Fred,
Most often cars are never asked to be driven, heard run, or made to go
down the road when they are judged in a beauty contest.
Lenny Seidman
Fred Thomas wrote:
>
> George, first he asked to buy my car, not the other way around, if 50
> trophys setting in a room all for V/W;'s, an car setting there that is
> "Brand new", every ticket from day one with 1 car described as 1970 V/W, and
> I'm afraid if you can read anything e,lse into it, then you very diffenantly
> need someone to escort you to look at cars. The trophys alone tell you what
> type car it is. Everyone on every corner is not a crook selling a car, take
> notice of what you are looking at and the story comes to a close.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
> To: vafred@erols.com <vafred@erols.com>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, April 11, 1999 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: buying/selling
>
> >I'm sorry, but I disagree.
> >
> >I once did work (restoring old car radios) for a guy who had a garage setup
> >like you describe. It was fabulous. He had some cars that he had stored for
> >years. Receipts for parts, work done etc. Problem was, he collected these
> >cars. The receipts could had been for parts or work that went into any of
> >them. He could have (and did) passed the stuff off as work and parts done
> to
> >cars other than those that got them.
> >
> >Beyond that, I can make up receipts. An original invoice from someplace, a
> >scanner and a laser and I can make any receipt you want.
> >
> >The only way to evaluate a car is to drive it. It's not unreasonable to
> bring
> >along a mechanic if you feel you need one either.
> >
> >I'm sorry you were offended by these guys, but the bottom line is that
> you're
> >asking someone who doesn't know you to spend a large amount of money on a
> car
> >solely based on trust? No chance.
> >
> >vafred@erols.com wrote:
> >
> >> Listers, I just recently sold a 1970 Karman Ghia conv. that I have owned
> >> since 1973, purchased from the original owner, who was a doctor at the
> >> German Embassy. The car had 24 K on it when I bought it and 43 K when I
> >> sold, of the 19 K I put on it 25 years, 13 K was done in 1 year. I had
> >> every paper and log maintenance record since day 1, including the
> >> original bill of sale. have no idea how many best of show, best
> >> original, etc awards it took at the many shows I entered it in, but, the
> >> car was as close to new as you could get. I was not looking to sell the
> >> car,but, a fair offer was made and I starting thinking. Having a pit and
> >> lift in my garage as well as all the records I invited the would be
> >> purchaser to come for a better look, he showed-up with a 1/2 A@#$% very
> >> unknowledgeable so called mechanic and they "informed" me they would be
> >> taking the car for the day to put it through all their own check-up. Well
> >> my driveway is about 60 feet long so I walked them down it and pointed
> >> my finger up the road and told them please don't come back. My point in
> >> this, if my records of the car, my garage, and your just looking at the
> >> car and knowing the complete story behind the car, you are not a buyer or
> >> a a person who knows anything about a car,. I was not hiding anything
> >> and my home was open, look at it, look at 25 years of ownership and you
> >> set the price for purchase, if you know what type car you want and did
> >> your homework, "go to your hip and not your lip" the talking has stopped.
> >> Just a 25 year owner who did know. "FT"
> >
> >--
> >George Richardson
> >The Wyvern - '57 TR3, TS15559L - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
> >The Hippogrif - '71 Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's own
> >
> >
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Lenny Seidman
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
email: lseidman@erols.com
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