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$40,000 invested on a TR6

To: Beth & Ken <bethken@erols.com>
Subject: $40,000 invested on a TR6
From: "T. R. Householder" <trhouse@greenapple.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 20:11:42 -0500
Cc: RaceF1@aol.com, JackR@shriverco.com, jim_hill@chsra.wisc.edu, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <ef.ef6ac371.25ac8829@aol.com> <007c01bf5c8d$f36219e0$fcceaccf@oemcomputer>
Lets see the rule is 500 hours and Ten Thousand in parts on the
outside,So thats $30,000 divided by 500 hours. That's $60 an hour shop
rate. Seems in the ballpark

Beth & Ken wrote:
> 
> Over 40,000 invested on a TR6$ ???? I know it's got to be possible, but I'd
> love to know how. I restored my Europa TC to concours condition for about
> $10,000 above what I bought the car for ($6,500). Certainly these guys paid
> somebody to do the restoration...right? I'll go back to my "stupid"
> comments. If you restore a 1967 Vette, and spend $40,000 to get a $40,000
> car out of it, you have something. It costs no less to restore a TR6, or a
> Yugo for that matter, to the same standards, but what do you have when
> you're done?
> 
> ken shapiro
> baltimore
> 1970 GT6+ KC81872L]
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RaceF1@aol.com>
> To: <JackR@shriverco.com>; <jim_hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
> Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 8:20 AM
> Subject: Re: $21,500 for a TR6 - Who is the fool
> 
> >
> > Jack,
> >    Didn't offend me at all.In fact I see alot of truth in what your
> saying.I
> > am a member
> > here in Penna of the Delaware Valley Triumphs(DVT).On there website
> recently
> > where two guys trying to sell TR6's that they had done themselves to near
> > "perfect"
> > condition and both claimed to have over 40k invested?Both were asking
> under
> > 20k
> > for the cars.Whos the fool?
> >
> >                         Brian Ichter
> >                         West Chester,Pa
> >                         $5500 74TR6 Daily Driver in good condition
> >

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