[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by 67Lemons

I don’t know that these heads or other aluminum heads really affect the used market at all. There’s two types of sellers I see in my neck of the woods, the first & best seller (IMO) is the guys who’ve accumulated all these parts over the years & sell them at a reasonable price. AKA know how to price items as cores as necessary or charge a fair value for quality used parts, these guys are aging out & not generally in tune with the current market.

The other kind of seller that I see is the folks who think every Pontiac part was on a “Ram Air Judge Big Block” & ask absolutely outrageous pricing for these clapped out core units, these guys aren’t obviously in tune with the market either or they would price accordingly (again a new aluminum head offering won’t change their pricing strategy) Ever look at asking price of Pontiac Tri Power units? Typically called “trips or 6 packs” by sellers asking insane money for units missing everything & needing full rebuilds…. Again since they were on a “GTO” they are priced more than gold. The large segment of loyalists in this hobby are aging out fast & replaced by fantasy auction house flipper folks who think that what they have is super special because they saw it on a TV show, it’s sad but that’s the reality.

EDIT: The folks on this forum & other forums I frequent are the anomaly to the above rant

Thing is, I don't see that stuff selling. At the end of the day it's still sitting there. Give it enough time and we'll see a shift in pricing.
Where I'm at out here in the south west it's primarily Chevy country anyway. They can't ask silly prices for pontiac stuff here, it just won't move, and the people looking know what they are looking for.