Kieth,
It is all relative. The people paying big money for these cars can afford
it and it is relative to their total wealth. Do they drive them, some
certainly do and others, the ones we would sneer at (or at least I would) put
them
away in a temperature/humidity controlled garage. To those who buy them to
enjoy them, Bravo!
Dave
59 BT7 project. Hopefully drivable this year.
In a message dated 1/29/05 9:21:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, pennell@cox.net
writes:
Listers,
Like many of you I have been watching numerous hours of the B-J auction. I
am
intrigued by the BIG money many cars are bringing. $100k, 200k, 300k and
much
more for many of them. Which brings me to a question I would like to toss
out. At what point in dollars spent does one of these cars become a museum
piece for the buyer? At what point in dollars spent is it sane and safe to
drive them for any real distance?
One of my favorites so far has been the 1961 Chrysler 300G. But if I paid
$190k for it I would never drive it. Hell, I would never take it out of its
vacuum sealed pack!!!!
Neither of my 3000s would bring near the money the AH cars have sold for on
B-J so far . Owning two dependable drivers is all I can manage. But I am
not
going to allow them to collect dust and I do not hesitate to drive them.
However, for my financial situation I am always watching the other guy when I
do.
Keith Pennell
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