[Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??

[D Potter]

Al,

    Where do you get your SHO's? Regional wholesalers?

    Who else purchases cars from your  sources? Parts and body shops?

Just asking because I always thought you were doing a service by offering
SHO's and SHO parts here vs. scrapping them all out like any other business.
I know the yard where you park your cars is prime real estate, and the
longer a given car sits there shading the grass, the less you make.

DP



----- Original Message -----
From: "Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes" <MidwestSHOspecialists@hotmail.com>
To: "Al Fitz" <alfitz@alfitz.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??


> I think it's a tough line to draw.  I'm of the opinion that if you are a
SHO
> enthusiast you can not part out the few remaining SHOs in the name of
making
> a buck.  By this time you have to know what you can get for them.  If you
> can't sell them don't buy them.  Let someone else enjoy the SHO for the
> first time. A kid will buy a SHO and stupidly put all his money into to
fix
> it up, for the love of the car.  Hell, I have put $7000 into a 1995 GL.
>
> I don't want to sound mean, but something about having 50 SHOs on hand and
> very few for sale scares me.  I haven't sent you hate mail, nor would I,
but
> I can definetly see where those people are coming from.
>
> See, now I'm sorry, but this particular car I asked you about.  I wanted
it,
> but I didn't want to bid on it and drive the price up for you so I let it
> go.  By just not bidding on it at all, someone who wanted to fix up a rare
> car of which there are only 700 (in that color) could have had it for what
> you paid and the car would have never been in danger of being stripped.
Now
> you buy it, mark it up for a significant amount, even though you haven't
> done anything to it, and we all know it's not going to pull $1500, so off
to
> the shredder it goes.  It seems a little planned to me and I'm getting
> pissed off typing this email out right now so here it stops.
>
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Fitz" <alfitz@alfitz.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 10:56 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??
>
>
> > In the past I have received 'hate' mail from some members of this group
> > because they think I shouldn't part out certain SHOs. Well here's the
> delema;
> > I offer them for sale when I get them and if nobody wants them, I can't
> afford
> > to just keep them.
> >
> > So today I bought a 91+, it has the spoiler, rod shifter, fiberglass
hood,
> > etc. I don't want to part it out, my Son thinks we should strip it NOW!
> >
> > Is anyone interested in buying this Plus?
> >
> > 160K, black on black, runs and drives, no serious rust, and clean title.
> >
> > It needs a moonroof track, grill, header panel, and the seats are
trashed.
> >
> > It's located in Nebraska.
> >
> > I need $1,500 for it, as is, although I think it IS a good canidate for
> > restoration.
> >
> > Any takers before we fire up the air toolsn and torches?
> >
> > Al Fitz SHO Specials
> > http://www.alfitz.com
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