>Today there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about the value of
>vintage sports and race cars. The writer made references to Ferrari GTOs,
>formual one racers, Jag "c" types, Mercedes,etc. He also talks about the
>money that the "new rich" are spending on vintage vehicles and I offer the
>following excerpt as an example.
> {Still, there is probably nothing like a Ferrari for global cachet.
>"Someone who's made a billion in telecoms, the Internet or on Wall Street
>wants to come into the hobby at the top," says Mr. kidston. "He doesn't
>want
>to spend his weekend under the hood of a Triumph TR3." }
>
I doubt the bazillionaire would spend a weekend under the hood of ANY
car. Hell that's why there's a bunch of exotic car purveyors, agents
and mechanics.... These "money people" are too busy making money and
putting on airs to be bothered with what makes their status symbol
tick.
A few years back Peter Egan described these folks in his "Side
Glances" column in Road & Track the article was titled:
"THE PRICE OF EVERTHING AND THE VALUE OF NOTHING"...
Check it out!
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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