1969 Trans Am - Page 2

**Jack_Tar** · #1 03-21-2014, 05:09 PM

Doing this on a daily basis, I love my job, it is quite a large undertaking. If someone brought me this car and bought all the parts them selves, they would still have more in it than you could sell it for. That is where you have the fun of driving your investment out of it. You can't restore this one as an investment. Rare as they are, it just costs a lot of money to make it right.

**69 Post Sedan** · #2 03-21-2014, 06:14 PM

What amazes me is it's currently bid at over $16k. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img] I know the car is rare but that's crazy. IMO

Kurt

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #3 03-21-2014, 06:31 PM

Yep, folks said that to me when I bought my Yenko Deuce. I didn't care, it was the car and project that I wanted and I didn't care that I was going to be upside down when done. Now, looking back some 18 years later, it was worth every penny & drop of sweat equity!

barnett468 · #4 03-21-2014, 07:50 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yep, folks said that to me when I bought my Yenko Deuce. I didn't care, it was the car and project that I wanted and I didn't care that I was going to be upside down when done. Now, looking back some 18 years later, it was worth every penny & drop of sweat equity!</div></div>your yenko wasn't nearly as bad as the ta and is worth WAY more.

**69 Post Sedan** · #5 03-22-2014, 01:47 PM

Marlin, just comparing the pictures of the T/A and of your car....well, there is no comparison. And, as stated above, a Yenko anything is worth much more than a '69 T/A. IMO

I just think $16k+ is too much for that car. I'm sure the new owner knows that they will be under water with the restoration and that's okay in my book....they are saving a great car but even if he/she got it for free, they'd be under water.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for saving any muscle car. Here's an elCamino I saved/purchased at a junkyard and reunited the original block with it. As far as I know, it's being restored in northern Illinois.

1969 Monaco Orange elCamino

Anyway, back to the T/A, it's going to be a lot of work, if they don't just pull the tags and put it on another '69. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

Kurt [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

**tjs44** · #6 03-22-2014, 02:05 PM

If that car had the complete numbers matching engine its a 100K restored car.Just trying to do a "correct" engine is expensive.The carb alone is a 2-3K investment.I believe most on here know it will end up a rebody car.JMHO,Tom

barnett468 · #7 03-23-2014, 08:28 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tjs44</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe most on here know it will end up a rebody car.</div></div>lol.

**69 Post Sedan** · #8 03-27-2014, 12:13 PM

Final sale was $22,651.

Kurt

barnett468 · #9 03-28-2014, 06:24 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69 Post Sedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Final sale was $22,651.

Kurt </div></div>wow, maybe we'll be seeing it at barrett in 2 years.

**JRSully** · #10 03-28-2014, 11:10 AM

Honestly, how much original (if any) sheetmetal will remain on that car when it is done.? As a prior poster stated, if perfect, it would be around $100k I imagine a RA IV would increase that significantly and it is seems that 69 Trans Am's are always for sale. But there is pride in bringing something back from the dead no matter what the cost. Good luck to the new owner, hopefully it is somebody here and we can watch the progress