[Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??

[Brian E. Harris]

OK, in Al's defense, who the hell cares if he's marking stuff up?

Al's located in Nebraska.

He and his son travel all over the place, buying these SHO's, lots of times
from wrecking yards.

Al buys a SHO that someone else has turned over to a yard (arguably, to be
parted out).  Al buys these SHO's, sells the ones that he can sell whole,
and parts out the rest.  If he wasn't, I think there'd be quite a few less
SHO's on the road.

This particular SHO may be a different situation, but he bought it, fair and
square.  Now he's offering it to the SHO community - if nobody takes it, and
he has to part it out, is that an excuse for you to get mad?  No.  It ain't
your car.

I know where Al is coming from on this whole deal.  I bought a '91 Plus a
few months ago for a steal.  Has blown head gaskets, and needs some
detailing/cleaning.  I haven't decided whether I'm going to fix it or part
it out/sell it, but know this:  When I offered to sell the car a month or
two ago, for $500, I got one inquiry to buy it whole.  ONE.  I got about 20
that wanted parts from it.  That shows me that there wasn't a huge amount of
demand for this car in it's intact form..  The car is currently not for sale
at the moment, pending my decision on it's destiny.  I could have easily
made more than $500 on the car, had I chose to part it out.

Al's in business to make money from SHO's.  If people don't like that he's
"killing SHO's", then they need to buy the SHO's before he can.  The only
problem is, I can't see a whole lot of you buying up a bunch of wrecked
SHO's, and restoring them all.

-bh

----- 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 12:23 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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