I have an opportunity to pick up a '75 H/O 350 in awful shape - needs floors and full interior, roof is rusted out around vinyl half-roof.

Few questions:

1. Are floor pans available for these cars?
2. Are they A bodies?

What's a running/driving #3 '75 350 H/O worth? This would be after the effort and expense of floors, interior, mechanical repairs as necessary, maybe a cheap paint job.

My first car was a '75 Cutlass Supreme passed down from my grandfather through my 2 brothers and then to me, so there is an emotional tag to this H/O -- although I would obviously prefer a 455 H/O.

Steve

 

I would say leave it rest. You would most likely need a parts car as little stuff is reproed for these. When you are done the resale would not recoup what you have spent and in my opinion the 455 would be more desireable. A cheap resto would yield a low price on resale and an all out resto would also not be wise in my opinion.

 

Agree, not much love out there for any mid-70's American cars. Keep your eyes open for a solid survivor if you have personal reasons for wanting one. Then enjoy and preserve for now and maybe someday the market will follow.

 

It pains me to say this, but given the poor repro parts support for the 73-77 cars, the low value of a small block car, and the cost to make this a decent car, it's only a parts car. Assuming you do ALL the work yourself, you'll still have to dump twice what the car is worth into it to make it nice. If you're paying somebody for sheet metal and paint, you've got a financial black hole (pun not intended).

The sad reality is that other than emblems and trim, there really isn't much special about a small block 75 H/O.

 

I was looking at these recently and came across a hemmings article from 2010 and was surprised at the condition valuations they listed. Perhaps the market is catching up or I underestimated to begin with? Scroll to bottom of this link to see their values -

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/...rs_guide1.html

 

Thanks everyone for your comments. I was able to find multiple 455 '75s on CL for $2500-4500, so Joe's comments are particularly apt.
Steve

 

Or, as usual, these market price guides are total B.S., as Steve's post suggests: