I was thinking about doing this to my project 32 LaSalle... What do you all think???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cadillac-Other-4-Door-Sedan-1933-lasalle-a-division-of-cadillac-/151131912069?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item233029f785&vxp=mtr
Thanks.
Al
Al,
You really are in the wrong place for stuff like that, you should join us over at the Modified Chapter of the Cadillac & LaSalle Club ---- http://www.modifiedcadillac.org/.
Asking that price is one thing getting it is entirely different. He's been watching too many Barrett-Jackson auctions.
I like the idea of a modern drivetrain and air conditioning for touring, but I'd prefer to keep the seats and door panels fairly stock looking. The tires seem too.... wide?
I could think of a lot better ways to spend $185k...
Nice build, not my style on the interior either but whatever. The owner probably spent quite a bit to have it all done. Doubt it will sell for that much.
The owner most likely didn't come here for advice prior to lowering its value.
Mike
Hello Al
Glad to read you are conceptualizing the future of your vehicle.
At your convenience perhaps we could discuss an alternative for your LaSalle.
I don't think the term "5 year restoration" applies to this car. For my taste, I don't like the look of such a tall car used as a rod. Should have gone all the way and chopped it down a bit.
Al,
Did you ever get up one winter morning and run down stairs and saw the most beautifully wrapped present, with your name on it.
Then with expectations high, you opened it up only to find a sweater with a reindeer on the front - BUMMER.
That is the way I felt after opening up the link to see the most beautifully wrapped LaSalle, and then opened up the additional photos to see the car was a well painted organ recipient - inside and out - from many species - BUMMER.
Ignoring the asking price (and who wouldn't), my guess is that instead of spending all the money on "upgrades", the owner could have spent less to bring the car back to as close to OEM, and have enjoyed an extraordinary car of its time - and more broadly admired and coveted if there ever came a time to sell it.
Just one disappointed purist's strong opinion.
Have fun,
Steve B.
Could have been done with a bit more taste. I like resto mods, but the interior is to modern for the car.
Tim Winsor
Pretty to look at? Only maybe, in my opinion, no where near as pretty as an actual restoration would have made it where it would have been an actual representation of a bygone era, and fun to drive to within the sensible limits of the time it was designed and built for. As it is, it is so over powered as to be silly. Unless it has a built in roll cage we can't see an accident in that car, a roll over or crash, is unsurvivable at anything above a minimal exertion of that engine and running gear.
The best brakes in the world are no help when your on your upside down. I have several rodded cars back in the 60s of this era that crashed. They tend to look like an orange crate after a semi runs over it. There are plenty of pictures and books of old time car crashes. Look at those cars. Most are not high speed crashes, but often it is impossible to recognize what the car was originally.
Sorry to rain on the parade, and I enjoy driving this period of car very much and have owned a number of them, but they were made for slow roads, and are best enjoyed that way.
Jim Stamper, CLC#13470
I'm thinking shill bidder.
Jim, I've seen these bids as well. I wonder about them. How does shill bidding work? Won't he have to pay up to eBay if it doesn't actually sell?
Mike
Someone bid on it at 185K..... so it must be worth it to someone.... I wonder if the bidder is a friend of the owner?
Al
Unfortunately these shill types of bids happen a lot on ebay. Generally a friend who opens a new ebay acct, or has an existing one with great feedback who places the bid to make an unreal price seem OK to someone else. Then either right before, or even after the auction ends, the BUYER backs out and cancels their bid. Yes ebay puts the cancellation on record to make sure this is not some pattern. But the seller is mostly unharmed except maybe for a small listing fee depending on how they listed it. In essence to the seller it become the cost of placing an add elsewhere of sorts.
All that aside..... I think the car is gorgeous and id drive it in a minute.....at no more than $35k.
A shill bid can be created by listing with a reserve at $185,025 for example then having a friend bid the $185,000 then you get comfort that someone else is willing to pay the price and you bid and the reserve is made and you are stuck with a car at a price higher than anyone else would pay for it.
Very common on big ticket items on eBay.
With the bidders name not shown any more it is even easier to do now.