Double wall hard top on CL

[rampage]

I think someone needs to put down their crack pipe.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/3315665536.html

 

[NorCal69]

Dude has one too many zero's in his price. If that's the going price, I have a couple up fer sale. Maybe I can finish the blazer this year, with all of the extra cash.

 

[meanboyjr]

Hate to dig this thread up, but I found this on the local CL...

84 k5 BLAZER/ NEW ENGINE!!! 4 x 4 dream - $1800 (Smokey Point )

Date: 2012-10-21, 6:55PM PDT
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I have a 84 k5 Blazer for sale runs and drives!
HAS:
*Has a new 350 possibly 378 stroker stroker motor
*Less than 5000 miles
*I have receipt for engine and install
*Rebuilt rear end i have receipt
*New transfer case but i lost receipt
*also has a strong shift kit you already no that cost some money as well
*1406 edelbrok carb,
*New driver window, and new motor
*Fiber glass canopy top goes for 3-4 K new

Needs a paint job eventually.

I am asking $1800 because it needs a new front driveline and little bit of other work from 4 x 4

MOTIVATED TO SELL!!!

Why do people think toppers are worth so much?

 

[rampage]

So where can you get a new top?

 

[shady]

first gens ya cant. but i did find the second gen half tops while seaching for a first gen one. and they WERE 3-4 k. no idea why but thats what they were asking. i cant remember who sells them though

 

[meanboyjr]

So where can you get a new top?

I see your point, but regarding the value of the truck, is the topper really worth that much? I know that if my topper was worth 3 grand - exceeding the value of the rest of my truck by about 300% - I would promptly sell it and buy another K5. And then I'd sell that topper and buy another K5, and then sell that topper and buy a bunch of soft tops...



No, seriously, you're pretty much SOL if you want a brand new factory hardtop. I get that. But insofar as finding another hardtop, all you have to do is search craigslist or the Little Nickel or even eBay, and you'll find them floating around in the $200-$300 range.

 

[dremu]

Well, the "double wall" is an indicator that it's a first-gen top, which are relatively rare. Two grand rare, no, not IMO. Even with the lift window in great shape -- and I don't think this one was -- you can find them for a few hundred if you're patient.

Even '73-75 tops can go for a chunk of change due to low availability. It's the 76+ half-tops that are everywhere and free or close.

In the end something is worth only what someone will pay for it, and Craigslist is full of people who haven't figured that out.

-- A