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Re: '61 Sprite Value

To: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Subject: Re: '61 Sprite Value
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 11:06:58 -0700
Cc: spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <001401bfcd6c$e1aaea60$207b503f@default>
Bob,
In all seriousness, I think Frank may know of a car for sale that meets those
specs. (And the seller may even increase the price for you :-)
Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT

Wiedemeyer wrote:

> Well.......That all may be true, but I wouldn't think twice about paying 5
> figures for a concours '61 to '63 Spridget.  In fact, if I were offered a
> '63 Spridget that was a 100 point authentically restored documented national
> winner , I would be happy to pay $15,000 for it, and feel like I got a
> bargain!
>
> Bob
>
> >Bob,
> >I have always believed that non-Bugeyes have a limited value and while I
> would
> >agree that the values shown below may be on the low side, I don't think
> they are
> >THAT far off what a Mk II might bring on the open market in North America.
> >
> >If anyone on the list can offer information on actual sale prices of
> specific
> >models and include their condition, it would be interesting and helpful.
> >
> >While many owners of Condition 1 Mk II's, III's, & IV's believe that their
> cars
> >are worth into the 5 figures, I think it would be difficult, at best, to
> find a
> >ready buyer for such a car. There will always be the exception, but the
> >exception does not establish the market.
> >
> >Part of the reason is that Spridget enthusiasts are most interested in
> building
> >their own cars, not buying them completed and certainly not going to the
> expense
> >of a Condition 1 restoration.
> >
> >Jay Fishbein
> >Wallingford, CT
> >HAN-6 - Condition I (And not for sale at any price.)
> >


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