[Shotimes] OT: Continental that JFK was shot in on Ebay...

[Donald Mallinson]

What all of you missed is that the car Kennedy was in when 
he was shot was black.  This car is white.

It clearly says that the car was used in Ft. Worth the day 
before.

I don't think the ad is totally misleading, but if someone 
doesn't read it close, they might get confused.  The line 
about leaving the interior as it was on "that fateful day" 
is clearly an attempt to confuse some people.

Also, this isn't an auction, it is a buy it now sale.  That 
is clever, since an auction would peg the actual price 
"value" of the vehicle and the dealer doesn't want that to 
happen.

As usual, antique car dealers overprice anything they have 
and are prepared to sit on it till the earth cools to a 
barren rock!

Those are neat cars, and by itself, it would be worth maybe 
$25,000 to $35,000.  The celebrity status is a hard thing to 
put a price on, but most celebrity cars fail to live up to 
their billing.  IN this case, this car is NOT in any way 
worth a million, but if there is one person that just HAS to 
have it, and they have more money than they know what to do 
with, then good for them.  The Kennedy thing holds a huge 
fascination for a lot of people, but I would not pay a buck 
to see the car Kennedy rode in the day before!

Don Mallinson

Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> This is a conflicting listing.  In one place it states "Loaned to the 
> Secret
> Service after a complete examination, this is in fact the last vehicle 
> President
> Kennedy rode in just prior to the Dallas motorcade."  PRIOR to the Dallas
> motorcade.  That would lead someone to believe that this is not the car 
> that
> JFK was shot in.  Further on though it says "the complete red leather 
> interior
> has been left untouched since that fateful day in November 1963."  That 
> conflicts
> with the other statement.  Although it's true.  My grandparents old Chevy 
> was
> left untouched since that fateful day too, but it's not the car Kennedy 
> was shot
> in.  I find it hard to believe that this is a real auction.  Especially 
> considering
> the Buy It Now price of a million bucks.
> 
> 
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
> 
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> shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 11/12/2003 02:30:43 AM:
> 
> 
>>I thought this was rather disturbing to see....
>>
>>
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2441885223&category=6304
> 
>>Too bad i don't have "that" kind of money!
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