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Your recent pictures just confirm my first impressions--you have a keeper.

Value-wise, the market is tough. There is a nearly identical 72T currently on ebay that has languished for quite a while, offered, I believe, by a consignment dealer. I personally spoke to the owner many months ago and got the history of the car and it is much like your story. I desperately wanted the car but the market was booming at the time and it was beyond my budget. Though the owner offered me a good price at the time (given the market, then), I had to pass. Months later the car appeared on eBay at the "Buy it Now" price and has sat ever since. My point is this: I believe your car to be just as good, and in some areas even better, once it is up and running. Clearly, the price point for the 72 is too high in the current economy (a year ago, it would have sold, I'm sure.) Watch this car as I believe it to be a good indicator of the value of yours, but I would restate my own opinion--KEEP YOUR CAR!