[sd455hota]

RA4 car with a service replacement short block done at the Pontiac dealer who sold the car new. Block was installed in 70 and all the receipts/etc from the work are with the car. How much does the block changes the value of the car?

[north]

Originally Posted by sd455hota

RA4 car with a service replacement short block done at the Pontiac dealer who sold the car new. Block was installed in 70 and all the receipts/etc from the work are with the car. How much does the block changes the value of the car?

A lot! What code is on the block? SR?

[Big Moe]

Sure that hurts it but that is the best way to prove that it is legit. Also would love to see those dealer receipts for engine replacement. SUPER car anyway!!!

[Judge273]

Value of a 69 RA IV TA?

Only a few will afford anyways...

Great cars hold value especially documented ones.

Assume it's a 4 speed too.

[Ram4king]

When it comes to Ram Iv Firebirds I figure there's a 35-50% difference in price. A Ram iv trans am just recently sold out of Georgia to a guy in Oklahoma for 125k. Matching number cars seem to go for around 250k.

[Uncle Judge]

Originally Posted by Ram4king

When it comes to Ram Iv Firebirds I figure there's a 35-50% difference in price. A Ram iv trans am just recently sold out of Georgia to a guy in Oklahoma for 125k. Matching number cars seem to go for around 250k.

Don, I think the car brought more than that and I also think that it sold for quite a bit under the current market price for a RAIV 4 speed T/A regardless of the block. Most people in the know on these RAIV cars realize that most of these blocks did not hold up long.

[Ram4king]

I don't know how that's the case. That's the price it was offered to my friend for. I do think it was sold short but I still go with the 35-50% difference.

[weranc55]

Originally Posted by Ram4king

I don't know how that's the case. That's the price it was offered to my friend for. I do think it was sold short but I still go with the 35-50% difference.

I do know its a very good car. Not sure on the price but would agree on the 35 to 50% difference. There are some guys that will pay a good premium for a real motor car. Not many guys will do that for a SR block or stamper car.

[thews]

Originally Posted by weranc55

I do know its a very good car. Not sure on the price but would agree on the 35 to 50% difference. There are some guys that will pay a good premium for a real motor car. Not many guys will do that for a SR block or stamper car.

I completely disagree. Just because a car is missing some of its original parts doesn't negate what it was ordered with. With the SR docs from 1970, how far does one have to go to restore a car? This is an original RAIV Trans Am... that's where the value is IMO. How many did they make with the option it has? That's the car. Whatever happened to it along the way doesn't change how rare it is.

The answer to the question IMO, is who wants it and how much will they pay for it. If someone (hopefully two people) want the same car, then you win. If they don't, then you wait and run it on eBay again until it hits... that's one rare car if done right. This issue wouldn't be a deal breaker for me... the PHS docs are a deal breaker.

[The Boss]

Personally I think the documentation is a huge plus, and amazingly rare in this day & age. Sure SR blocks pop up all the time in cars but you NEVER see the docs to go with them that complete the story.

I would put it somewhere between the value of a complete #'s car and and one with a non numbers/no docs car....maybe half way between them.

If it's the car I'm thinking of, it was owned by the dealer's son wasn't it?

[pacekar]

180,000 for it