What is a fair price to pay for a correct 1969 H/O intake in mint condition?

 

Well

My first question would be. Are you SURE it's not a Chris Whitt repo?

Enquiring minds need to know.

 

OK, I'll try to make it more interesting.
I got a call from a local person in Austin who I dealt with 10+ years ago, but has been out of the Olds for a while now. He has this intake and wants to ask a FAIR price. I told him I'll ask the experts on this site.

 

250 plus shipping big heavy out dated

 

Seen them at Homecoming for over $4,000

 

he said fair not pipe dream. like the d heads that have been on e bay for 4 months now
last pair no saled at 3100. heads being worth more in my opinion because most know too look for that at a show or cruise night.

 

I talked to Don and he thinks its in the 6,500 range! Henry

 

Talk about unobtainium! I think $6500 is pretty accurate in a good market but it's tough to guage what the market will bear right now. I've been told $3500-$5000. They simply don't exist so the right buyer with deep pockets won't mind spending that for the right part. Last one I remember sold for $1800 in 2008 and it was pretty rough.

 

One sold on E-Bay 2 years ago for $11,000, but that was from the guy who runs The Parts Place in Illinois, probably a fake sale.

 

I was bidding on w-30 intake from a guy they said was the owner of the parts place and the guy who got it was then contacted by the police that it was stolen and they took it back glad i didn't get that one.

 

Right time, right part, only need two crazed bidders - I watched the sale - looked good to me. I]d sell the car that doesn't have the manifold and buy a new car with the manifold before I'd pay that much just for the manifold.

 

How do you tell a fake?

 

'69 H/O intakes are cast iron. Nothing super special about it. '70 to '72 are the ones getting the money.

Gene

 

well, said freind now has it on ebay I went to 2500 and have not met reserve.

 

From a performance stand point they're nothing special but since it is exclusive to the '69 H/O it can very important piece of a correct restoration.

 

I still wonder what happened to that $11,000 intake. I bet that guy would love to rethink that one. That was sold back when the economy was strong. Now 69 H/O's are $50,000 tops, for a show winner, with full documentation, and even then they don't sell. I haven't seen a 68 or 69 H/O at Mecum or Barrett-Jackson in at least a year. The owners are hanging onto them because their values have dropped so far. Don't get me wrong, I think the 68/69 H/O's should be worth MORE than the 70-72 W-30's because of their rarity, but you can't change the demand. The last 69 H/O that went through Mecum was Oct 2009, and it stalled out at $48,000. Before that, there was a 69 H/O in May 2009 that was a no sale at $70,000, and that was a National Show Winner, matching numbers car. I think that same car was offered again in Oct. 2009, and the owner pulled it before it went onto the stage because the other 69 H/O stalled at $48,000. Values have dropped far on the H/O's.

So the guy that paid $11,000 for that e-Bay intake was probably a shill bidder, friends with the parts place guy, trying to drum up interest for the reproduction intake.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS%3AUS%3A1123

 

besides me who all on here is bidding on this ?

 

I'm just bidding on it for the manifolds.............

 

You guys should team up lol

 

I think the Parts Place owner bought the H/O manifold so he could make repro's..

 

I don't judge anyone but I will never understand the "numbers matching" collector mentality. If somebody could repro EXACTLY a rare part, then what makes the original so special? I'm much more likely to by Edelbrock heads from my 65 425 than search and pay for "D"s. I guess that makes me more a resto-mod guy.

All that said, I LOVE to watch the auction shows. Again, to each his own and that's what makes life interesting.

 

I am right there with you on that one. I had a friend building a LS6 Chevelle. He pulled his hair out and about went bankrupt looking for just the right date coded parts. No thank you.

 

The parts place guy SOLD the intake for $11,000, he didn't buy it. I think it was a phony sale so he could then sell repros saying that 'real ones are worth $11,000'. the guy is a piece of work, so I wouldn't put anything by him.

 

Think of that and then look at this...somethings wrong.

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...AdIdZ247796698

 

If you add up the price for a set of heads 6500 seems to be the price people are looking for or above a intake at say 4500 and a ram air upper plenum at 3000 ,14,000