[Fot] Triumph Values

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Jeff:
Autoweek has a 63 TR 4 that sold at auction at Gooding & Co. in Scottdale for $44,000.00.
Ron Jacobs
Western Eagle Racing
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From: "Jeff Snook" <jsnook at wcnet.org>
>
> I saw a TR3A for sale for $49,900 this week on the internet!!  Guy must be
> crazy, but it does help to keep the market strong.  Nicely restored ones seem
> to be moving in the $20K to $25K range.  Of course if you restored one from
> scratch, you could easily have that much (or more) in one!
> 
> There will be two nice TR3s racing at Sebring in a couple weeks, Mike
> Jackson's and mine.
> 
> Vroom, vroom,
> 
> Jeff Snook
> http://www.snooksdreamcars.com
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: N197TR4 at cs.com
>   To: vintage.racer at comcast.net ; fot at autox.team.net
>   Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:24 PM
>   Subject: [Fot] Show and Shine & Triumph Values
> 
> 
>   While it is great to see the value of our Triumphs rise, I'd hate to see it
>   rise artificially, as a big air bubble and then burst.
> 
>   I think it is likely that the demand for TR3A and TR4s is on the rise. There
>   are some that argue with me.  But the numbers seem to agree.
> 
>   I's also like to think that the FoT has given the Triumph more credibility
>   off the track and on the track.  Thus more value and respect.
> 
>   Joe A
> 
> 
>   > Hello:
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > In the latest issue of AutoWeek (March 3, 2008), there is a column about
> a
>   > recent auction in Arizona where a 1963 TR4 with Surrey Top was sold for
>   > $44,000.  The car was described as being in "flawless" condition after
>   > undergoing a frame-up, five year restoration in 1994.  Since then it had
>   > seen minimal use.  In June 2007 at a Christie's auction, this same car
>   > failed to sell despite a high bid in the upper $30,000 range.  Let's see
> if
>   > I buy two TR's, race one and restore the other for auction.hmmm,
> something
>   > to think about as these cars continue to appreciate.
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > Gary
>   >
>   > 62 TR4
>   >
>   > 69 TR6
>   >
> 
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