Subject: Re: [TR] Holy cow!

From: DAVID MASSEY <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:17:07 +0000 (UTC)

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I saw that.=C2=A0 It is a really really nice car.=C2=A0 But, still...
Maybe it was Paul Newman's Spit.
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 And to think it is a Spitfire that brought in that much money!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-triumph-spitfire-16/

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                <div><div dir=3D"ltr">And to think it is a Spitfire that br=
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That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea, but never seen one near
that price.  As a general aside.  There are lots of cars with very nice
looking paint, interior, and engine compartments, what seems to make high
dollar collectors go crazy is the better than factory perfect and
impossibly clean undersides.  I have never understood why the part you
normally never see and which you will mess up terribly if you want to drive
the car at all can shoot up the value so much.  But then again I wouldn't
buy a car just to park and display.

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have =
no idea, but never seen one near that price.=C2=A0 As a general aside.=C2=
=A0 There are lots of cars with very nice looking paint, interior, and engi=
ne compartments, what seems to make high dollar collectors go crazy is the =
better than factory perfect and impossibly clean undersides.=C2=A0 I have n=
ever understood why the part you normally never see and which you will mess=
 up terribly if you want to drive the car at all can shoot up the value so =
much.=C2=A0 But then again I wouldn&#39;t buy a car just to park and displa=
y.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr=
">On Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 8:07=E2=80=AFPM Mark Bradakis &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email-masked]<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And to think it is a=
 Spitfire that brought in that much money!<br>
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...old adages...   a fool and his money.....      more dollars than 
sense....

A couple decades back.... there was a gentleman on ebay, trying to sell 
a rather well restored roundtail..... for > $110K

beautiful...but you could tell who ever restored it knew nothing about 
Triumphs specifically, as even the bonnet badge was mounted inverted.   
never sold obviously.  6 months later it was posted at $60K... never 
sold... a year later I saw it at a dealership posting (dealer web site) 
at less than $35K ... no idea where it went if at all.

The point is it's worth what someone is willing to pay, regardless of 
what we think of someone spending that kind of money on a Spit.
I've been on both sides of this coin.    ymmv    :-)

ptegler

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> That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea, but never seen one 
> near that price.  As a general aside. There are lots of cars with very 
> nice looking paint, interior, and engine compartments, what seems to 
> make high dollar collectors go crazy is the better than factory 
> perfect and impossibly clean undersides.  I have never understood why 
> the part you normally never see and which you will mess up terribly if 
> you want to drive the car at all can shoot up the value so much.  But 
> then again I wouldn't buy a car just to park and display.
>
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    <p>...old adages...   a fool and his money.....      more dollars
      than sense....<br>
      <br>
      A couple decades back.... there was a gentleman on ebay, trying to
      sell a rather well restored roundtail..... for &gt; $110K</p>
    <p>beautiful...but you could tell who ever restored it knew nothing
      about Triumphs specifically, as even the bonnet badge was mounted
      inverted.   never sold obviously.  6 months later it was posted at
      $60K... never sold... a year later I saw it at a dealership
      posting (dealer web site) at less than $35K ... no idea where it
      went if at all.<br>
      <br>
      The point is it's worth what someone is willing to pay, regardless
      of what we think of someone spending that kind of money on a Spit.<br>
      I've been on both sides of this coin.    ymmv    :-)</p>
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    <p>ptegler<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/2025 10:24 AM, Greg Lemon
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        <div dir="auto">That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea,
          but never seen one near that price.  As a general aside. 
          There are lots of cars with very nice looking paint, interior,
          and engine compartments, what seems to make high dollar
          collectors go crazy is the better than factory perfect and
          impossibly clean undersides.  I have never understood why the
          part you normally never see and which you will mess up
          terribly if you want to drive the car at all can shoot up the
          value so much.  But then again I wouldn't buy a car just to
          park and display.</div>
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            8:07 PM Mark Bradakis &lt;<a href="mailto:[email-masked]"
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And
            to think it is a Spitfire that brought in that much money!<br>
            <br>
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href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-triumph-spitfire-16/"
              rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
              moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-triumph-spitfire-16/</a><br>
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Here's the summary of Spits sold on BringATrailer.

This is the definition of "outlier". ;-)

- Lee

.

> .
> looking paint, interior, and engine compartments, what seems to make 
> high dollar collectors go crazy is the better than factory perfect and 
> normally never see and which you will mess up terribly if you want to 
> drive the car at all can shoot up the value so much.  But then again I 
> wouldn't buy a car just to park and display.
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<p>Here's the summary of Spits sold on BringATrailer.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This is the definition of "outlier". ;-)</p>
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<div dir=3D"auto">That is crazy, Spitfire record? I have no idea, but never=
 seen one near that price.&nbsp; As a general aside.&nbsp; There are lots o=
f cars with very nice looking paint, interior, and engine compartments, wha=
t seems to make high dollar collectors go crazy is the better than factory =
perfect and impossibly clean undersides.&nbsp; I have never understood why =
the part you normally never see and which you will mess up terribly if you =
want to drive the car at all can shoot up the value so much.&nbsp; But then=
 again I wouldn't buy a car just to park and display.</div>
<br />
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<div class=3D"v1gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 8:07=E2=80=AF=
PM Mark Bradakis &lt;<a class=3D"v1moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"mailto:ma=
[email-masked]" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
<blockquote class=3D"v1gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-lef=
t: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">And to think it is a Spitfire that b=
rought in that much money!<br /><br /><a class=3D"v1moz-txt-link-freetext" =
href=3D"https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-triumph-spitfire-16/" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer">https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1=
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