B Jake Moran

Perhaps, but they made a lot of these Sevilles. To sacrifice a few isn’t a big deal. Remember when most new cars were designed as 2 door models. That changed for the Seville, which was always designed to be a 4 door. Mercedes designed each series separately.

My favorite color and appears to be in nice condition.

I call the 68-72 muscle cars the "1 of 1" crowd. I just roll my eyes. If those salt and peppered hair, beer gut guys in Scottsdale want to drop $300,000 on a Hemi Cuda (or fill in the blank), OK. But I was born in 1964 and saw these Colonnades on the street in the late 70's albeit rusting away. I appreciate this 454 has been tweaked but that's exactly what I would do. Pull the motor, make it a 1970 454, and place it back in there appearing stock, but with 400 + horsepower. All could be done for less than $35,000 all in. Then be the only one at the show n shine.

I saw one offered in a project car dealers lot 15 years ago in my favorite color. But it was rusty. I don’t know, but with Buick GS , 442s and GTOs ( as well as Trans Ams, etc) all getting $50,000 to $150,000, this seems like a bargain.

But the last owner did nothing in 10 years.

I don’t believe the “factory” had anything to do with these custom jobs.

What a bunch of BS. “All have had frame off restorations and need nothing”. These are gross abominations of what they might be. Easy pass at any price. Trust me, interiors will be aftermarket materials and there won’t be any records.

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Horrible. Sad.

Like Matt said - I love that interior and saddle top contrast with dark cinnamon body. This would be my choice. A nice $12,000 car. I’m always surprised at the stupid high sold prices in BaT so am surprised this dogged at $9,000.

As soon as he mentioned “recent carburetor” I knew it was the ubiquitous Edelbrock. I suppose there is a chrome aftermarket air cleaner on there. (did not look through photos).

Citation for me, or nothing. But it looks like an interesting Edsel.

Agreed. I am a big GM fan from 1961 to 1966, but more so 1964. I owned and daily drove a 63 Pontiac Grand Prix. Not a fan of the Slim Jim but other than that I liked it. I used to purchase Collectible Automobile years ago and about every 2 years they would cover a GM make from 1961 to 1964. I bought every one. I decided if I was going to get an Oldsmobile, a 1964 Jetstar 1 was my choice. I believe, if memory serves me, they shared the concave rear window of the GP, the Starfire. Not the faux convertible stamp top of the Bel Air, Impala, even Buick or Catalina. With the Jetstar 1, correct me if am wrong Glenn and others, you got the bucket seat console interior, the Starfire motor but no stainless or chrome Starfire gee gaws added on. Sorry to sway from the Pontiac purpose of this thread - to bring it back, give me a 64 Pontiac with those slightly recessed front headlights and taillamps in a 2+2.

Right. Correct priced, not some $25,000 with periodic reductions. Just $13,000. Lose the goofy exhaust tips. Just drive and maintain a time capsule and sell it in 10 years for $11,000 or so.

90 days seems pretty optimistic. Is some of this going to the scrapper if no one purchases?

You can see sun damage on the drivers seat top. Believe it’s original. I’m not personally a fan of white but that’s not a reason it’s not priced correctly.

I think for $27,000 the back vinyl window should not require replacing. There are usually dozens of 60s convertibles for sale during the year for $15,000 or less with fewer deficiencies. The seats appear original. Vinyl in 1964? If so that vinyl is very tough and the cost to redo would be too much for 20 year owners. Exhaust looks ridiculous. Wheels look stupid. No engine photo, few photos. Pass.

You are right. Weird.

He doesn’t want to sell it, he knows what he has. 😯 No mention of AC status or whether those power accessories all work. Only one head gasket replaced?

I no longer post because I can’t figure out the photos issue or don’t have the time to do it right. But I enjoy this column daily.

Believe it or not, I have seen these full size 60s convertibles including a 67 Imperial - go for as little as $1500 at country auctions. I think this one was purchased for far less than the asking price and is essentially a flip. I don’t see it ever getting restored. Too expensive. That interior alone would cost north of $15,000 to restore. Body, then drivetrain which is at 122,000 miles. Too bad.

I know of quite a few nice Buicks better than this that sold for $15,000 or less up to 1928 in the past 2 years. I just don’t include them in my searches at the moment.

My issue is it would sell right away if not aggressively priced. How about $7,000? $7,000!! Why that’s giving it away!! Kind of, yes. You pick the buyer.

This is at least an 8 cylinder running and driving Chrysler. $16,000 or a slightly negotiated lower price seems ok. Needs to be complete. Airflow parts are expensive and hoarded by Airflow geeks. Ad does not have much content. Not sure what is going on.

Well, we got really close. Really close. I spotted a 1949 Chevy 1/2 Ton on local Facebook marketplace. It was a high end half ton, 5 window version with chrome grill. It was a total project but complete, solid with extra parts and less then 100 miles from central Iowa. I communicated with the seller and explained that it was a "big brother big sisters" type of a situation. She immediately dropped the price $1,000. The seller and I arranged to see it today on my way back from work in Fort Dodge. I looked last night and it said PENDING. I then reached out to her and requested an update and she said they just sold it, and they had at least 20 people wanting it. When communicated to my young friend he got pretty excited. His mom will update him today. I think from now on, we don't share with him until the vehicle is in hand. I am leaning toward a truck project.