On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA) wrote:
Jarrid,
We don't need to convert all Alpines to Huskies to make them rare, the
Tiger owners are doing that for us.
Thinking about selling my stillborn Alpine project. New baby, not enough
room, no time, no money, etc.
Anybody interested in my 66 SV, no real interior, lots of electrical work
needing to be done, bottom end rust work rquired, needs new everything. I
DO have two real nice bumpers for it though!
12,500 US$ or best offer.
tim
> Eric wrote,
>
>
> >Just wanted everyone to know that we get way to little for our alpines
> and
> >rootes group products when we sell them.
> >
> >Now that I have an alpine I have no problem with the price of a fine
> restored
> >example selling for well in excess of 12.5K
> >
> >My 1,250,000cents
>
>
> I agree fully that Rootes cars sell for too low a price, however
> the old philosopy of supply and demand hold true with few exceptions.
> People who know nothing about Alpines and Rootes cars will the the
> most likely to pay the least for a given car, and those in the know
> would be more likely to buy the higher dollar but complete/rust free/
> showroom conditions ECT.
>
> The problem is that a 12.5K alpine will most likely sit unsold till the
> owner gets more ambitious about selling it, or somehow gets a clue.
> The same applies in the field of Real-Estate.
> When someone has there property listed for some rediculous
> asking price, it can be assumed that the motivation in selling
> is low, or the seller is holding out for a sucker.
>
> Steve Alcalas vintage race Alpine has sat unsold for well over a year.
> Starting for $8000, then $7500, then $6500 now???????
> Steves car is a good looking and functional race car, well worth
> at least $12,500 in todays racecar market, were it not for the
> fact that "correct" alpine race cars are not competitive in the
> midst of overly modified MGs and alfas and minis.
>
> If and when I sell my alpine, I hope to get 12,500USD for it, but
> with others selling for $1000 to $3000, its really tough for a newbie
> to justify paying the money up front over the unkownd years of
> grief ahead of them.
>
> Also, in commenting on Karl Gilchrist's post, here in the US,
> MG's will always bring in more money than an Alpine.
> I suspect that supply and demand holds true here as well, where
> since the US was the marketed target for the Alpine and Tiger,
> we got a whole lot more of them than did those down under.
> If a car is rare, it will surely sell.
>
> What we need to do here is convert all these Alpines to Huskies
> to increase the rarity of the Alpine.
>
> Wouldnt that make the Hillman clubs eyes water?
>
>
> Jarrid Gross
>
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vbob SJ,CA
'66 Alpine Series V B395002095
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