Asked to sell a 356C coupe need pricing advice

[techweenie]

eBay shows no 356C coupe successfully auctioned for more than $27K, and yet the majority of cars for sale on certain sites are $100K and up.

I suspect the subject car is worth $60K. It has minimal rust (door shells only) and original sheet metal. Hot-rodded original engine. Front oil cooler. Color change from Light Ivory to silver, black vinyl interior in 'driver' condition. Starts, runs, drives and stops. Has a roll bar and fuel cell. Was intended for track use, and has some old racing history. Straight with good gaps...

Your informed opinions welcomed.

[Les Paul]

I keep up with the for sale ads in Panorama. From watching the trends for years I’d say 60-65.

[Matt Monson]

Send a few pics to my email. I’ll ask a couple guys who still track them.

[Unobtanium-inc]

Pics would help. $35,000-60,000 is the spread right now for driver C Coupes.

A lot of it depends on how reversible the track mods are.

---Adam

[BK911]

I'm in at $35k.

[robertmark]

Post this question on the 356 registry. Lot's of knowledgeable and helpful guys there.

[PD41]

Put it on eBay for 99 cents and set a reserve at ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

What it bids up to will give you an idea.

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by Unobtanium-inc

Pics would help. $35,000-60,000 is the spread right now for driver C Coupes.

A lot of it depends on how reversible the track mods are.

---Adam

[Unobtanium-inc]

It shows well, but you will have a limited audience since many will see it as a restoration candidate. To about 2/3 of the 356 buying public, anything that isn't fully restored in original spec is a "restoration candidate". Apparently many guys don't actually want to drive the cars anymore, they just want to stare and have others stare.

I would peg this one at mid 40's to be conservative. It could go higher since it's a matching numbers SC, the finest driving 356 that ever left the Factory, but I think $60,000 would be a stretch.

I'll give you a good example, I had a matching numbers Super 90 Factory Sunroof car a few years ago, re-built motor by a known builder, drove great, looked ok. Almost everyone who was interested in the car kept talking about how much it was going to cost to restore it. I was thinking $55,000-60,000, I could barely squeeze $40,000 out of it after months of looking at it. I told Matt, if we can't get $40,000, I'll keep it and drive it, at least I could see the value in a car like that.

---Adam

[techweenie]

Thanks, Adam. We found the magic number. Car is sold.

[PD41]

Good job, how much did it go for ? $40 - $50 range ?

[Unobtanium-inc]

Originally Posted by techweenie

Thanks, Adam. We found the magic number. Car is sold.

Happy to help, glad it worked out for everyone!

---Adam