I don't know about any one else but when I decide to sell the blue FJ20 powered
67 1/2 it will be a bargain for someone considering they will get 20,000 worth
of
custom roadster for under 14,000 and I AM a real roadster nut , just ask anyone!
Ron
Mark van der Hoek wrote:
> Seems to me the high prices are NOT coming from real roadster nuts,
> but rather from folks like our eBay thief - people who don't know much
> about the cars and are not plugged into the roadster community. Lone
> Rangers and "It was my Grandpa's car and I know it's worth a fortune"
> types. Or have I not been paying close enough attention?
>
> Mark van der Hoek
> captainhoek@postmark.net
>
> Andrew Murphy wrote:
>
> > List,
> >
> > What's up with the all the trashed cars with inflated asking prices? I
> often
> > wonder (don't we all) what my car is really worth. Yes, I have a 67.5 2000
> > Solex car. The body is straight with just some surface rust. The paint is
> > crap and the interior is non-existent. I am not ashamed to say at this
> point
> > that after purchasing the car and putting all of the money I needed to get
> > it running and back onto the street, I am into it for 8.5 k.
> >
> > Now most of you have seen pictures of my car. The shape it is in now would
> > not be worth 8.5 k on the open market. It wouldn't matter anyway, because
> > this car is not for sale. It means more to me than the money. I know you
> can
> > relate. Even after the restoration is over, the car will probably top out
> at
> > around 15-20K (if I do the full restore). Believe me it will cost A LOT
> more
> > than that to get everything done.
> >
> > Kelly Blue Book doesn't go that far back and there are so many variables
> > that it is almost impossible to put a set price on a car. So someone who
> has
> > a 70 1600 with a totally caved in back end feels they can get 1500.00 for
> > it. Sid Raper has told me stories of his quest for a 67.5 2000 that has led
> > him to a pile of rust held together with bondo and the guy wants 2000.00
> for
> > it. When we sell cars, we have the right to ask whatever we want, but for
> > Pete's sake let's be reasonable. I can't believe how many stories I have
> > read about people driving hundreds of miles to look at rusting hulks that
> > the owner lists as "needs minor restoration".
> >
> > Someday I will buy a parts car. I would hope that it will priced
> > accordingly, but the way things are going, I may have to sell off my
> > roadster to buy the parts car!
> >
> > My vent,
> >
> > Andrew Murphy
> > 67.5 2000 Solex (Worth 5k on the market, priceless to me)
> > SoCalROC http://www.netcom.com/~andr/socalroc.htm
> >
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