Jim,
Nicely said.
We Triumph owners should do what ever we can to raise the value of
all Triumphs and applaud anyone else who is able to sell a car for what it is
really worth.
Geof in CA, 69tr6
Jim Hill wrote:
> Clark wrote:
>
> > So I've got $20, 000 and 2-3,000 hours of my time in this
> > car...........so, if my time was worth $5 an hour.......I have
> > $30-35,000 invested in this car.
> > . . .
> > Sooooooooo...........if this Guy's got a Concours car..........the price
> may
> > not be too far off, Eh? Depends upon what quality you want, what your
> time
> > is worth, and how bad the guy wants to sell..........
>
> Precisely.
>
> Among the (many) things I've never understood are:
>
> 1) Why Triumph people are proudest of how little they paid to restore their
> cars, while Healey folks seem proudest of how MUCH they spent.
>
> 2) Why Triumph people are offended when they see a nice car advertised for
> big $$, while Healey people are more likely to say "Great! The value of my
> car just went up."
>
> 3) Why anyone who's gone to all the trouble and expense of a lengthy
> restoration would turn around and sell the car at a substantial loss. Where
> do all these cars come from that are advertised as "$XXXXX.XX invested, only
> 200 miles since complete restoration"?
>
> I know TR folks are more likely to be home-restorers while Healeyites are
> more likely to turn their car over to a restoration shop, but there's no
> reason why a properly done home restoration shouldn't be worth a price that
> represents all the labor that's gone into them.
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
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