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Re: Barrett Jackson

To: "'Triumphs@autox. Net'" <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Barrett Jackson
From: "Jim Hill" <jrhill@chorus.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:37:14 -0600
References: <000801c2bf20$f84c16b0$0d2dfea9@ashfordspc> <093c01c2c033$4988ea90$9865fea9@yourozqwz45srp>
Phil Ethier wrote:

> > many times it's cheaper to buy a car that's already been
> > restored than to buy a car that needs a full restoration.
>
> Many times?  I'd like to hear of an example of an exception.


>From a note to Healeys list:

> I just returned from a busy three days at Barrett-Jackson,
> since I attend with a good friend and classic car restorer
> from here in San Diego who brought fourteen cars this year to sell.

> Kurt Tanner from Los Angeles, who restores several cars
>  each year just for this auction, brought three cars

> John Wilson of Oregon also restores one car every year just for this
auction,

Seems that it's still possible--if only for a few--to do full restorations
and sell the completed cars for a profit.

Jim Hill
Madison WI

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