BAR-AIR
Well-Known Member
Good Afternoon,
Kind of a re-post from “Goblin on YouTube” people asking price and condition of my Goblin that is for sale.
Let’s start this off with price is always dictated on availability and the actual condition of the car.
So let’s start with availability how many of the kits have been delivered 200? How many will actually be finished historically only about 50% of the kits sold will ever be finished. (We all have had more then one project sitting in the garage due to things out of our control). So that only leaves 100 or so finished cars on the market (and yes unfinished kits generally go for cheap just to get out from under it).
Next is the condition of the already small number of cars that are available. (Now guys/girls don’t miss interprete this) a good portion of these cars are budget minded builds if I can take the part off the donor and it looks semi reasonable I’m going to use it. So the car is finished but it is only as good as the +100,000 mile donor. The next set of builders change out any semi worn parts polish and paint the major components and assemble (nearly always stating they are going to build a bigger and better engine/transmission package after it is running). So the cars are finished look great but are still running the donors drivetrain under a spray can overhaul. Then finally there are the builders that go all out. The new crate engines, the completely rebuilt engines, transmissions all the major components are rebuilt or new. How much different are the prices going to change? (I have no idea)...
What I do know is that I and most likely you reading this would never pay the asking price for one of these cars (because we have the means, talent and time to build our own). The other thing is actually registering the car, all the builders know the actual build of the standard Goblin kit is relatively simple. Now let’s see the average builder making and modifying the kit to pass a NY or CA DOT inspection requirements (heck TX for that matter).
So what I am selling (to the guy that wants a finished Goblin now that is registered and titled in New York State as a 2017 Custom Convertible - that I believe is transferable to any state).
Asking price is $30,000 OBO for the car as it sits...
or possibly...
$25,000 OBO with the NY DOT equipment removed (upper cage, windshield, wipers, hood fillet, bumpers and associated attachments - everything was designed to be unbolted) so you basically would be getting the standard city Goblin.
OBVIOUSLY the VIN number and title would still go with the car either way....
So hopefully that answers your questions. Do I need to sell it NO will I sell it sure. Would I pay the asking price HELL NO, but is it worth the price to someone who can’t build and register one of their own HELL YEAH....
Sorry for the re-post...
But need to move it over to the classifieds section...
Kind of a re-post from “Goblin on YouTube” people asking price and condition of my Goblin that is for sale.
Let’s start this off with price is always dictated on availability and the actual condition of the car.
So let’s start with availability how many of the kits have been delivered 200? How many will actually be finished historically only about 50% of the kits sold will ever be finished. (We all have had more then one project sitting in the garage due to things out of our control). So that only leaves 100 or so finished cars on the market (and yes unfinished kits generally go for cheap just to get out from under it).
Next is the condition of the already small number of cars that are available. (Now guys/girls don’t miss interprete this) a good portion of these cars are budget minded builds if I can take the part off the donor and it looks semi reasonable I’m going to use it. So the car is finished but it is only as good as the +100,000 mile donor. The next set of builders change out any semi worn parts polish and paint the major components and assemble (nearly always stating they are going to build a bigger and better engine/transmission package after it is running). So the cars are finished look great but are still running the donors drivetrain under a spray can overhaul. Then finally there are the builders that go all out. The new crate engines, the completely rebuilt engines, transmissions all the major components are rebuilt or new. How much different are the prices going to change? (I have no idea)...
What I do know is that I and most likely you reading this would never pay the asking price for one of these cars (because we have the means, talent and time to build our own). The other thing is actually registering the car, all the builders know the actual build of the standard Goblin kit is relatively simple. Now let’s see the average builder making and modifying the kit to pass a NY or CA DOT inspection requirements (heck TX for that matter).
So what I am selling (to the guy that wants a finished Goblin now that is registered and titled in New York State as a 2017 Custom Convertible - that I believe is transferable to any state).
Asking price is $30,000 OBO for the car as it sits...
or possibly...
$25,000 OBO with the NY DOT equipment removed (upper cage, windshield, wipers, hood fillet, bumpers and associated attachments - everything was designed to be unbolted) so you basically would be getting the standard city Goblin.
OBVIOUSLY the VIN number and title would still go with the car either way....
So hopefully that answers your questions. Do I need to sell it NO will I sell it sure. Would I pay the asking price HELL NO, but is it worth the price to someone who can’t build and register one of their own HELL YEAH....
Sorry for the re-post...
But need to move it over to the classifieds section...