RE: Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans

["Owen Grigg" <ram300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I felt I just had to chuck my 2c worth in on this....it gets me a little hot
under the collar...

Personally I'm really concerned about the negative impact of soaring 300
prices. Why should the GENUINE car guy be happy about his 300 being
SUPPOSEDLY worth some idiotic amount of money. Let's turn them all into
"Duesenbergs" so we can pay outrageous prices for parts, make the auction
guys rich, line the pockets of the "investment" (read non car enthusiast),
create more bogus cars and cut the GENUINE YOUNG (read future of the hobby)
car guy out of the 300 car market. 

I had the joy of meeting one of these "big time car investment guys"
recently. A friend of mine had worked furiously and meticulously to restore
this moneyman's '57 Chev injection car over the last two years or so. On the
day of pick up he informed us all, of how much the car was worth blah blah
blah. He would not let ANYONE, including the restorer, near the car, drive
the car, or photograph the car for their album. I thought to myself what a
sad, sad sack of you know what, this guy was. Will that car EVER be enjoyed
or will it just travel from auction to auction on its square wheels.

Personally I hope the market crashes, throws out all the "big-notes" and
brings in all the REAL car guys. You wanna invest, invest in something
boring like property......

Owen
-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Josh Mishler
Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2006 11:35 a.m.
To: Joey; Ron Stewart; moparpjf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans

I really think you guys should be really happy that
these cars are finally starting to comand the prices
they deserve.  Were talking about rare machines that
are few and far between.  I read an article many years
ago in a magazine that predicted that one day Chrysler
300's would be the Duesenbergs of the '50's.  In terms
of value and collectibility.  I just hope that the
trend continues and carries over into the other year
300's.  If things like this keep happening, 300's will
be one of the most sought after and highly collectible
cars around.  Don't fight it, welcome it.
Josh

--- Joey <Joeypilot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think it is a valid point. 
> 
> Joe Schmitt
> 
> From: Ron Stewart <rstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/12/18 Mon PM 07:59:07 CST
> To: moparpjf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans
> 
> wow, what a wonderfull club we have. you can get
> info on oil and lube. plus  tax advice at no cost..
> give me a break. c300ron
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: moparpjf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   To: John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ;
> Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 6:17 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300G manual trans
> 
> 
> 
>   In a message dated 12/18/2006 5:58:43 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time, 
>   John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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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