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Re: Found One!!

To: "Huw Upshall" <hupshall@wolfenet.com>,
Subject: Re: Found One!!
From: "dtgebhard" <kimkell@decaturnet.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:32:52 -0500
        I agree that a person will almost always have more "invested" than you
could get back out if sold but how can you put a price on the fun and that
fun includes head turning on the street as the cool LBC cruises by.
                        Dave Gebhard
                        1977 Spit FM60984U

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> From: Huw Upshall <hupshall@wolfenet.com>
> To: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>; Chris DeStaffany
<sjmeds@rockisland.com>
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Found One!!
> Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 1:00 AM
> 
> 
> This brings up a very good question, How much is a spitfire worth?  Ahh,
> Well, I am almost finished with my restoration and should be able to
drive
> the sucker next week.  BUT, on my way to get some fastners, I drove by a
> '74 spitfire that was for sale on the side of the road and of course, I
had
> to stop and look :).  Rust all around the windscreen, rust bubbles all
> around on the body, bad corrosion where the break fluid had leaked out of
> the master cylinder, very dirty engine compartment.  Top was torn in a
few
> places, interior seats definitely needed recovering.  Everything was
there
> but very well used.  The guy was asking $3800 and I laughed all the way
> back to my car.  In my opinion, the blue book on LBC's is pretty much
> becoming useless.  Either people restore them and they have way more
money
> invested in the car than they could possibly get out of it, OR, they
owner
> has a highly inflated idea of what a well used LBC is worth.
> 
> Comments? (as I duck)
> 
> 
> At 09:33 AM 6/26/99 -0700, Mark Gardner wrote:
> >
> >Chris DeStaffany wrote:
> >> 
> >> How much?
> >More than I wanted to pay...$3700 (down from $4500 asking).  When I
> >started looking I was hoping to pay about 2.  But 15 cars later I
> >realized that at least in Southern California I'd probably be waiting a
> >long time to find a car I wanted at $2K.
> >
> >Mark Gardner
> >
> >
>
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