I agree with Dennis, let's get the value of these cars up. We spend a
fortune restoring them, why shouldn't we be able to get our money back if
and when we sell the car.
In the interum buy all of them you can cheap and enjoy.
My .02 cents, BZ
>From: Dennis Currington <dc311@mail.com>
>Reply-To: Dennis Currington <dc311@mail.com>
>To: CalSpeed@aol.com, 311 <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: $25,000 Roadster: Why not?
>Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:02:26 -0700
>
>CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I intended to say that I plan to bump up the price to anyone who asks me
>what
> > the value of my Roadster is but I just dont know how. I am curious what
>the
> > formula is that the folks a Kelly Blue Book used to set prices on our
>cars.
> >
> > Quantity produced...? Original selling price...? Marque history...?
>What
> > else? Ferrari's have always commanded a high resale and indeed they are
> > spectaclur. But what about the Toyota 2000 of the sixties? It too was
>a
> > beautiful car and commands a super high pricetag. Almost like the
>Ferraris.
> > Whats up?
> >
> > So, once again my car is probably a 9,000 dollar car. And only to a
>person
> > who really knows the cars. But to the reader of KBB it is just another
>old
> > Japanese car worth $3 to 5K depending on the mileage, (yeah right)
>options,
> > (well our roadsters came loaded from the factory), rust...?
> >
> > After all of this I am still at a loss. I guess I will refer to the
>folks of
> > KBB.
> >
> > www.kbb.com
> >
> > Michael "Calspeed" Carion
> > 67.5 SRL311-000248 Solex
>
>Mike,
>
>That is the problem with KBB and our Roadsters...they don't really have a
>good
>"formula". However, they have in the past called CDM for input. Of
>course we
>don't low ball the numbers :-). That's why it is important for all of us
>to keep
>track of the higher priced sales of Roadsters.
>
>
>Dennis
>CDM
>(now accepting kickbacks (I mean commissions) from HIGH priced Roadster
>sales :-)
>
>
>
>--
>Dennis Currington
>1967.5 Solex 2000
>San Diego
>Datsuns.net
>
>
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