!952 Hudson Hornet in pieces....Value to sell?

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Hello fellow Hudson enthusiasts,



I am going to be offering up for sale soon a 1952 Hudson currently in process of restoration. Of course, it is currently disassembled. The body of this car is mostly stripped down and absolutely beautiful with no rust anywhere. Solid, solid, solid. All chrome is off the car an body prep has been started for repainting. How should I present this for sale and what can be expected for a selling price? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Kdancy

53hudsonguy wrote:

Hello fellow Hudson enthusiasts,



I am going to be offering up for sale soon a 1952 Hudson currently in process of restoration. Of course, it is currently disassembled. The body of this car is mostly stripped down and absolutely beautiful with no rust anywhere. Solid, solid, solid. All chrome is off the car an body prep has been started for repainting. How should I present this for sale and what can be expected for a selling price? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I think a lot more info will be needed. Model and body style? Drive train? brake system condition, interior condition? Chrome and trim condition?

[Deleted User]

If you can get it put back together and running then you'll be better able to sell it. Otherwise, as is, many people will just consider it a parts car.

RL Chilton

53HudsonGuy-

Along with the above mentioned, pictures go a long way. There are many knowledgeable folks here on the forum that can make a much better assessment if they have a visual. If you don't know how to post pics, send them to me and I'll post them for you.

You might just get an offer from someone right here and save you the advertising hassles. You just never know.

And, as Niels pointed out, you are much more likely to not only get a higher selling price for a non-disassembled car, but a faster sale as well.

Buying a vehicle that is a project and disassembled is huge red flag, as no one really knows exactly what is missing and what is not. Unless a diligent effort on the part of the disassembler is taken on "bagging and tagging", buying a project of such a nature is a crap shoot, at best.

Regardless, pictures will tell a wealth of stories, where descriptions just cannot go.

Browniepetersen

This is a hard sell for the seller and a "buyer beware" for the person doing the buying. However, this is the condition that I like when I buy a car. I know that I am going to get a good low price because it is disassembled. Most people will not consider a disassembled car for the obvious reasons. I had a pickup a few years back. It only needed paint to be complete and I decided to sell it. I could only get offers for a fraction of what it was worth or what I was in it. I gave up, painted it (resale red), reassembled it, and made a nice profit from the project.



People fear two things with buying a car that is disassembled-- (1) Will I ever get it back togeather? And, (2) What parts are missing? Those are the two problems you need to solve with your "salesmanship" and pictures. Depending on the stage of the parts (example--is the chrome redone, do you have new tires, what stage is the engine in? ect.) the price will change. My experience is that you can recover about 60% of the cost you have into parts that are finished and "parts car" prices for the car. On the best day--it still is a hard sell. Finding someone who has built a car like the one you want to sell is a big plus (good use of the Forum) because they can identify the work you have completed, assess parts that you have and understand what is required to rebuild.



Most of us who do assessments are "guessing at best." If we have a good description of the parts, some good photo's to look at, ect. we can give you an estimate of what we think it is worth. Give us some of that on line and I for one would be willing to give it a "WAG."



Brownie

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SuperDave

What part of the world is this car in?