Guys & Gals -
If you had $100 million in the bank or more, you'd probably happily pay
$141K for a pristine Healey just to avoid the hassle of looking for an
original one in pristine shape. Many of the richest people in the world
understand the value of their time, and are willing to overspend if it means
getting what you want, when you want it. The rich spend their spare time
thinking of ways to make even more money, when most of us regular stiffs
spend our spare time thinking of ways of saving it!!!!
$141K for a production Healey, Q.E.D.
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 1/23/06, pennell@cox.net <pennell@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> I agree with you on this. I find it strange that someone would pay $131k
> for a car that was not originally golden. I thought that the real big
> dollars went for cars which were complete, rare, and restored as original
to
> a very high standard.
>
> If the buyer wanted a golden BJ8 seems to me he/she could buy one and have
> it restored to the same level for considerably less than $141k.
>
> But on the other hand, as someone else pointed out you have the excitement
> of the auction/adrenaline/alcohol/impressing others/etc going on.
>
> Keith Pennell
>
> >
> > Tell me, what is the big deal, if the color is changed, everything
> matches,
> > and it is a correct color/scheme for the model and year? The concours
> > committee does not make the distinction, -why would anyone else?
> > (Fortunately for me, my favorite color was C. red, and mine was
> originally C.
> > Red.)
> > Dave J.
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