MC wrote:

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Hey Todd,

If that one doesn't work out there's always this one in Sask:

http://saskatoon.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1958-Pontiac-Strato-Chief-W0QQAdIdZ307080743

1958 Pontiac Strato-Chief

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View larger image Date Listed 19-Aug-11 Price $2,850.00 Address Saskatchewan S0K, Canada View map For Sale By Owner Make Pontiac Model Other Year 1958 Kilometers 50811 Body Type Sedan Transmission Manual Drivetrain Rear-wheel drive (RWD) 1958 Pontiac Strato-Chief four door car for sale 50811 original miles Factory 283, three speed manual Needs complete restoration or a great parts car as is all complete as from factory. Car is located at Manitou Beach SK $2850 OBO complete. (306)946-2599

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  This car is a buddy's of mine. I never saw the car personally but he says it is in decent condition.........

unknown    7649     283ci     2008    (901 green ) Sask.     link
#742363   Strato Chief 4dr sdn    Colonial Cream    
BSO 357,372                       spotted by 67poncho

69Laurentian wrote:

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 OK, I'll pay $6,000 for this one. if it's as good as it looks underneath as on top.

Patty 58 wrote:

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I paid 4500 $ five years back for my 58 Pathfinder. The interiour was redone, the paint

shiny. Still driving since then, no trouble at all and it´s saftied, no antique license plate.

But at the moment i replace the rockerpanels and the trunk floor.

Frame is still A1. ( But no NovaScotia winters the last 20 years )

I think they can only rise up with the prices...........

 

Patty 58

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 Your car came from Nova Scotia?

Yes, always in NS ,

so far as i know it was originally  from Truro area.

Patty 58

WOW it is so SAD! that these cars do not seem to be worth anything. Obviously from reading all this here, this car is almost worth more as scrap. I say this in a very pesimistic way because i thing the car is worth more. But that is just me because i love these cars. Man is this what the old car hobby has come to. I would hate to imagine what my restored, fully optioned and everything rebuilt 1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe four door sedan is worth. I may be lucky to get chump change according to the way of thinking these days. I have never built and owned any car looking to get rich down the road, just hopeing to break even at best. Seeing cars on the market these days and give away prices are not giving them away. That tells me that our ecomomy is far worse than even i ever thougth. Todd this car is worth what the guy is asking and if you do not think it is worth it, then i do not under stand why you would pander any more thoughts on the matter. It really is hard to have any positive outlook on our hobby when you consider our cars are not worth a whole lot. In 1996 i spent just over $5.000 on chrome on my 57 Pontiac and that was a real good price then. Considering the present sad situation in our hobby obviously cars are worth more when you part them out, even when they are good solid cars. All this !@#$ makes me want to drink heavily. Cheers. George.

It's not worth $3500, plain and simple. It's a plain jane Strato Chief. It needs lots of body and interior work. I suspect it needs a complete going over of the brakes. Tires are likely toast as well. If it were worth $3500 it would be sold by now. I think the Canadian price guide is pretty accurate on this one.

Lets look at a few cars I have purchased for less than $3500 in the recent past:

I paid $1000 for this one:

I paid less than $3500 for this one:

I bought this Corvair Monza (orig paint), running for under $1500

I paid $1000 for this one. It needed a trans. I got a trans for $25. 

I'm not lucky at finding these cars, just savvy and I do my homework.