That's the million dollar question. A #3 '69 Impala SS vert with a small block is a low-to-mid thirties car, these days. The market is bifurcated down here - some are keen to have something unique and "foreign", while others don't want to depart from what's familiar.
I'd say anything less than $30 is a steal, anything over $40 would be a home run for the seller. Hemmings doesn't have a "hard stop" like eBay, they automatically extend the closing time two minutes any time a bid is submitted <2 minutes from the deadline, to keep "snipers" from bumping bidders who would have gone higher, if they'd had the chance.
It will be interesting to see what happens.
-- Edited by see2xu on Friday 29th of October 2021 10:43:38 AM
Went for $23,000! Seems like a deal on wheels, to me. I'm putting my '62 Impala SS 409/409 coupe on that site, shortly. I like how they let two bidders go head-to-head. It looked as though there was a dealer ("Balticclasic") bidding against an individual ("JimBob123"), and the collector won.
What a great looking car and that 300 horse 350 is a bonus, nice engine.
Since the auction is over, I think it's safe to do a slight derail here....
On a side note, I see it has the idle solenoid. I'm used to seeing those on air conditioned cars. Is that common on non a/c cars in 69?
my 70 Parisienne with the 350 2bbl had the idle solenoid (before it got the big motor transplant). I don't remember if the 70 2+2 400 2bbl had the solenoid, but I think it did (a quadrajet replaced the 2 bbl before I sold it).