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Somebody here is tracking Chalets...not sure if this one is accounted for?

RootBreaker said:
ahhh no. just the side shot.. looked clean on my cell. didnt see inside pics...wow..yuck
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I would think it would be only worth it if you are going to gut it and start fresh like i did. Latest pic shows left side awning. Shop was sold and my builder had to move. Last minute spurt of luck gave him a new shop to live/work out of in Durango. Should be full steam ahead to finish her next Monday after he moves everything out of storage that he just stored last week. Est. completion is 30-45 days. If you need a canvas made he has a local guy that can do them. He has a Chalet/Casa Grande template (mine) and a Yota Chinook template as well.

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Talon762 said:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/595468627235108/permalink/3493765127405429/?sale_post_id=3493765127405429 $35k
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Yet another one of these where the question is, just because the seller paid $35k for it, does that mean it's worth $35k, or was he a sucker who was dazzled by superficial appearances and threw away a bare minimum of $11k to some slick car dealer/flipper? This one is Casa Grande #1457, built in 12/76, and was owned for a long time by a guy in our old Yahoo Chalet/Casa Grande owners & enthusiasts forum. He got into a small wreck with it where it needed a new door and some other body work, but with a good polishing of the factory-correct pastel tan paint on the truck and a good polishing of the camper's somewhat oxidized gel coat, it would have been a better than average rig. However, the owner after him commissioned new decals (the sign shop actually contacted me for input on the rear door decal color), and a total repaint of the truck and camper. Problem is, at least as far as factory-correct restoration value is concerned, the guy had it repainted overall in a metalflake gold-ish color with a high gloss on the camper, which those never had. I'm wondering if the tan vinyl truck seats are factory-original, too, considering how many Blazers I see with cloth plaid seats.

This seller only bought the rig in May as seen in this Instagram capture page from the RV Seller. The RV dealer's last advertised price in their own FB Marketplace May 7 ad was $34,995, a strange markup from their prior Marketplace ad price in mid February of $29,995. Near as I can tell, they did nothing that warranted the price hike. The prior owner who had the incorrect repaint done offered it in his own FB Marketplace ad in late January for $24,950 in exactly the same condition you see it in today. Has the market value really jumped $10 grand on these in 10 months? Jury's out on that decision......
 
Capt Ron said:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/412571216547389
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Thanks!! I miss FB Marketplace ads more often than not, so I always appreciate such alerts. This one is Chalet #1000, built in 10/76, one of the guys at the FB page that the former owner of Chalet #0589 created alerted me to this one a day or three ago. In the interim time, the lady selling it retitled the ad from "blazer chalet" to "Sportsmobile", which is weird, but she also dropped the price $400 to $6500. In other FB ads, I've seen multi-thousand price hikes with zip done to the rigs.
 
H20 Toie said:
Here is another one https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/429955651693381/
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Thanks!! I knew of that one from the seller announcing it earlier at the Facebook page run by the former owner of Chalet #0589, but I still appreciate the heads-up alert because the guy subsequently added more photos to his listing which I snagged for my mega-pile of notes/photos on these. This one is Casa Grande #0831built in 8/76, and it looks like somebody actually bought it for $4500. Unclear if too much rust is happening to save the truck, and it looks like an uphill struggle to restore the camper interior.

And in related sighting news, my former #1747 Chalet is back again for sale at FB Marketplace, although under yet another seller, this time in Modesto CA: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/890856515005374/ Sad to see its paint & stripes in worse shape than when I had it (the seller has sprayed water all over it to "shine it up.")

Chalet #0255 has also popped up in FB Marketplace: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/430331168111104/
 
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There was one for sale in Temecula, Ca
on marketplace about a month ago.

They seem to be popping up often.
 
azblazer said:
https://rockies.craigslist.org/cto/d/buena-vista-1977-gmc-jimmy-casa-grande/7261721122.html ...appears someone in Buena Vista has 3 or 4 of them...
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Many thanks for this heads-up. As usual, even though I try to check my bookmarked nationwide search link for Chalets & Casa Grandes, evil Craigslist still doesn't want to readily share with Google. First, this one is Casa Grande #1676 built in 10/76, previously owned by a longtime member in our old Yahoo Groups Chalet forum on the coast of NY state, and his Craigslist ad for it back in Sept 2017 had it at just $7000. Have these doubled in value in just 3 years? Jury's out on that decision. Next, my educated guess is that the seller still has Chalet #0579 that he picked up in San Leandro CA right around the same time in 2017. There's a kid in his 20s in Buena Vista who has some relation to the seller (I forget what) who supposedly sold his Chalet #0099 within the last 6 months, but maybe it hasn't left the area yet. Or maybe the seller has found another Chalet I don't know about. Meanwhile, a shop in Buena Vista named "Well Sorted Automotive" is coincidentally doing restoration for yet another '76 Chalet, where this one has the one distinguishing detail of having burnt orange-color rally wheels. If I have it right, that one is Chalet #0052, but I'm still awaiting confirmation from the shop on that or from the owner.
 
Talon762 said:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/595468627235108/permalink/3837836899664915/?ref=facebook_story_share
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I appreciate the heads-up alert!

Scroll up the page to posts 222 & 224, the same owner seems to have trouble selling it, and has dropped the price by a grand since October. But the overall problem is still there on whether its value from not even 13 months ago should have gone up $11 grand, or if he instead threw that difference of cash away to a dealer/flipper for a rig that's undermined in collector value (if deadnuts-correct original factory appearance is all the rage these days) by its non-original truck/camper repaint.
 
a77blazerchalet said:
I appreciate the heads-up alert!

Scroll up the page to posts 222 & 224, the same owner seems to have trouble selling it, and has dropped the price by a grand since October. But the overall problem is still there on whether its value from not even 13 months ago should have gone up $11 grand, or if he instead threw that difference of cash away to a dealer/flipper for a rig that's undermined in collector value (if deadnuts-correct original factory appearance is all the rage these days) by its non-original truck/camper repaint.
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Ahh, whoops.. I'll try and memorize that one
 
Talon762 said:
Ahh, whoops.. I'll try and memorize that one
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No whoops there on your part, I would have otherwise missed it and thus not been able to add it to my stack of paper printouts for every listing I'm aware of. My trails of sales listings histories helps potential buyers to negotiate with sellers, when they are aware of my stuff.
 
i would like to see whatever happen to the one that sold out here in riverside a couple of years ago. the guy was local ( in Van Nuys i think) to me that was going to fix it up but never heard about it again. it seemed to be in good enough condition to start with that it could have come out real nice.
 
Moody Bricker said:
Seen this yesterday. https://www.auto evolution.com/news/1976-chevy-k5-blazer-chalet-mixes-truck-looks-with-overlanding-lifestyle-156639.html Built 7-76. ##429
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Yep, that's the Hemmings ad one I put in over in this CK5 thread. However, one of my informants who taps me from time to time on finding a crisp original to buy tells me it's sold already ...... for $55,000.*

Eek. Story is that it's a never-sold to the public 'personal museum piece' (sorta, for lack of better description) kept by the Ray Stout Chevrolet dealership in Kent Michigan all this time.
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*Update: not sold. And price-hiked now to $69,900.
 
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