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Re: TR6 Value

To: "Brian Sanborn" <sanborn@net1plus.com>
Subject: Re: TR6 Value
From: "Don Sforza" <dsforza@megahits.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 13:12:25 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "Triumph List" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Maybe even 4-5K over is low... don't forget the "Fairfield County
Factor"... add 75% to the price because the people there pay high prices
for EVERYTHING!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Sanborn <sanborn@net1plus.com>
To: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>; Michael Graziano
<mgrazian@ltcm.com>
Date: October 17, 1998 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: TR6 Value


>
>Fred,
>
>Get on www.traderonline.com and go down the classic car path and due a
>search for  TRIUMPH TR6.   You should get about 20 cars to help you put
a
>value on it.  Good old www.vtr.org classifieds is a good source as
well.
>If you get Hemmings motor News that would help.
>
>My sense is that the $12.5K is about $4-5K to high.
>
>Brian Sanborn
>62 TR4          CT16260L  - Groton,  MA
>sanborn@net1plus.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
>To: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
>Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 4:55 PM
>Subject: Re: TR6 Value
>
>
>>
>>Michael Graziano wrote:
>>>
>>> I just came back from tooling around town (Greenwich CT) in my
300zx.
>WHile out,  I spotted a '70
>>> TR6 (bright red) in nice shape for sale at an english car dealership
>(rolls, bentleys jags).  On
>>> impulse I stopped to look at the car.  The color of the definitely
new
>paint was real nice,  but the
>>> quality was OK at best. One seat was cracked, and the wood dash had
>multiple cracks (almost like
>>> bumps) going across the glove box and the top of the dash Rusty
lugs,
>waves in the driver's door and
>>> rear driver's quarterpanel.
>>>
>>> A snooty saleswoman comes out and does the obligatory "Can I help
you?"
>>> "Sure", I say, "What are you asking for the TR6?"
>>>
>>> "Oh that.  We just _received_ that car last week.  We are asking
12.5K
>for it."
>>>
>>> Me:     Gee, that seems like an awful lot for a TR6.
>>>
>>> Snooty: Yes, well you obviously don't know much about English cars
then.
>This car is a classic and
>>> a steal at that price.
>>>
>>> Me:     Oh Yes.  You're right.  I obviously don't know ANYTHING
about
>English cars.  Thank you for your
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Somebody email bomb me the next time I casually stroll into a rolls
>dealership.  Boy do I wish I had
>>> pulled up in my Midget rather than the Z.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> '78 RB Midget
>>> '87 PB 300zx
>>>
>>> PS:  What's a '70 TR6 worth anyway?  Dear me I hope it's not worth
12.5K.
>>
>>
>>One was listed yesterday, spare engine recently O/H w/isky cam, needs
>>paint and thrust washers 3500. or B/O, sell of few of these at the
R/R
>>asking price then go back buy the dealership and fire snooty.Oh I
forgot
>>you don't know about "English Classics" maybe keep snooty.   "FT"
>>
>>
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