wow......maybe a bargain..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9uMUn0gMM
wow......maybe a bargain..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9uMUn0gMM
Perfect
I always wondered --- as values for some 'old' cars escalate . . . why would anyone pay so much for something that's only a collection of some few bits?
Like this Ferrari --- sorry . . . Faux-rari
Unlike 'modern' cars that are an amalgam of complexly-formed metallic panels infused with all manner of precision-molded plastic and what-not, welded and riveted and bonded and glued in pretty incomprehensible (and utterly un-restoreable) ways . . . all managed/controlled by fragile electronics with code that's obsolete almost as soon as it's written
. . . old cars are just made-up of sheet metal and tubes and bits of rubber and wire . . . all readily available, malleable . . . restorable . . .
. . . and duplicatable
Cobras come to mind. You can pay seven figures for an 'old/real' one --- or, for 20% of the price? . . . buy 110% of the performance . . .
. . . spelled K-I-R-K-H-A-M . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...Steal-This-Car
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...=1#post1036879
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...hlight=kirkham
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post484748
Have you ever seen a Cobra in pieces? I've seen lawn-furniture that's more sophisticated. And its got a frickin' truck motor in it! With hand tools and a little help from the Manny, Moe, and Jack, this thing 'll out-live your Grankids! Yet-yet --- people will donate organs to buy a 'real' one that's too expensive for them to ever use properly --- if, at all
Then there's Singer . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...-Singer-Singer
Criminy --- this outfit's whole business model is custom --- er . . . re-imagining Porsches . . . for how much?
Heck --- half the cars on THIS SITE are nothing like anything that Porsche built . . .
. . . and some are better for it . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...hlight=laramie
Think about. Why would you spend X-amount of money to buy something 'old' . . .
. . . when for a fraction-of-X --- you could get something 'new'?
Keep going
How long before cars become so out-dated and toxic and ridiculous to use that --- the only ones left on the road . . . are special
And Future Owners, rather then buy something 'new' --- that's safe and clean and boring . . . they'll build something 'old' . . . special . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post601795
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post601812
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post603415
I'm prolly building my next car, soooo
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Last edited by LongRanger; 10-16-2020 at 08:26 PM.
love your thoughts....
I agree w/ most of it.
. . . Dave McNeil (the WeatherTech Guy) dropped $70m on his GTO
Seriously? What would it take? --- to put together one of these? . . .
. . . to layout some tubes, weld-up a chassis, source an engine block (Ferrari Classiche does this all the time --- for a price ), then have some bodywork fabricated + painted?
A sh!t-load-less than $70m, I'll bet
Whatever was paid for here? --- sure wasn't metal or glass or paint
Put it Another Way . . .
. . . you can't drive provenance, can ya?
Wouldn't dare
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I see things quite differently.
You either pay for the history linked to the object, or a tool to achieve a level of experience/performance.
And the best of both world is certainly to have an original car AND a copy to enjoy without troubles. Usually, the tool is much less expensive than the history.
Or you are very brave and add your own history to the original car.