'68 Goat-- What's It worth?

[skierkaj]

Just curious as to what a '68 Goat would be worth . . .

2- 400 blocks (basically complete, but need totally rebuilt)
Body resto started, needs new passenger door, and needs new passenger quarter. Has new hood to replace the creased one. Every panel needs bondo.
Interior complete, with totally new interior kit- not installed.
Frame is all redone- sandblasted and painted.
Car is very rust free with only 3 small spots- filler panel between rear glass and trunk, right behind the windshield ribbon, small spot under chrome trim on drivers side fender.
It's one of my best friends' cars, and I know he paid $2,000 for it before he started the resto.
I've been looking for a good project, and my friend probably hasn't worked on it in 3 months. I figure I'll make him an offer and I'll take it from there.

Car is basically all complete, with many extra engine parts, and almost everything to complete the resto.

What would you guys recommend as an offer?

[Seattle Sam]

I would recommend patience, Grasshopper!


-Sam

[Belair62]

Good advice for now Skik...sounds like a long dark road...

[supergonzo]

Are the motors running? Is one of them the original block?

$1500 for a basket case, would be worth it if the answers to either one of the above is yes.

At least $3K if he really has all the interior, and other parts to make it a complete driver.

[skierkaj]

Yes, one is the original block, and another is out of a catalina . . .

I think I'm gonna wait for my dad's camaro.

[supergonzo]

Oh boy

[skierkaj]

What do u mean by that?

[Fhakya]

I believe he's referring to the '79 Camaro that his dad previously owned that the current owner is not willing to sell yet. I still vote that you build up a stout SB or take the money you were thinking about getting a new project with and building a BB "What if in '76" clone out of your current one. Joel did continue to build them after Baldwin closed it's doors and I really like the color combo on yours better than this pic.

[skierkaj]

Yeah, I saw that pic a long time ago before I started to semi-restore my camaro, and thought that the Motion-look would be something interesting to look at, and it just carried on from there. I'm definitely a fan of the double stripe, rather than the single stripes. Soon, the Camaro is going to have the stripes on the header panel (they were left out on the initial paint), and is going to be wet-sanded and buffed. The stripes are going to be free, since the guy at the shop sort of fummied the stripes on the decklid-- one corner at the stripes is more rounded than the other. The wet-sand and buff is going to be about $100--I don't trust myself to do it. I think that I've decided to stick with my car, and eventually redo the frame, suspention, and possibly add a 454, or a 468 BB. I had originally wanted to add a Bill Mitchell 454 small block, but $10,000 is a little much for a college kid! I'm talking "long-run plans": here, so nothing is final.

Just talked to the kid who has my dad's camaro, and he's currently having the engine rebuilt . . . keeping it mostly stock, with some upgrades, like a carb, intake, possibly headers . . . "just something a little more street-performance oriented" as he said.