Chuck:
As I recall from my show days with the Mercedes Benz club (that's the tree
pointed star not the five pointed one) the scale is as follows:
1 - Concours (Pebble Beach)
2 - Restored but drivable
3 - Every day transport
4 - Drivable but needing restoration
5 - Unsafe
There used to be a saying "That a one was fun, but a three will set you
free." Meaning that you became a slave to cars that were concours, but if
you wanted to enjoy it you needed a three.
Personally, I have always aimed for the two. Scarlet is a two. She can go
to a show and hold her own. She will place, but not first. I can also
drive her to San Antonio from Houston and not feel bad either.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4 (Scarlet)
83 Mercedes 300SD
96 Cherokee Country
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Charles A Harris
Sent: Monday, May 11, 1998 10:36 PM
To: alevisen@gdhscats.org
Cc: Morgans@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re:Old Cars Weekly Auction
Arlo,
What does level 2 or level 5 indicate?
Chuck Harris
On Mon, 11 May 1998 09:33:01 +0300 arlo j levisen <alevisen@gdhscats.org>
writes:
>While OLD CARS WEEKLY is not always on top of every auction in
>America,
>they do a very good job on keeping track of and reporting upon the
>"big
>ones".
>
>On the 19th of April, 1998, in Vancouver, BC., a 1966 Morgan Plus 4 in
>
>level 2 condition was sold for $16,863 American. The event was called
>
>the "auto Classic Auction".
>
>OCW did miss a November, 1998, auction here in the midwest where about
>a
>1964 Drophead Coupe in what sounds like to be about level 5 condition
>was sold for an unstated amount. A member of the Minnesota Morgan
>Club
>was the purchaser and will, presumably, be the restorer.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Arlo Levisen, Revillo, SD '87 Plus 8
>
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