Agreed that you can easily put $10,000+ into a Datsun Roadster, and I
wouldn't hesitate if I had it to spend, although I would probably start
with a very nice car rather than fix up my so-so Roadster.
The issue is when it's all said and done, how much money is it worth to
anyone else? I recall a magazine I read about a year ago that had some
recent car auction data. One of the cars sold was a perfectly restored
1976 (?) Triumph Spitfire. The article specifically said "This car is
perfect except for one thing - it's a 1976 Triumph Spitfire". I'm not
trying to say our cars are those, but it's a matter of how much is a
car worth when fully restored to the public, not how much is it worth
to its owner. Good body work and paint is the same price per hour
whether it's going on a Ford Pinto or a Rolls Royce. Once isn't worth
fixing (disposable car) and the other is.
--- Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
> Not everything in SF is inflated. Bargains can be had. It's certainly
> true
> that new cars are sold for inflated prices. I just bought a Frontier
> a
> couple months ago, and saved anywhere from $4000 to $8000 by buying
> it 90
> miles away from SF (got it well below MSRP). Yes, the markups were
> $8000,
> and other people are paying it (well they were before the tech stock
> market
> collapse).
>
> What surprises me is that so many Datsun roadsters are available in
> the SF
> area, dirt cheap. Yes, the fine examples are commanding $10,000+, but
>
> non-running junkers can be had for nothing to a few hundred, and
> there's
> some decent runners around the $2000-$4000 range. (Don't ask for
> specifics,
> just recalling observations from the last year or two.)
>
> Incidentally, I don't consider some of these $10,000+ roadsters as
> inflated. Some truly reflect added value from hundreds if not
> thousands of
> hours of labor, and the glances from passersby confirm that a fine
> Datsun
> roadster is deserving of a $10,000+ price-tag. There's a big
> difference
> between a so-so runner and a head-turning factory-new-looking
> roadster.
> Some of the kids around here easily invest $25,000 into their 1990's
> rice
> cars. My nephew put over $25,000 into his Geo Storm. $10,0000 looks
> cheap
> in comparison.
>
> Fred - So.SF
>
> _______________________ Reply Separator __________________________
> Subject: Re: SF Roadster Prices
> Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
> Date: 3/15/2001 8:55 AM
>
>
> CalSpeed@aol.com wrote
>
> >This leads me to thinking that this is great news. It is nice to
> see our
> >cars going for inflated prices. That is if you consider it an
> inflated
> >price. Certainly, these cars when running well they provide more
> pleasure
> >then the $10,000+ dollar value.
> But in SF doesn't everything go for inflated prices ?
>
> ;-)
>
> Marc T.
>
>
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>
> Marc Tyler
> TDROC
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> 1965 L-320 #L320 013642 (the misspent ute)
> 1965 L-320 (Still in CA)
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> Sisterdale TX
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