[Fot] Show and Shine & Triumph Values

[Steven Preiss]

Yeah. In 1969 or thereabouts I traded a '61 Fiat Abarth 750 for A '62 Ford
Falcon Station wagon that burned a quart of oil every 250 miles. The Abarth
didn't burn any, but it needed starter motor brushes (again!). Guess it was
those super high compression pistons.
S. Preiss
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Moore" <rem9 at frontiernet.net>
To: <SMITH1127 at aol.com>; <N197TR4 at cs.com>; <vintage.racer at comcast.net>;
<fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Show and Shine & Triumph Values


> It's interesting how time changes your surroundings. I remember back in my
> University days (70-74) being paid $50 to drag off non-running TRs.
Cornell
> students were discarding them like last week's date. Those I was able to
> drive away usually were $75. I recall three TR-250s that were purchased
for
> less than $100. This was the same period of time I passed up a 1961 XKE
> roadster because it needed paint and after all, who wanted to pay $750 for
a
> car that needed paint. I did buy a 1970 Mustang Mach I for $300 that was
> fully loaded back in 1976. (No I traded it in on a garden
> tractor..................NUTZ!)
>
> Ah for the old days
>
> Russ Moore
> Spitfire #49
>
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> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Fot] Show and Shine & Triumph Values
>
> I'm sure everyone remembers the 1963 TR4 Surrey Top that sold at the
> Barrett-Jackson auction in Florida back in 2006 for $97,200. I just had to
> go  back
> and check that number to make sure I remembered it correctly! Probably
> stupid
> money, but who knows the real story other than someone really liked the
> car.
>
> Seems to me the TR4 cars and TR3A and B cars are trending upward, with
nice
>
> examples selling in the $30,000 range without being anomalies. As for the
> small  mouth cars, there are likely not enough sold at auction to give a
> clear
> picture  of trend in value, although I would guess trending up for good
> examples.
> Fun  discussion, and thanks for the posts. Aloha, Robert
>
>
>
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