[DeTomaso] Panteras at BJ

Charles Engles cengles at cox.net
Sat Jan 17 10:09:12 EST 2009


Dear Goran,


                 Well said, sir.   An excellent analysis of the economics of 
our hobby.


                               Warmest regards, Chuck Engles



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Göran Malmberg" <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
To: <P6746 at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Panteras at BJ


>I think this tells even a few more things. Like...
>
> We can do things for our own joy, OR, to create a public value or status.
> (Or maybe a mix).
> If we are having a clear picture of why we are doing what we do, a selling
> price after death is of no concern. It will be within our calculation.
>
> If we do things for our own joy, we are allways getting full value for our
> work and investment.
>
> If we do things to create public value, we will never know where we end
> up, as our own satisfaction is dependent on the public mind at the time.
>
> A car like Pur Gold may have been build for the owner to just sit on a 
> chair
> to look at, then it dosent matter if it brings him anywhere. It may have
> been
> built to show that such shiny car really is possible to drive aroud with.
> The only one who knows, is THE BUILDER HIMSELF. And the important
> thing is that he has been honest to himself as he decided what to do with
> the
> car.
>
> My own car has been rebuilt so many times that 90% of the work and money
> put in to it is allready consumed, replaced or reworked. The car that is 
> now
> standing in the garage is just  the remaning10% left of my Pantera 
> lifework.
> Whatever the car will sell for, the other 90% will never get a market 
> value.
>
> Goran
>
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