[Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:59:58 -0500
Yes, but.......
The cold, hard facts are that there is no positive way to identify a Plus,
unless it has the Green paint code, or someone has the original window
sticker (quite rare, as most folks don't have it).
Someone could take a regular '91 and add all of the Plus parts, and it would
be a Plus for all practical purposes.
Frankly, if no one on this list (or other SHO lists) will buy a Plus from
Al, he might as well tear it apart and make what he can. These are the best
markets for specialty cars like a Plus.
He's gotta eat and pay the mortgage like the rest of us.
Although I am a firm believer that a Plus will be worth more than any other
SHO in ten years, this means that a very clean, low-mileage '89-'95 SHO may
sell for $5,000 in 2013, and a clean, low-mileage Plus will sell for
$6,000.........not enough to buy the condo in Hawaii!!
Ron Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of van Oss
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:58 AM
To: Al Fitz; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Should I destroy a 91+??
I remember this line from my wedding: What the Ford has joined, let no man
tear asunder. Or something like that. :-)
Know this: When Al offers this Plus at $1500, he is offering to take a
loss. He knows that he can separately sell the hood,
spoiler, rod shifter, drivetrain, and maybe odd bits for more than $1500.
But God-fearing man that he is, Al dreads eternal
damnation more than the loss of a few bucks. So he has offered us this
chance. Let this moment not pass without anyone realizing
how decent Al is being here.
Poor Al. He bears the brunt of this terrible lesson in SHO Economics 101:
Rare as it might be, the SHO market is extremely, very,
dangerously miniscule even for an intact SHO Plus, because of 160K and all
the needs that that implies.
Unless this Plus is mint like the Mallinson Mocha (it's not), it will never
have collector value. At $1500 there are just too many
other options available to most buyers who want a fixer-upper opportunity.
Joseph van Oss
p.s. Al, this Plus is not yet on the website, right? I looked. What color?
Do I sound interested? Remember what Ben Frnaklin
said: "He who lives on a diet of hope, dies farting."
p.s. If Mallinson keeps his Mocha Plus low miles, mint, and stock, he may be
the last man standing with a V6 SHO that has a sale
value higher than bird food.
----- Original Message -----
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.
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