It looks like it is a pretty nice car. If it is a good as it looks in the pictures, $14,000 isn't a bad price. There was a pair of bad ones on Ebay not too long ago. I think they wanted at least that much, and the cars were real rough. If they hadn't been photographed in the garage where they were found, one could have believed that they were dragged from the bottom of a lake.
Paul W.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Thielman <h53099@xxxxxxxxx>
To: List Imperial <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:51:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IML: GHIA Imperial
I am trying to send a link so you can see it. But - DUH I have sent it to myself the last few times. Give me a bit of time - I'll figure it out. Anyway the rest of the story. Went to the auction. Bidding started slow but went to $10,000 real fast [+ a 10% buyers premium]. I watched and two people were at it. I set my limit @ $12500 and the car eventually went for $14,000. The guy purchasing it - had no idea what it was - he just thought it looked different and he wanted it. I talked to him after the bidding ended and we discussed where he was going to $ wise. He was prepared for a $25,000 bid + the 10% buyers premium. So he was way above where I was going to go to. NOW - the '73 - came up before the Ghia - like it should - 1 bidder [not me] and it went for $3,000.00 So I got a box of french fries with gravy and drowned my sorrows. I wonder if the wife would have left me for going over our agr
eement by a measly $1500 to $2000. OH YEAH forgot to mention that the car was having a transmission problem - they said it was the linkage. I got nervous as I have no concept of the complexity of a push button selector. Another reason I didn't go higher. Regards Peter ---- I will hopefully sometime tonight figure out how to post a link to the pictures. Regards Peter Thielman
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