This is an interesting thread that has sort of been discussed before, but
from a different angle. Many people (myself included) have often balked at
the prices being asked for questionable cars, but when you get down to brass
tacks, Datsuns are probably the most affordable classic sports cars there
are.
I was on traderonline the other day and looked at some 60s Austin-Healeys,
Porsche, Jaguars, etc.
Right.
At least 20k for a nice MKIII. The average price I saw was well over 10k.
Yes, restoring Datsuns is expensive. Not nearly as expensive as other cars,
but still expensive.
The rule of thumb I heard at Solvang: "Take whatever you spent on restoring
your car and divide by three. That's what it is worth." Fortunately I could
give a damn about that. I just love the car. The money is worth it not for
the value of the car, but for the value of the car to me.
Andrew Murphy
SoCalROC
From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
Reply-To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, Geegc@aol.com
Subject: Re: Wall Street Journal Article on Extreme Restoration
Not so extreme, those guys are in a different league than us. My
brother-in-law spent a couple hundred grand restoring his 30's Lagonda
roadster, and as much on several other cars. My sister ain't so happy, he'd
rather spend the money on his cars, not her (ha-ha).
Our roadsters won't even get a glance from my brother-in-law. I don't know
how Les can make a living restoring Datsuns for what he charges! Of course
money is probably not what drives him, it's gotta be the passion.
Fred
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>Subject: Wall Street Journal Article on Extreme Restoration
>Author: Geegc@aol.com
>Date: 5/8/2001 2:50 PM
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>There is an interesting short article in Today's Wall Street Journal on
>"Extreme Restoration." It chronicles the tale of a restored 1955 Mercedes
>300SL at an extimated labor cost of over $300,000. Apparently it is not a
>daily driver.
>
>Imagine how many Roadsters Les could do for $300K.
>
>Gary C
>The red one
>The black one
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