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...old adages...  a fool and his money.....     more dollars than
sense....
A couple decades back.... there was a gentleman on ebay, trying to sell
a rather well restored roundtail..... for > $110K
beautiful...but you could tell who ever restored it knew nothing about
Triumphs specifically, as even the bonnet badge was mounted inverted. Â
never sold obviously. 6 months later it was posted at $60K... never
sold... a year later I saw it at a dealership posting (dealer web site)
at less than $35K ... no idea where it went if at all.
The point is it's worth what someone is willing to pay, regardless of
what we think of someone spending that kind of money on a Spit.
I've been on both sides of this coin.   ymmv   :-)
ptegler
On 6/26/2025 10:24 AM, Greg Lemon wrote:
> That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea, but never seen one
> near that price. As a general aside. There are lots of cars with very
> nice looking paint, interior, and engine compartments, what seems to
> make high dollar collectors go crazy is the better than factory
> perfect and impossibly clean undersides. I have never understood why
> the part you normally never see and which you will mess up terribly if
> you want to drive the car at all can shoot up the value so much. But
> then again I wouldn't buy a car just to park and display.
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 8:07â?¯PM Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
>
> And to think it is a Spitfire that brought in that much money!
>
> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-triumph-spitfire-16/
>
> mjb.
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<p>...old adages...  a fool and his money.....     more dollars
than sense....<br>
<br>
A couple decades back.... there was a gentleman on ebay, trying to
sell a rather well restored roundtail..... for > $110K</p>
<p>beautiful...but you could tell who ever restored it knew nothing
about Triumphs specifically, as even the bonnet badge was mounted
inverted.  never sold obviously. 6 months later it was posted at
$60K... never sold... a year later I saw it at a dealership
posting (dealer web site) at less than $35K ... no idea where it
went if at all.<br>
<br>
The point is it's worth what someone is willing to pay, regardless
of what we think of someone spending that kind of money on a Spit.<br>
I've been on both sides of this coin.   ymmv   :-)</p>
<p><br>
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<p>ptegler<br>
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<div dir="auto">That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea,
but never seen one near that price. As a general aside.Â
There are lots of cars with very nice looking paint, interior,
and engine compartments, what seems to make high dollar
collectors go crazy is the better than factory perfect and
impossibly clean undersides. I have never understood why the
part you normally never see and which you will mess up
terribly if you want to drive the car at all can shoot up the
value so much. But then again I wouldn't buy a car just to
park and display.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 25, 2025,
8:07â?¯PM Mark Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com";
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
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to think it is a Spitfire that brought in that much money!<br>
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