On 27 Sep 2000, at 17:04, Brad Newman wrote:
My wife is going to kill me!! Brad, this sounds very cool but a
logistical nightmare to assemble so many investors. We all sound
nice and friendly right now but we'll be killing each other for specific
trucks/parts!! It sounds easier to just move onto the property (you
wanted to move to CO right?).
I'd definitely be interested in exploring this idea further. What year
Suburban are you "calling" for yourself (just curious;) Any 54 chev
subs out thar?
When you get a chance, I'll talk more about the venture.
Eric
> Wow!
> The response to my question regarding the "AD Mecca" that I found last
> week has been overwhelming; thank you all for your ideas, wants, needs
> and humor (since posting the original message, I have discovered that
> I have 3 long lost brothers and a whole gaggle of old high
> school/college/army buddies that have been looking for me since we
> somehow or another lost touch all those years ago ..................).
> I will eventually respond to each e-mail individually, but thought
> that I would start with the shotgun approach. To move that many
> vehicles/parts over any distance, much less from Colorado to Texas, is
> going to be at the least "logistically challenging", not to mention
> extremely expensive. To make matters worse, if I were able to move
> them all I'm still not sure that I have a place here that I can afford
> to put them, or that I will be able to store them in for any length of
> time. I've had a week or so to think about the different ways to
> handle this, and have come up with what may be a good deal for all of
> us that are interested. First, I think I /we need to do one or more of
> the following: a) lighten the load (reduce the number of
> vehicles/parts) b) shorten the distance traveled c) bring in partners
> I've talked to some friends of mine in the Denver area that have the
> room to store and secure MOST of the vehicles/parts, and better yet
> they are only an hour or so away from the stash. I proposed to them
> that if they were willing to transport/store/disassemble/inventory
> (with my/our help) all of the trucks/parts, that I would either buy
> outright or raise the cash to buy all of the trucks/parts in the yard,
> and split the profits (either as an individual or a group) on the
> future parts sales with them. They have tentatively agreed, so here is
> my idea (if they fall through, there may be other individuals in
> southern Colorado willing to do the same): Several of you have offered
> to partner up on this venture, either in cash/land/muscle or whatever,
> and there have also been a bunch of you that have put in orders for
> parts or trucks. Whoever is interested, lets (as a group) put up the
> cash to buy the lot ($17,000) which comes out somewhere in the
> neighborhood of $1700-$4250 each, depending on the number of
> investors. In return, you will get your pick of up to 5 trucks (I've
> already claimed one suburban!), at least one of the spare engines, a
> $300 gift certificate good towards the purchase of any parts in the
> future (you pay for shipping when you use it), and an equal share of
> the pie (this percentage depends on the number of people investing
> divided by the remaining 50% of the shares). If 4 people want in, then
> all would get 5 trucks and 5 engines, 5 people get 4 trucks and
> engines, 6 people get 3 trucks/engines, etc. (for the record, you are
> responsible for picking up and transporting your new goodies, and you
> can do with them as you see fit). I would like to limit the number of
> partners to 10, but any number under that will work. Well, there it is
> in a nutshell. If you are interested email me directly for more
> details. Hopefully I didn't cross any lines by offering this here; I
> am not trying to make any money other than from the eventual sale of
> the parts, and thought that others may wish to do the same. Also, if
> you have any specific parts requests, I will be doing a detailed
> inventory of the place in the next few weeks, so let me know. Thanks
> Brad Newman Coppell, Texas BR-549
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