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If you were paying attention you would know we can't answer the question because the owner won't reveal the provenance. The cars you linked are all sub $100k cars. Its a fool's errand, financially, to spend six figures on restoring some random racecar regardless of the underlying issue of crap workmanship. As has been said before Chad's 67 should just have been crushed.
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[QUOTE=Matt Monson;981697 Its a fool's errand, financially, to spend six figures on restoring some random racecar regardless of the underlying issue of crap workmanship. As has been said before Chad's 67 should just have been crushed.[/QUOTE]
And that is why I can not get into that thread or discussion, the basic premise of the build did not seem smart and now maybe the OP of that thread is coming to terms with his bad decision of throwing tons of money at an old beat up race car with no real disclosed province and diverting that anger and frustration to the people who are doing the work. That thread is a black hole with no upside. I go to it like I go to those stupid dash cam videos of wrecks on you tube. |
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I now go to it for the Ronnie show.
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That has been pretty good, the thread did pick up with that banter/pictures.
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Rough figuring, If done they are worth in the neighbor hood of 120K, spare bits, glass, gauges etc. engine trans interior and assy. will soak up 80Kthen, 40K tops.
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Please don't feed the trolls. I started this thread on a topic that interests me. These guys just want to take it off track. Don't assist them. See my above response when Mr Newton weighed in previously.
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A few ways to buy a race car...only #4 leads to possible profit.
1. Perhaps in the long run the cheapest and quickest way to enjoy your race car is to buy a car in good condition with proven lap times. Pay a little more for someone's pride and joy and cry only once. ![]() 2. Unfortunately when most race cars are sold they are mechanically worn out, the seat belts and fuel cell out of date. It can still be a fun adventure if you get the car cheap, have a year to sort it out and dont mind going through it with a fine tooth comb to make it safe for you to drive/race. 3. If you choose a mechanically, structurally and cosmetically compromised race car then you have just bought a money pit. 4. Recently a real 73 911s race car (it was modded into a wide body) was bought gutted for under $30k and is being restored to stock 73 911s spec. The 73 911s will be worth a lot as a street car when complete, but in this case the new owner already had boxes of all the real/expensive missing 911s parts for this ex race car. This could take a few years to finish too. As an investment it might be ok. Today if I wanted to race a 911 why care if it was a long or short hood 911 race car? In fact a nice 80s short hood race car may be a bargain compared to the similar equipped long hood version. |
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Funny guy. Somehow, he believes 67's real experience owning a racecar and living the dream is a fool's errand and hence, not relevant to the market for used racecars.
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Like was said on an earlier page it's all in the details. Don't want a cars n coffee car. Don't want something with 5 hours left on the engine until it needs to be rebuilt. Some 2 or 2.2l car with a 2.7 swap that's not been made some crazy 8000rpm beast is what I would want. 901 gearbox over 915, but doesn't really matter. I'm not a buyer, even though I sold my 86 last night. I'm just going to keep playing with the 74 and start bodywork on the bumble bee after letting it sit for 10 years.
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^^^Move along buddy.
What's your interest in anything which has gone flat anyway ?
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After 4 months, thread finally gotten some air in it !
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