, when they get around to putting the car together six months later, they'll find that a part is missing and they won't be able to reach you any more. This happened to me once. I bought a car that had had a few trim parts removed, but I was assured that all parts "were in the back." It turned out, a few months later, that a major part was missing. Fortunately, the seller was still around and found it tucked away in the corner of a cluttered garage.

My point is, don't expect to be able to hold out for top dollar. You get a reasonable offer on the "car," take it. Recognize that the buyer is taking somewhat of a risk in buying this car.

 

Sorry for your loss.
Until you can get things sorted out as far as trying to sell his project car you might want to be careful about posting documents with personal information on it. There are too many bad actors everywhere waiting to take advantage of an opportunity to make a quick buck and they will especially go after a woman. It's a sad world we live in now where you have to be on your guard at all times.
Have your family and friends help you organize what it is you are selling and look up on the internet the value of the things. Separate tools from car parts and take many photos of the item along with a description. If it's too daunting of a task for you there are companies that do this as a business.
What ever you decide, good luck.

 

What kind of car is it ?

 

Good question. Somebody must have deleted a post because everybody else is going on as if they know what it is, but I can't find reference to it anywhere in this thread.

 

This thread was in reference to the car posted here:
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-trove-177743/

 

Thanks!