Topic: eBay auction 150229401101, unrestored original 65 Tiger.......
Seller is asking 9500.00 for the car, buy-it-now, as it sits, with
hardtop. It's probably about worth that...... BUT, This is always
misleading to me, and interesting if you look at the specifics.
It's a given in this case that the car is mostly all there, in some
form. When most people restore a car in this condition, Tiger or
otherwise, the certainly would replace all wearable components:
interior, some or most of the glass, most of the trim, bright work,
emblems, rebuild the entire drivetrain, new dash, new tires and often
wheels, new springs, new shocks, rubber, wiring, most of the brake
related hardware etc.....and this car for example doesn't have a Title,
which would be a process to get one here in Oklahoma with only a bill of
sale, albeit possible.
My point is, if you take away everything from the car that the future
owner will discard during restoration, it wouldn't look like much was
left. Body and sheet metal, gauges, front and rear suspension, block,
crank and rods and transmission, steering column, seat frames, maybe
some trim and glass if you are lucky. If this car had all that removed,
or it was in boxes, I don't think it would bring 9500 bucks. Several
project cars in the last few weeks have come and gone for less that had
most of the basic needed components, they were just in pieces.
So the value of a complete and unrestored car over one in boxes that
still has all the fundamentally necessary components for restoration
must be for the owners interest in documenting the car, or taking it
apart himself so he can understand how it goes back together, ease in
verification of matching numbers on the critical elements...etc? There
is just a bit of irony there....it seems like a lot of money to pay for
stuff you will just wind up throwing away anyway, but obviously there is
a peace of mind to be gained, and knowledge of the background of your
new project car. Maybe it also just saves the pain and suffering of
matching up new hardware with old hardware, and getting that completely
correct new sheet metal screw to replace the one that you took out.
Hmmmm...maybe I'm thinking about it too hard.
Interesting though.
Cullen
B382001452
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