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So how much are square bodies worth?

You know, it all evens out to about the same price....if you do it yourself you are looking at $20,000 plus or you can buy one like these above. If you are fine with the color scheme and the level of the restore job and you dont have the time and tools, why not??? I'm talking restorations here, I know why people who can build their own do it.
 
I like all of those, but none of them are my color choice except for that red blazer...which i hate the wheels on it.
 
vandelay industries said:
What were the prices on trucks when new?

http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/nashville/1986/chevrolet/suburban-S474.html
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Lot less than those prices, hahaha

I think these prices are crazy...everytime I watch those stupid BJ auctions, no matter what the car is, I think they are insane on the prices. BJ, in my opinion, is a bunch of douches putting values on cars, that in most cases, know nothing about cars. Same as almost every used car salesman I've ever met. The dudes have no clue about the details of the vehicles, but yet somehow are telling me what it's worth.

But I've come to the realization that 90% of the population in this country are a bunch of morons when it comes to vehicles and will believe whatever that used car salesman tells them.

There are still good deals on squares out there, you just have to search a little bit and be patient. My dad last year found an 84 burban with 4" lift and 35's, completely rust free that runs really good for $2000...just have to look, and in most cases be ok with traveling to get the right deal
 
Chief Brody said:
Probably $2,500 for around 1970 - 1972
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Kay86K5 said:
Lot less than those prices, hahaha

I think these prices are crazy...everytime I watch those stupid BJ auctions, no matter what the car is, I think they are insane on the prices. BJ, in my opinion, is a bunch of douches putting values on cars, that in most cases, know nothing about cars. Same as almost every used car salesman I've ever met. The dudes have no clue about the details of the vehicles, but yet somehow are telling me what it's worth.

There are still good deals on squares out there, you just have to search a little bit and be patient. My dad last year found an 84 burban with 4" lift and 35's, completely rust free that runs really good for $2000...just have to look, and in most cases be ok with traveling to get the right deal
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Some of it is....I think these big auctions sometimes go beyond...BUT...there is no doubt that the supply is drying up...I've seen it with my own eyes. And as the desirable cars from that classic era are dried up, naturally it will move to the trucks.....I think it is the natural progression. Everybody is truck and SUV crazy these days too....and I don't believe there is a single Chevy made since 1994 that will ever be considered a true "classic'. I think the K5 or K10 has a special place in the truck world and are the last remaining American made vehicles worth collecting with all the muscle cars becoming accounted for. I could be wrong.
 
I guess it depends on where you live too...out west here, especially in ID I see clean squares driving all over the place, daily. When my brother lived in WA, he said the amount of clean squares driving around was ridiculous.

In the rust belt...I'm sure it's those guys driving up the costs, hahaha, j/k (but seriously :D)
 
I agree with you Chief,I see no vehicles made after 1990's that will ever have the cult following of the older muscle cars and trucks..maybe a very few,but nothing like the good old days..

Face it--with few exceptions-America's best looking,fastest, and longest lasting vehicles reached their peak before 1974..after the catalitic converter and smog controls came around,and they started lightening up all the vehicles to get better fuel mileage,the "best" years were over..practically nothing made after the 1990's gives me any thrills or desire to own one..
 
One thing in common is a pretty paint job. I guess I should moth-ball mine while the paint is still nice, consider it an investment...

But then all gas engines might become illegal in my lifetime. That'll hurt the value.
 
Mastiff said:
One thing in common is a pretty paint job. I guess I should moth-ball mine while the paint is still nice, consider it an investment...

But then all gas engines might become illegal in my lifetime. That'll hurt the value.
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Sadly, that will happen one day..maybe not illegal but heavily taxed? Also the Internet of Things is going to take over and manually driven vehicles will not be allowed on the same roadways...you'll be driving your K5 around your yard...but I don't think that will happen in my lifetime..but you never know. Face it, there is no constant but change.
 
Sorry, I don't buy into that stuff as much...it's all about the consumer, and if the consumer doesn't want it, it doesn't become the standard. And they can try to "tax" or make "illegal" things all they want, doesn't mean it takes well to society...look at guns for an example of that. And trust me, not everyone is actually registering all of those either, haha
 
The word "rare" is thrown around so much in our valuation and sales these days....but "rare" or not one thing remains true...the fewer there are of something prized, the more valuable it becomes. I should have been collecting pre-1964 quarters and dimes when I was a kid....
 
Kay86K5 said:
I guess it depends on where you live too...out west here, especially in ID I see clean squares driving all over the place, daily. When my brother lived in WA, he said the amount of clean squares driving around was ridiculous.

In the rust belt...I'm sure it's those guys driving up the costs, hahaha, j/k (but seriously :D)
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I went to San Diego last week and was shocked by the lack of squares. I mean, I live in farm country and a lot of the ones I see around here are work trucks and it shows but still.
 
Wow, I swear I used to own that truck. Had to sell it when I moved from N AL to Seattle. I got about 1/20 of that...
 
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