from trying to sell my old stage car and watching two friends sell theirs it seems that if I lowered the price from $30K to 25K I would have sold it ten times over. Is your experience or offers telling you the same thing? I only halfheartedly put it out there for sale with a price tag of $30K and got alot of talkers, but no buyers. When I was serious about selling it I put it on Ebay with a buy it now of $30,000. I ended up making a cash deal for 28,500 and had the most action then. I had offer after offer of 25k to sell it. As much as the guys here talk about what it would cost to build one the cold hard facts are it does not matter, as I found out. You are looking for that one guy with money to blow. You have been trying to sell this car actively for awhile now. If you lowered the price 5,000 do you think it would sell and wouldn't that money in the bank this past year have felt better than holding out over a year for that extra 5?
I have been exactly where you are now, so I'm not trying to say the car isn't worth your asking price or that you will never get it. Just trying to throw out another perspective. For some reason 25K seems to be the benchmark for stage II cars. What sickens me is when I see hacked out StageII cars go for $25K, but nice cars having a hard time commanding more. That tells me it is a mindset for the buyers and not a value for dollar issue. Good luck with your sale.
Greg Kring
ex stage II owner
2002 BG quick 16 winner