Sorry, I didn't originally try to start any kind of war.
Tell me, what's it worth. The car needs a complete resto, doesn't run, needs
full interior, needs an entire quarter panel, fender and trunk lid. Which to
me is a major piece of body work. If no one has bought the car in a year of
advertisement. I can't be the only one that thinks the car is not worth
much. What's better, my $200 or the $50 from the junk man.
and she's not a little old lady.
Personally, collector car or brand new car. My job as the consumer is to
spend as little of my hard earned cash as possible.
Something makes me think you are a salesman
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From: VAN HOY
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RIP OFF OLD LADY COMMENTS
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 10:47AM
Looks like FLAME WARS are starting!!!? Cut it out!!!
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Look guys and gals, this is the good ol' U.S. of A.; if you want to cheat
some lil' ol' lady it's up to you [and her]; if you want to ask $5,000 for
your parts car and let it rust that's up to you too!!!
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I've seen lots of cars rust away, including a '41 Ch-- convertible that was
parked for lack of tires in 1944.
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I've also seen a guy, recently, a real jerk, talk the original owner of a
'66 Plymouth with 75K down from $275 to $265. [True story!]? Then he wrecked
it, collected ten times the price in insurance money, and won't sell me any
parts because he's saving them for his next '66.? [this was the 2d he's
wrecked]
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I paid $2,500 for a #4 car.? Was it too much?? YES!? Is anyone complaining?
NO!? The old man dying of cancer who saved the car from being wrecked or
crushed for 43 years deserved something for his trouble.? If you don't have
a car you don't have a project and you can put all your sweat equity time
into honeydo projects.
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Both extremes make me mad.? $200 bucks for a complete '48 Dodge is too low,
even if they did make a million of 'em.? It's more a matter of attitude.? If
you set out to steal something, or hold somebody up, or you think your
attitude is better than the next guy's, or your time is more valuable,
either way you give decent car collectors a black mark.? It's downright
sociopathic to be thinking of how you can get what you want and screw
everyone else.
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End of sermon, my blood pressure is up, back to work.
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--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73 Duster
Paid too much for all of them, paid too much for parts, spent too much time
fixing them--so what?
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From: Ron Dulmage < dulmage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:30 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] RIP OFF OLD LADY COMMENTS
If the comments about ripping off a little old lady were in reference to the
car that had the potential to sell for 1200 bucks or more when it was parted
out but someone was going to make an offer for $200. then you are really
making me mad.
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Let me tell you that dreamers hope to sell cars for the sum value of parts.
Typically they won't part them out, no they sit there with the junk on their
front yard till you no what freezes over and nobody benefits. The cheapest
part of any restoration had better be the purchase price cause the real cost
doesn't start till after that. There is no rip off in a fair exchange
between two parties. Whatever they agree on is fair exchange. I challenge
anybody who thinks the other party is being had to step up to the plate and
ante up. I am sick of people advising folks that their old crates have big
value. As is, as they sit they don't.Let them restore them, absorb the cost,
then they have value. Potential value is just that, potential and until
someone takes the action to promote and sell the parts individually it is
nothing more than unrealized potential. Absolutely useless.
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