Hey Alan, when you’re done with your present project, I found a new one for you at Sotheby‘s auction! :-)
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" There's an ass for every seat" :~)
Maybe the projected sale price shown is a typo, or misunderstood due to the heavy accent? It is Sotheby’s after all...
That would be "arse" across the pond.
Split windows are rare... 
Alan, have you started on the VW pick-up kit yet?
Not $100k-$200k for a partial body rare.
356GS posted:Alan, have you started on the VW pick-up kit yet?
The Smyth Performance kit is here as well as the 2002 donor VW Beetle I purchased. I am finishing the dune buggy built this weekend ( pics soon) next will be completing Jakes" newly painted IM speedster due here the first week in October. After I get that done I'll build the pick up some time in December. I've been keeping in touch with other pick up truck kit builders some who are already to be painted.
Lane Anderson posted:Not $100k-$200k for a partial body rare.
thus why I was hiding but now I see that's a river of tears... I thought I was hiding after making a sarcastic comment.
"...but now I see that's a river of tears..."
As would be appropriate for anyone buying that and hoping not to be underwater financially.
Jethro posted:Split windows are rare...
No windows=not rare.
I’ve decided to sell my 1955 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder. It made its debut at the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans. Being one of only thirty-seven ever built, the 718 RSK was built to keep the original Porsche 550 model ‘alive.’ An interesting disparity between the original Porsche and the 718 is the lower front frame on the 718 that gives off the illusion of the letter ‘K,’ hence the name ‘RSK’.
The 718 was one of the third sets of RSK’s characterized by wishbone rear suspension and a simplified rear chassis to facilitate in-car gear shift changes.
Worth about $3 million, this sportscar portrays the ingenuity of a triumphant legend. The car I’m selling did not have an easy life. After being wrecked in only its third race, the team went bankrupt and didn’t have the money to complete the restoration. The car and chassis was traded to pay off debts incurred by the team. However the new owners lost interest in the car and it languished in a barn in Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters took its toll on the famed vehicle. I acquired it when it was bequeathed to me from an unknown relative after hearing about my love of the Porsche marquee. I too don’t have the resources needed to restore this car back to its former glory.
I offer it her first for just $200,000. There is no motor and it will need an extensive restoration. This is not for the feint of heart.
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Robert, I'd leave it in its current condition.
They're only original once.
Yeah, um, that'll buff out.
Survivor-class cars are worth more than most restorations anyhow. Ask anyone at Pebble Beach.
edsnova posted:Survivor-class cars are worth more than most restorations anyhow. Ask anyone at Pebble Beach.
We live in a very odd world when you stop and think about that. A car that is by any objective metric "better than new" is "overrestored". Being a "barn find" makes a car worth more than something lovingly cared for over the years.
Worst to me is that if something is modified or improved it is worth less than if it was "unmolested".
Outlaw indeed.
Stan Galat posted:edsnova posted:Survivor-class cars are worth more than most restorations anyhow. Ask anyone at Pebble Beach.
We live in a very odd world when you stop and think about that. A car that is by any objective metric "better than new" is "overrestored". Being a "barn find" makes a car worth more than something lovingly cared for over the years.
Worst to me is that if something is modified or improved it is worth less than if it was "unmolested".
Outlaw indeed.
When a car is no longer being driven for the joy of it and become an investment that's what happens I guess. I really hope our cars never become 'collectable'...
@Robert M - Boy, do I feel gullible. You had me going for awhile.
dont do it, MY 30 million is on Fedex already:}