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FE Power Forums => Non-FE Discussion Forum => Topic started by: chilly460 on September 21, 2020, 08:08:32 AM
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I haven't really been in the market for a new ride in awhile, but am fairly tuned in to some of the old resources. Issue is, it just seems that Ebay/Autotrader/Classic Cars.com which used to be resources, are just flooded with classic dealers, which have ridiculous pricing and dubious cars. Looks to me at least in this area, Craigslist has dried up. Facebook Marketplace is decent if looking for a project and is basically the new Craigslist in essence, but I'm looking for a finished car for my father to use, and just don't see too many nice cars on there. I'm on a lot of the "classic car market" sites on Facebook as well, but you can't search/categorize, have to scroll through posts to find cars and it's tough to do regionally.
BringATrailer is the best resource I've seen lately, but they just don't move much volume.
So, is there any site out there that I'm missing, or just a matter of having to keep combing those I've listed?
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Have you tried Hemmings? They started doing online auctions about a year ago and also have their typical ads online and print. I still subscribe to their thick magazine which has dealer ads in front, and individual ads by category in the back.
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You know, I hadn't really checked Hemmings, think I had a mental block because I was always looking for project cars and they usually had finished cars. Now the script is flipped, so good callout!
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https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/ford//?pub=mus
Can set it to look at what ever you want.
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Have you tried www.searchtempest.com? It does a google search of craigslist ads within X miles of a zip code. It took me a few minutes to figure out but works pretty good. Start by putting in the search terms using google's syntax. E.g.:
1964 ford "galaxie" | "galaxy"
Put in your zip code, and select how many miles you want to search in. Leave this kind of low to start with, as it's easy to get too many nuisance hits until you pare down your search criteria. I suggest clicking on the "Filters" option, and selecting Search Titles Only. This gets rid of a bunch of dealer ads where they put every conceivable keyword in to get hits. Click the search button and you'll get a bunch of cities listed below, as it searches all these CL sites around your zip code. Click the Open All button. It will open a bunch of tabs (might have to allow pop-ups), one per city/area, with the results for that location. Now just go through the tabs one by one. There should only be a screenful or so for each site. You can close the tabs as you go through them. Ctrl-W works for me. You just have to experiment with it. If you get a bunch of irrelevant matches, adjust the search terms. I think you can put in stuff with a minus in front to exclude those words. If the results look okay, you can increase the distance to search from your zip. It will open more tabs when you click Open All.
Pat
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Good, detailed tip. Thanks!
Have you tried www.searchtempest.com? It does a google search of craigslist ads within X miles of a zip code. It took me a few minutes to figure out but works pretty good. Start by putting in the search terms using google's syntax. E.g.:
1964 ford "galaxie" | "galaxy"
Put in your zip code, and select how many miles you want to search in. Leave this kind of low to start with, as it's easy to get too many nuisance hits until you pare down your search criteria. I suggest clicking on the "Filters" option, and selecting Search Titles Only. This gets rid of a bunch of dealer ads where they put every conceivable keyword in to get hits. Click the search button and you'll get a bunch of cities listed below, as it searches all these CL sites around your zip code. Click the Open All button. It will open a bunch of tabs (might have to allow pop-ups), one per city/area, with the results for that location. Now just go through the tabs one by one. There should only be a screenful or so for each site. You can close the tabs as you go through them. Ctrl-W works for me. You just have to experiment with it. If you get a bunch of irrelevant matches, adjust the search terms. I think you can put in stuff with a minus in front to exclude those words. If the results look okay, you can increase the distance to search from your zip. It will open more tabs when you click Open All.
Pat
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Hmm, more of the same on Hemmings, majority of the cars on there are with dealers, and best I can tell are overpriced $5k minimum.
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Running into the same issue Chilly.
Either overpriced or total junk
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search Facebook if you know what you want
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I'm on Marketplace all the time, but few and far between finding anything decent.
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Racing Junk has a few things now and again.
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On Craigslist, I'm finding most of the cars, in our area of interest, in the "Parts" section and not the "Cars & Trucks".
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Hmm, more of the same on Hemmings, majority of the cars on there are with dealers, and best I can tell are overpriced $5k minimum.
This - Hemmings has become virtually worthless for parts or cars. Same ads for same dealers in parts, very few individual entries. I didn't subscribe for like over 10 years. I re-upped for some ridiculous cheap price this year and same-same, same parts and services adverts, 95% dealers. Not IMHO anything like it was back in the 80s. The dealer ads for the cars make our new 2020 F-350 DRW look cheap. We're sorta looking for a mid 80s notch Fox - every 80s Mustang in Hemmings is a $12K+ convertible, with few exceptions. I know, the circle track people wrecked easy a half a million of those, so that's part of the problem.
Also look on racingjunk.com - not all of it is race cars.
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Biggest issue is dealers flood these sites, same cars over and over, same bad prices. I can search by private seller on many of them so that does help
So far Bring A Trailer and Barn Finds are the best two resources
Searching is part of the fun, also open to many different models so takes awhile vs a more focused search
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Might wanna check out cars-on-line.com
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Might wanna check out cars-on-line.com
Thank you!!! That's a site I had remembered but couldn't find again, definitely has been one of the better ones both in quality of car and just ease of use.
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Check out-
https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles
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Hello Chilly
Funny you should ask but I just posted a 69 Mach 1 351w/4 speed on the forum sale site. Check it out and call me if interested for your dad. Send me your email and I will forward you some pics
All the best
Larry
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Appreciate it, but he's 83 and reason we're in the market is he has some neuropathy and can't drive a stick anymore, looking for an automatic equipped car for him.