[Fot] To Do list

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

On 9/12/13 6:36 AM, Bob Bownes -Seiri wrote:
> Ah, there is the rub! When can you recall mjb _selling_ a Triumph!? ;)
umm his Rust Rocket?  I think it was a TR4?  White?

TeriAnn
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> On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:16, "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 9/11/13 8:53 PM, robert bownes wrote:
>>> Don't forget:
>>>
>>> 0) Figure out how to make money buying Triumphs
>> That's an easy one.  Buy, ship and sell.
>>
>> During the 1980's people made a good living buying British sports cars, 356s, and Alfas in the US, shipping them overseas and reselling them.  A lot of our sports cars left the US during that decade to go live in Japan, Europe and Australia.  Back then people could buy a car in the US and triple their expenses when they flipped the car.  At least the final buyers took better care of the cars than the Americans did.
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>> Back then I had a '68 MGBGT that I wanted to sell.  The engine was in very good condition, the overdrive gearbox was rebuilt about 10K miles earlier.  No rust, no dents, good steering and suspension. The interior was complete but could stand to be refreshed.  The BRG paint was worn to the point where you could see primer in areas.  It was a solid driver that would be really nice with paint and a fresh interior.  No one wanted to buy it for $1500 because it would cost more to paint than they thought the car was worth.  I finally sold it to a retiring university professor in South West Australia for $2500 and he was happy to get a BGT in that condition for what he thought was a bargain price.  He bought my car and a friend's bugeye Sprite.
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>> TeriAnn
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