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Re: How many cars in your collection??? (not much LBC)

To: dresden@tiac.net
Subject: Re: How many cars in your collection??? (not much LBC)
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:08:00 -0700
Nevin,

     Hang on a second.  I seem to recall (having been there at the time) that a
'64 911 is what one would have to call a 'first edition'.  If it's an
exceptionally low serial number car, and pristine, it's probably quite valuable.

Bud Krueger

dresden@tiac.net wrote:

> Is that $100,000 American? Maybe in Canadian money, maybe.
>
> Off the cuff response, it sounds completely balls-out ridiculous, but I'm
> not a collector. However, when you consider that the collectible market is
> pretty soft right now, and that you can have a  Ferrari 308/328 for prices
> in the 30's or 40's, who's going to pay that much for a 911 of any year?
>
> What does an arbitrary date change have to do with the value of a car,
> anyway? Does that mean my 92 Corolla is worth more because it will be last
> century's technology soon?
>
> Nevin
>
> >Tom McLaughlin wrote:
> >>I've always wanted an old 911
> >
> >Interesting.  I drove my MG to a neighboring city today and decided to
> >cool off in the mall.  I was strapping myself to the MG when two elderly
> >ladies approached me.    They had a 1964 Porsche 911 they were trying to
> >sell, and wanted to know if I was interested.  I'm a 914 man, but I said
> >I would have a look.  Sure enough, they had an old Porsche sitting in
> >the garage of a bed and breakfast.
> >
> >I asked the price after giving it a quick once-over.  I nearly choked
> >when she, with a very straight face, replied "$100,000".
> >
> >I admit, I know nothing about the value of a Porsche.  She seemed to
> >think that with the new millenium, the car was worth that much.  (Anyone
> >else sick of this Y2K crap?)  100K seems a bit steep to me.
> >
> >Thomas James Pokrefke, III
> >1970 MGB
> >no 1964 Porsche 911, but I can apply that money to about ten 914's
> >pokrefke@netdoor.com




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