Again...what would you offer you a "one-of-a-kind" coucours restored Yugo,
Chevette, etc.? The analogy is exaggerated of course, but the message is
clear. Supposedly, a guy who had a TR3 down at Bowie had paid others about
$100,000 to restore this car to a level never attained by Triumph. Does that
have anything to do with its worth? When I finish my GT6+, I'll have about
$7,000 in it. Knwoing the market, I'd probably get $4,500 if I had to sell
it.
Ken Shapiro
1970 GT6+
KC81872L
Baltimore, Maryland
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: cars value
>
> I have to agree with the fact you should not be offended by a offer which
is
> not close to what you were expecting, but, this particular car is not a
> average or even above average show car, this is truly a one of a kind
> restoration, even though it may be just a T/R 6, it is still the most
> perfect in everyway that could possibly be done, so with that in mind,
your
> offer should also be a offer of fairness and honesty toward what you are
> looking at, you cannot say a T/R 6 is only going for such and such, this
is
> not one of those such and such, this is a rare car and could only be sold
to
> that rare person with the extra cash that knows what he is looking at. I
> know a TR250 nice car, but, not a show stopper, just the car was at the
> right place when the right man came across and it changed hands right on
the
> spot for 25K, and it is a nice car, but again, not a one of a kind,
happened
> last year at TRF. How many "Perfect" T/R 6's are there around, only one I
> know of is for sale in Florida. Just my .0002 "FT"
>
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