RE: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans

["John Lyons" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pete,

 

No question.give me a choice of a hemi Cuda or a G from a
'collectability/value' standpoint and I would have to be nuts to pass on the
Cuda (even though I much prefer the G).   I compare only in the fact that
very few were ordered from the factory (for whatever reason) and both had
performance and build 'challenges (?)' in that specific application.  Any
further comparison is fruitless.The 440 set-up was arguably a much more
user-friendly and sensible application yet the hemi's are doing five-fold or
more of what the 440's are at auction and ten times what our beloved letter
cars are.

 

I don't want to get into a public discussion about what my car is
'worth'.500 people on the server.we probably would have 500 different
opinions.  I didn't feel 160K was right.I may find out I was dead wrong and
end up driving the car for ten years.who knows. 

 

Regarding the IRS..Try running a car show, you won't have the capital gain
worries...ugh!

 

Talk to you soon.

 

JL

 

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Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans

 


In a message dated 12/18/2006 5:58:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
John@hartfordconcou <mailto:John%40hartfordconcours.com> rs.com writes:

I can think of another Chrysler that did not sell.it had a super powerful
motor that was impossible to keep running, a transmission that was balky, a
clutch that constantly failed, horrible build quality, terrible resale
values and in 1971, Chrysler (Plymouth) could only manage orders for a
meager 10 or so..it was called the hemi 'Cuda.

John - with all due respect, there is no way you can truly compare your 
stick G with the Hemi Cuda. It just doesn't wash. As far as the 4 speed F's
are 
concerned, Wayne knows a hell of a lot more about them than I , but even I 
know that they were never intended for the general public. They were made to

race at Daytona, and the few that were distributed, were given (not sold) to

faithful (and well known to Chrysler) Chrysler buyers of many years. They 
were not a failed marketing program - they were very different and special 
vehicles. The stick G's were simply something that, by most opinions, should

never have been allowed to leave the factory. It is conceivable that the
added 
price for the stick was there so nobody would buy it. If it were my car (and

obviously it is yours, not mine) I would have been sooo gone with the 
$160,000.00 that you would not have even seen my dust.

Another consideration - had you taken that $160,000.00 it would have been a 
private sale, out of sight of the IRS. Sell it at auction and you had better

be prepared to pay the income tax on whatever profit you make. That would 
mean that your sales price would have to be well in excess of $190,000 or 
$200,000 for you to break even with the $160,000.00 you turned down. Just a 
thought.

Pete Fitch


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