[Tigers] MK II #135

[rande]

Boy, Chris, if I take your word for everything you posted about our dealer friend
in Wisconsin with the survivor Mark II, he's ripe for a Cher-slap, and admonition,
"Snap Out of It". I mean, $45 for an autograph, from who?. Somewhere in Milwaukee
is a parallel universe with some nice cars sold by a dealer who walks several
inches off the ground. By that, I ONLY mean he's a bit out of touch with the
market.

I suppose the charitable view is that if one is going to sink $125,000 into
purchasing a Mark II, there are certainly worse examples than this gentlemans
car.

My gut feeling is that whoever is bankrolling this gentlemans cars for him is
pressuring him to move some iron. Ask Barrett-Jackson what the market for Cobra
289's is. It's not 600K, in the last six months it's been closer to a range
of 425-450K, and these happen to be gems. Unless his Cobra was once owned by
Shelby, or Cosby, or McQueen, or similar dignitary, it's hard to image someone
in that market wanting to pay a 150K surcharge above current auction rates.
They're likely to wait for the next auction.

I am siding with Michael on the value of nice survivor Tigers versus fully restored
ones, and I've come to this view lately after seeing the difference. When you're
building your car, and the paint finish on the car you're basing your project
on is not from Dale's shop, the interior is not from Pro-Prep, everything is
from Sunbeam, it's really a more accurate picture of how the car was put together,
and it not a reflection of either Dales or Pro-Preps quality work.