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73SC wrote:

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Darn near identical to the one we had when I was a kid, went to Expo '67 in it. Love those wheel discs. 

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 Ray as a kid i went to our countries 1967 EXPO with my dads newly aquired 1967 Buick Special sedan. I would have been 9 years old, what great memories. Hey maybe we passed one another there, way back when. George.

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 I wasn't even close to being born yet but my connection with Expo'67 are the Coffee Tables and end tables that I have collected. They were built by the Canadian company R.S.Associates from Montreal and were featured during Expo 

Lokks like the kind of car where they never let the kids take any food in the back seat ever!

It would have been July 1967 George, my Dad's company (Philip's Electronics in Leaside) closed the last two weeks of July every year for holidays. I was also 9 at the time. 

Great all around original car! Well priced too!

I was an Expo kid ... At the age of 7 I lived in Montreal, my Aunt baby-sat me and she had a season's pass ... I went there 100s of times in the summer of '67.

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dualquadpete wrote:

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 ..." how can you make an offer without even seeing the car"...

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 I NEVER CONSIDER ANY OFFERS LESS THAN ASKING PRICE UNLESS THE ITEM HAS BEEN VIEWED BY THE PERSON MAKING THE OFFER, OR A REPRESENTITIVE OF THAT PERSON. TO ME, MAKING AN OFFER WITHOUT FIRST SEEING SOMETHING IS THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A "LOWBALLER". NOT THAT I'VE NEVER DONE IT, BUT VERY RARELY.

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 I agree with this.  If I can be totally candid, my first thought would also be "how can you make me an offer on this if you haven't even seen it?". 

I know when I have sold some of my old cars in the past, I generally price them on the low side because I want to sell them quickly (which I always have), and that I want the car to be affordable to somebody who wants to enjoy the car as I have.    When I feel I've priced the car reasonably I get a little annoyed when somebody offers me half what I'm asking for the car, and that's when they've come to look at it.

In this case, the car has been in his family for its entire life, is in excellent condition (from the pics), and is priced extremely reasonably (like the cost of a cheap paint job).  It was appraised for $12500, which as we know always runs high, but I think it speaks for the condition of this car.   I would think a low-ball offer from somebody who has not seen the car might not be considered by him.

Depends on how it is presented, though.  I know if I were the seller, and I received an email to the effect "I'll give you $1500 for it", I would ignore the email.   However, if I received an email to the effect of: "I'm a 14 year old who loves old cars and would like to get an early start in the car hobby with help from my dad, and I'll give you a standing offer of $1500 for it in the event that you do not sell the car for your asking price."  I'd respond politely that I don't think that I would sell it at that price, but I'll keep your email in case I ever change my mind.  Maybe when the snow starts flying the seller might just reconsider.

Just my 2¢.

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I don't think he put that much thought into it. Did you guys put that much thought into things at 13? When I was 13 I wasn't even thinking of trying to buy a car let alone proper buying procedures. LOL My son offered all thr money he had saved. I remember buying my 1st car at 15. Got screwed over. Paid $900 for it, and found out it had a $900 lein. My dad got some people to pay him a visit. Lien was cleared in 24 hrs

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 I hope I didn't come across as being too harsh.  Your son should be commended (and hopefully rewarded) for his efforts.  I was just hoping to help with some insight as to what it might look like from the seller's perspective.

I got my first car when I was 15, with help from my Dad in going to look at it.  Paid $200 of my hard-earned paper route and odd-job money, didn't know jack-all about cars but had super-sized enthusiasm.  Got all excited from starting it up in the driveway and choking on the fumes while listening to the powerglide whine.  It was a pretty sad car (though it was a Beaumont ), not a well-preserved cherry like the one your son is looking at.  I "worked on" the car for a year with my cheap-ass junk tools and a can of bodyfill, "fixing" it in hopes that I could drive it when I got my license at 16.  The sad reality is that sitting outside in the driveway in a harsh climate such as ours, more things deteriorated on it than I had the ability to fix (my Dad wasn't mechanically inclined so I was on my own) and ended up selling it for $150 despite my "improvements".

I lost money on it, but gained valuable experience, and was able to buy much better cars as time went by.

As I said near the end of my post, if a standing offer is made and the seller acknowledges it, you never know what might happen if the car goes unsold.  Might be a good deal for your son.  If not, although it might seem like the end of the world for him he has many years ahead of him to get a car, and I'm sure he'll do just fine with the benefit of your love and guidance.

I wish you and him the best of luck!