Please Help! Urgent!
 

So i know nothing about cars but my father has been sitting on this 1956 Ford F100 since as long as i can remember. It was parked running when i was in jr high (98-99 ish) and has been sitting in the driveway/back yard since. Hes finally realized he will never fix it up and wants to sell it but is trying to do so quickly for some reason. hes starting the price at 1500 but i feel it is worth more. i believe the engine is a v8 something from 1961 ish or something. im sorry im no help but can someone tell me what is a fair price for him to ask for it!? we live in central california

Everything is worth what someone will pay for it and what someone will accept. It is a negotiation between the seller and the buyer. Obviously your dad is willing to accept $1500 for it (however firm that price may be). Sure, there may be someone out there that might pay double that, but how long will it need to be listed at that price before someone bites? How much marketing will be required to build up the value to get $3k?

You could research the numbers, take artistic photographs, list on multiple websites, sit around while a dozen people "kick the tires", and all sorts of other methods of selling... but then how much is your time worth? If you spend over 4 days of work doing this stuff, then you've wasted your time.

I'm not your counselor but unless your father is senile, you should shut your pie hole and let your father do what he wants with his own property. If you feel it's worth more than $1500, buy it from him for his asking price and fix it up and/or resell it for whatever you want from it and quit throwing a temper tantrum.

Needs a lot of work obviously, but that's getting to be a pretty classic truck and it looks awfully solid for it's age.
If you could tap into the classic truck guy market, someone will be breaking their fingers trying to get the money out fast enough to pay 1500 for that.
If you're just advertising it locally then it might be tough to find somebody close by that's willing to pay that much.
So if he's in a hurry and wants it gone it's probably going to go for 1500 or 1000.

Keep your pie hole open!!! Since you seem to be looking out for your dad, and not having a tantrum, speaking up is not a bad thing. If getting the thing gone is a priority, advertise it for $3K, or best offer. If you get $2K, your dad is up $500.

I'm from Michigan. The rust I see is nothing!. Put ads in Craigslist in various cities. Add one for Detroit, Pittsburgh, etc. Someone will call. In today's market, it wont take long to sell.

Disregard the old farts who just want you to get off their lawn.

There's some TLC needed, but the body looks solid. Engine will need to be gone through, but overall it's solid. Plus, it has everything there from what I can tell. No missing parts, no holes (aside from the wood in the bed), $3,000 would be fair, but it might take a bit to sell it.

Id pay $1500 easy if it was closer.. Put new wood in the bed, sand off the surface rust, put in a GM HEI and a new carb and drive the new tires id put on till they fell off!!! Id have less than 2500$ total into it and it would be the hit at any show.

I agree, start some where around the 3K range. If you list it on Ebay, you will have a lot of eyes on it and it should sell quickly. When you post it online, I can not stress enough the value of good pictures and as much information as you can get on it. You can even upload separate listings on Craigslist, each with a different set of pictures.

Good luck!

i agree with 1967 tempest. i'll pay the 1500. and i am in so cal. my issue is where to put it while i work on it lol. live in an apartment now and they wont allow it. and my dad needs his garage.

edit advertise it in so cal craigslist. oc riverside and la. should go pretty quick for 2k-3k