Hello. I have a friend who has a 1968 camaro that was originally a firebird. He is interested in selling the car and wants to know how much he could get for it. He has a 454 big block under the hood. the car is in great condition and is a very beautiful car.

 

Was the conversion complete? or was it just the front end swap. The value of these types of cars will be tuff to estimate. It will all go back to how well everything was done. Since this is a franken car it will all go back to "flash", paint color/scheme the right rims/tires. Being a big block could help but being a 454 can turn some people off if it is the tall deck truck motor.

So with the info given it would be worth somewhere between $7000 to $20,000. If I had to guess I would say the fact it is a converted car would hurt it about 25%. If its a amazing looking car with a documented resto-mod the conversion may not hurt as bad.

 

youll get alot of non f-body fans looking at it and more than likely buying. very few die hard camaro people would want it because its not a true camaro and one look at the trim tag on the fire wall would show that it was a firebird originaly. i think it will be a tough sell. there were a few round my 'hood that were for sale and they were asking $4,000 to $10,000 one was really bad and the other was an ok conversion

 

You certainly can't price it nearly as high as a true Camaro would be. Most anybody paying good money for a 1st gen is going to be concerned about it's future value. As our cars get older and more rare, the values will continue to climb, barring any stagnant car market or crash. But a cross-breed car will never appreciate at the same rate as the real deal will. It's hard to give an accurate value based on what it is, and without being able to see it. This is one of those "whatever the market will bear" cars. Have him start a little lower than what comparable "real" Camaros are going for, and adjust the price from there according to what buyer feedback he gets. How much the potential buyers are willing to put up with will determine the price.

 

Thanks for the reple guys. The picture of the car can be seen below. I believe it is a full conversion. Hopefully the picture helps to detremine a price.

 

 

Wow everything about that looks wrong. I know little about the firebird but where did that 6 inch gap between the bumper and the grill come from? Mismatched rims the emblems are all in the wrong places and not in a good way. Buying a franken car is all about trusting the guy did things right. I would run from that car. The underneath and motor would have to be near perfect for me to buy that car just to use it as a daily driver. Like said above maybe someone who is not a Camaro guy but likes first gens would like that.

Assuming the engine and underneath are in good shape. $6500 topping out $9500. But it can be luck of the draw. I have worked around the car business for 30 years and you never know. At the one used car place I worked the owner helped a buddy sell his Corvette. It sold in less then a week for nice money. The owner decided it was so easy he picked a nice Vett up at the auction two weeks later. Not a single offer on it for 3 months. All it takes is one guy that wants it. Middle to end of summer is not a great time to sell a Camaro but as fall gets closer none project will drop in price fast. Might be worth it for him to pick up a used set of matching rims.

 

Well, since the subframes are the same, the front bumper the way it is wouldn't be a big whoop. It's just mounted wrong, and hanging too low. Gorn, yer getting persnickety about emblem placement? it's not even a "Camaro" anyway! Was this car made into a Camaro the whole way; Camaro rear quarter panels, tail panel & lights, dash/gauge cluster, whole interior, etc.?

 

it looks like it has seats out of a 69 camaro from the small view of the headrests. because the look bent like the later 69s have not the straight back like 67 to early 69

 

I know but it looks they handed the emblems to a 2 year old and let them have at it. I did not realize those bumper had that much adjustment. I figured it was some mismatching of Camaro/firebird parts. Like I said before my trust in the builder would be gone I would go over that car with a fine tooth comb. Tail lights will be the biggy. They are the hardest part to get right. I guess I am a purest but I would buy a franken car camaro/firebird for a daily driver or a drag car. I would not pretend it was investment car or anything like that.