Lets see them Blue 70s

[81K30SRW]

I am trying to buy a 1983 christmas special blue 70. I wanted to see how many people on here have one. I also need to know what the going rate for one is? The guy says he got it from a friend that was a Honda dealer back in the day and it has been stored inside ever since it was new. I am going to look at it tomorrow and he said we could make a deal for around $300 so if I get it I will post pics as well.:pics:

[rdlsz24]

300 for a nice blue 70??? Steal steal steal!

Rob

[keister]

$300 is the going price for a mostly complete decent running red 70.
You could turn around and sell a stored blue one for at least twice that price, if it as nice as you describe.

[tri-Z ripper]

yup first potential buyer right here! no seriously $300 is pennies for that buy buy buy buy buy!!!!!! :Bounce

[gerradspears]

I have an 83 110 christmas special that I am looking to sell.

[mopar_man]

I have an 83 110 christmas special that I am looking to sell.

Put it in the classifieds section with some pictures. Where are you located in WI?

[oldtime3wheeler]

I have seen beat up 83 blue 70's go for $500 and up. I always wondered what the actual number of blues 70's were released.

[CRAZY70MAN]

sold mine a while back.......300 is cheap....if it is as you say 800-1000 if it is original.......pics???

[atcquebec]

I would give $1000 for a blue ATC70 if i could find one in Canada.
i never saw one in real or one for sale.
You are lucky to leave in the states.:drool:

[oldtime3wheeler]

I have been looking for a blue 83 for awhile now. Everyone I find is either to expensive or the deal goes south for one reason or another. Then out of the blue(no pun intended) this falls into my lap. All original and came with the original cert of origin, manual, warranty book, throttle control tag and the Honda dealerships envolpe. Its not the cleanest one around but I finally found one. Only bad part is the kid who owned it before me broke the rear fender. He didnt know the blue ones were a limited edition.
What do you guys think.

[harryredtrike]

not bad should clean up nice.to bad about the rears though

[racer....X]

the 70s are hard to find around here ....especially a blue one

[Vealmonkey]

I had one once, now it belongs to another board member. I had a nos front fender for it too. What you can do is get a set of the fiberglass fenders in the blue color they offer. It's a pretty decent match for the blue of the 70 and is your fastest and cheapest alternatvie at this moment. I've never seen a nos set of rear fenders. Nice find. I wouldn't have passed on that either. Congrats on your find.

[racer....X]

Is there any way to know what color they were from the factory? Like a letter or number in the vin. ?

[MonroeMike]

Nice find on that 70.

[oldtime3wheeler]

Im happy because now I have a red 83 and a blue 83. Plus having all the paper work is kinda cool.

[mopar_man]

I wish I could've snagged that blue 70 that was on Craigslist a couple weeks ago for $200. I was busy that day and wasn't able to get on the computer until late in the evening.

[trainingwheeler]

that thing is sweet tom nice score

[oldtime3wheeler]

Does anyone know how many of the blue 83's were actually released?

[UlsterATCFan]

No idea on production numbers Oldtime but that blue ATC is a brilliant find. As ATCQuebec says not much chance of finding one of those outside the US. Hows it running?

[oldtime3wheeler]

It runs great. Starts on the first pull usually. She needs a real good cleaning. Might have to wait till spring for that though.

[oldtime3wheeler]

Looking for any production info on the blue 70's.

[Vealmonkey]

The story I heard was one per dealer. Find out how many honda dealers in the US in 1983. But of course there were blue plastics parts in the supply system, so people could have gotten the parts to make one.

[oldtime3wheeler]

Yeah I tried searching the net, but couldnt find how many dealers were in the U.S. in 83. Did they give them to other countries?

[Vealmonkey]

I don't know about blue 83s outside the US. You might ask petesatc or ulsterfan and they may know.

[rich250rracer]

Yeah I tried searching the net, but couldnt find how many dealers were in the U.S. in 83. Did they give them to other countries?

I believe there were around 1600 dealers in the US in 1983. Here's a few pics of the blue ATC70 I found at an automotive swapmeet a few years back. And a few pics of an original Christmas special mailing that I received from my local dealer. I have always saved Honda literature, and this was buried in my collection. Now I have the trike to match.

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee108/rich250rracer/quads/blue70-5.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee108/rich250rracer/quads/blue70-4.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee108/rich250rracer/quads/blue70-2.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee108/rich250rracer/quads/blue70-3.jpg

[oldtime3wheeler]

Cool, thanks for the info

[titeline22]

Need put the original stickers on someday. 132346132347