[1971455HO]

No offense taken Lloyd, just feel'n a little optimistic when I wrote it fellas. I forget about the market taking a little down turn. I'm sure your right about the numbers. However, that being the case, that should also help the buyer as well. He won't have to dig as deep for this Formula.

mslcar... send these guys some pictures and they will put you on the right track. God I love these cars.

[mslcar]

Originally Posted by Lloyd-TX

I somewhat disagree with the above numbers that Eddie (no offense, Eddie) stated. The market is still soft, and I'd say that even a pristine, show quality, all #'s '72 HO M22 Formy wouldn't go for more than $35K to $45K in this market.

Anyway, welcome to PY and let us know if there's anything we can do to help.

Thanks for the advise. Thats the price range I'm looking at so I might make the deal. I dont have any pics but I'll post in a few weeks if all works out.

[2manyT/A'S]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...fCarsQ5fTrucks

Still seems to no shortage of these rough T/A's

[giles]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

Still seems to no shortage of these rough T/A's

I don't think anyone ever junked a TA...they just roll them into the backyard for 20 or 30 years!

[Father&Son73T/A]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...fCarsQ5fTrucks

Still seems to no shortage of these rough T/A's

Sweet Lord bejesus,10k for that thing
....and you know what you'd have to put into it.............

[165th]

Just a little teaser to keep the thread fresh.

I'm going to have the engine rebuilt this fall. Considering Butler, or a local builder here in town, Russell Duffin. He builds a pretty decent engine and holds several land speed records at the Bonneville salt flats.

It will be stock appearing, balanced rotating assembly, maybe warmed up a little but since I'm keeping the stock manifolds and pee shooter exhaust, that limitation will limit the need for too much HP.

Any other builders worth considering?

[se428bandit]

Originally Posted by 165th

Just a little teaser to keep the thread fresh.

I'm going to have the engine rebuilt this fall. Considering Butler, or a local builder here in town, Russell Duffin. He builds a pretty decent engine and holds several land speed records at the Bonneville salt flats.

It will be stock appearing, balanced rotating assembly, maybe warmed up a little but since I'm keeping the stock manifolds and pee shooter exhaust, that limitation will limit the need for too much HP.

Any other builders worth considering?

What state are you from? I have a friend in the Atlanta area who is a great Pontiac engine builder.

[165th]

Thanks Bandit, I'm in San Antonio. I didn't realize that info was not on my profile.

Feel free to post a link or provide contact info. Shipping the engine would be the case anyway if going to Butler.

[giles]

Butler did my machine work and balancing. I would highly recommend them!

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by se428bandit

What state are you from? I have a friend in the Atlanta area who is a great Pontiac engine builder.

Who might that be? I'd like to add him to my contacts for future reference.

BJ

[Judge273]

71 TA Blue/Blue 4 speed??

This one seems very nicely optioned, great color and well priced for a nice driver?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-...item4aa6c531d8

Thoughts....

[disc0monkey]

that sounds like sex

[GREGGDOG]

Originally Posted by Judge273

71 TA Blue/Blue 4 speed??

This one seems very nicely optioned, great color and well priced for a nice driver?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-...item4aa6c531d8

Thoughts....

Seller says it was originally a column shift car, so that may explain the "reasonable" price...

[Judge273]

Thanks Gregg,

I didn't know that as I figured the 4-speed was a no cost option hence not on phs. Still learning..

But, I wonder if that would ding it by 10k-15k?

I assume the "YE" on matching block is the giveaway to the original matching trannie that is probably gone with tree.

[keith k]

Originally Posted by Judge273

71 TA Blue/Blue 4 speed??

This one seems very nicely optioned, great color and well priced for a nice driver?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-...item4aa6c531d8

Thoughts....

I would have put the value of that car closer to $20K in today's market....
The incomplete A/C system seems out of line for the asking price. And when it was converted to a 4-speed, it looks like they didn't bother to weld in the correct shifter doghouse... they just cut a hole in the tunnel (look at picture 6).

[eaglesan13]

And that small clutch pedal is incorrect for 71.

Originally Posted by keith k

...it looks like they didn't bother to weld in the correct shifter doghouse... they just cut a hole in the tunnel (look at picture 6).

[blue71ta]

Same seller is offering this T/A as well:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ponti...item4aa6fc49d2

[Dens71TA]

Dave Hall doesn't give anything away. He's going to have to sit on those two for a while.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by keith k

I would have put the value of that car closer to $20K in today's market....
The incomplete A/C system seems out of line for the asking price. And when it was converted to a 4-speed, it looks like they didn't bother to weld in the correct shifter doghouse... they just cut a hole in the tunnel (look at picture 6).

I guess the real question if it was a column shift with matching trannie, and mostly corrected. Would it be worth more or even less?

[Norwood]

I say it would be worth MORE with the column shift. I feel the hatchet job is detrimental to the value