advice needed !!!

[batavus]

i am living in ireland,and own a 1976 volvo 66gl,in unrestored condition,it's not totally rust free but by no means a basket case.
i have been after this car for close on a year,but couldn't deal with it's owner,but to cut a long story short i bought it a couple months ago.
it's a very good driver,a bit thirsty but is very solid,some slight blistering of rust in places,and paint is faded.
now i have a problem,i am restoring a porsche,and that means with the coming winter the volvo is going to be left to the elements,and i feel it will suffer.
i can get a lockup,but it would be too far to make it feasable to use the car.
so i have decided to put the car on the market,but i would prefer to swop it ,rather than sell it.
now the problem is i am getting a good few emails,[from gumtree uk ]where i posted it for £3500.
now i have no idea if i am asking too much for it.
can any of you shed some light on this,by giving me a ball park figure to go on.
thanks chris

[Speedy88]

Have you got pictures of damage and the good bits? I mean only seeing the car could give a true evaluation but post some pics and hopefully we could get a grasp from that. £3500 does sound a little steep though.

[batavus]

there is no damage,just some blistering,on paint.

[AUTOMAN]

I don't want to burst your bubble, but £3,500 is way over the top for this car. We have spoken on a different forum, I would suggest that you will have to get this car in immacculate condition to come anywhere near what you are asking for it. When I say immacculate, I mean spottless, better than concorse. I whish I could be more posative, but I feel that you should be told the truth. There is a huge difference between dreaming a dream and living one. I love Daf/Volvo, but I can truly reccognise what they are worth and I don't want to insult you by giving you a true valuation of your car in its current condition, no matter how good it is. Price is only relevent if you truly want to sell it, where as value is only what somebody is willing to pay for it. My honnest and best advice to you would be to keep the car, enjoy it when you can and cherrish it for as long as you have it. When it does come time to move it on, try to make sure it goes to somebody who will love it if not as much as you, then more.

Best wishes.

Ian.

[classicswede]

Going off the Daf prices for pre 73 cars (tax free hence worth more) avarge condition is around £500 and top condition £1000. To fetch more than £1000 it would have to be something very special. A shame prices are so low for them.

At £500 I'd quite hapily go and buy one.

[macplaxton]

Knock a zero off the end and you'll be in keeping it real. There are a couple of question marks over this particular car...

A rare car in Ireland, but even rarer to find a buyer.

For the UK market, you can pick up a very clean, original, very low mileage car with tax and test for £700-800. That's for a car is nearly mint and won't eat away at the wallet. Granted, you could possibly stick a premium on of €500-600 if you can find someone in Ireland who really wants one and can't be bothered / doesn't have the time to go and source a car from the UK / has a fat wallet. Prices in the Netherlands might be a bit higher (???), but a RHD car may be of limited interest, plus the extra distance a Dutch buyer would have to travel would offset it.

I've no interest as I've too many cars in too many countries already. Plus the wife would shoot me...

I've never understood Irish asking prices for classics. Maybe the major economic gloom here might change that. I've never bought a car local as to bring one in from the UK myself is far more cost effective, even taking into consideration all the transport/viewing costs.

Good luck in finding a new custodian.

Best stick with it, or stick with the swap plan.