[TR] Relative values

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-----Original Message-----
From: Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>

...If you find someone that
doesn't like doing the work themselves and want a car modified exactly 
the
way you've modified it, then maybe you could get a premium price.  But
generally any serious collector is going to look at all the things that 
are
"wrong" and see it only as a project, no matter how shiny the paint is.

==AM==
I agree, although it would appear that such modifications don't bother 
the so-called "serious collectors" as much as they might have in the 
past?
==AM==

And we've commented before that prices in the UK are absurd, compared to
those in the US.  There are even people who make money buying cars here 
and
shipping them to Europe.  Lots of reasons for that, but I daresay the 
MOT is
one of the largest....

==AM==
Possibly a bigger reason is simple supply v. demand. Remember that the 
"export" markets, especially North America, got maybe  65-75% of total 
production.
==AM==

IMO, a 100 point, concours winning restoration might bring $30K today, 
but
to get much more than that it would have to be a "special interest" car.
Modifications are, at best, "value neutral", unless perhaps you manage 
to
find a buyer that wants exactly those changes, or the car is modified 
for a
particular vintage racing class, etc.

==AM==
Agree again, but with the same caveat as above.

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