[red1975pacer]

When the bidding seened to stop at around 21k the buyer probably offered arount 25k to make the sale happen

[mrrat1]

Originally Posted by Jerry H.

I'm still trying to figure out the link that confirms the fact that this is the actual car that Linda Vaughn used. Anyone else figure that out?

can someone post a pic of the car with Linda in it?
Should be easy to tell if the car has emblems or not in the photo.

[mrrat1]

Originally Posted by mrrat1

can someone post a pic of the car with Linda in it?
Should be easy to tell if the car has emblems or not in the photo.

sorry a little late...again!

I'm not gonna sell mine either but I'm in over value and its still apart & no paint = ouch!

[mrrat1]

bid to $21,427 reserve not met.

[4 spd gp dude]

there seems to be a lot of 20K talk on the value of these 1970
SSJ cars............I am surprised members with these cars who
are being called upon as experts are referring to these values?
does anyone know of one of these cars anywhere for sale?
I would like to get some of these cars myself and would
be very interested in speaking to somebody that has any
for sale at any price and for sure around the 20K mark.
(that photo as well as the one in Texas that was on e-bay)
The one on e-bay ids the first one I have ever seen for sale .

***ready to buy a SSJ if I could
does anyone have one for sale??

[Keith Vrabec]

none for sale here got way more than that in them. and they are only worth the stated price ranges. That was a 20-25k car, and that's what it sold fror maybe a little more, we'll never know.

So there ya have it. Beautiful cars, rare, difficult to restore, usually pretty loaded with options (cha ching for resto) hard to find and everyone wants one.

they are not for sale because we love them, otherwise we would not bother to restore them. They are financial disasters to restore. Who can afford that? So why give them away for $20-25k? Or even $40k. No mine would be about $100k each for the restored cars. STUPID MONEY. Nobody has that for an SSJ. They should go for something red, Italian and with at least 4 valves per cylinder.

What is the highest selling SSJ ever? Harv, what did the silver car do at auction? It was George Hurst's personal car with his name etched it the door glass. Only silver car. Should be a $150k car right? Harv, chime in....

[4 spd gp dude]

Keith .............Yes

I agree with what you are saying it makes sense.

I was noticing an early thread that suggested
somebody was looking for an "SSJ expert value"
on the one on e-bay.

That was when the 20K number seemed to be mentioned.

I think the same that that car could have went crazy at
the end if the auction was not ended early once it met
the 24,5 reserve and was obviously going somewhere.

I think the guys who are like you and have and want
100K for there cars (not 20 or 25K ) would have jumped
up and took it well past the 24,5 number.

I would very much like to buy a 70 SSJ and hope more
sneak out of the wood work like this one did. I was just
very surprised and happy to see the value of the last one
did not make the bidders go to high early and stop the owner
from selling it. I am assuming all the real bidders were
waiting for the last minute

***patiently waiting for another SSJ to appear somewhere***

[ssj71]

Never figured out what that silver car went for after Mattison got it then it went to auction, and frankly I've lost track of it. I want to say Louisiana or Rhode Island for some reason.

The Doc Watson SSJ pulled in around $50k if I'm not mistaken.

I would surely take $50k for mine.....quite possibly the last unrestored one left....

[Ram4king]

Mattison offered me the silver one for like 25-30k if I'm not mistaken and I told him I wanted it but then he told me that he and Dana Mecum bought it instead. I don't what happened to it after that.

[ssj71]

I had an arrangement to buy the car even before Mattison, but he got together with the seller, Darrel Yoder, and pulled the rug from under my feet. Was not happy with the maneuver.

[Ram4king]

Did the same exact thing to me. asked me if I wanted the George Hurst car. I told him yes an the next thing I know Dana has the car. I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

[ssj71]

I guess it's a game of deep pockets, and I can safely say my game is limited to shallow pockets...

[Keith Vrabec]

So it seems SSj market tops out at about $50k. twice a regular gp

much less than resto cost

[Ram4king]

They are sharp cars and I had a 70 and a 72 a few gears ago but I would never pay 50k for one. You can buy a killer 4 speed one for less than that.

[Keith Vrabec]

SSJ Achilles' heal is the auto trans.

Gonna convert one of mine to 4 sp one day. Won't kill the value. Will be much more fun.

Would love to put the 455 HO in a 72 as well.

[76WS4]

This is an interesting thread. The SSJ Grand Prix is on my list. To add some extra info to this thread, I attended the 2013 Daytona Turkey Rod Run and saw a '70 SSJ for sale . The guy wanted $2,500. It was very rough and rusty. White/gold with tan interior and interesting that it had no vinyl roof . It appeared to be original paint. It had a non running 301 but the fellow was including the original 455. I had to pass on that one but it did sell quickly. The rust was overwhelming.

[ssj71]

70 SSJ at recent Turkey Rod Run in Daytona

[einstein]

Originally Posted by ssj71

Boy do I remember your 70 SSJ! All I can say is RATS, for a couple of reasons!

I had actually forgotten that Darrel bought that car, and I know yours was in darned good shape back then, so I'm quite positive he had multiple 70 SSJs. And I'm also sure the ebay one isn't your Orlando car.

Where are you living these days?

Here were the particulars, Harvey. I bought that car from the son of the original owner, in Spring Hill FL. It was sold new in Tampa. Had 50,000 miles on it and needed a mild restoration. Darrel bought it from me when I decided to sell it a couple years later. I still have the PHS and a lot of good photos. It was an SJ base with the very light sandlewood trim.

Meanwhile, a couple years ago, my wife got a good offer with relocation package to NW Arkansas. So, here we are.

[thepontiacman]

If the new owner of the 70 SSJ GP, that was for sale on ebay, needs any past info. or wants to ask me any questions about the car before Darrel bought it. They can email me.

thepontiacman@yahoo.com

[steve v]

Is the SSJ in this pic the same car or a later version?