[DeTomaso] Panteras at BJ

[Mark]

Agreed Goran, everyone has their own motivation.

I feel fortunate to have found a nearly unmolested car.  Had original window 
sticker, sales invoice and warranty card.  It had cooling upgrades done, 
which are required, as I understand, if you want to drive them at all. 
Beyond that little was changed and most all was saved that was changed. 
That's why I bought it.  I stuffed some aftermarket campy clones and steam 
rollers on it as it looks so darned good with them.  I saved the original 
wheels and tires.

I don't sell anything so resale is a moot point for me.  I buy something 
because I like it, not because I want to sell it.  On the other hand I could 
get mowed over tomorrow.  If I do I want what I have able to be brought back 
to original spec relatively easily in case my kids want to sell.  IMHO if 
there is any hope of big dollars down the road for these things it will come 
in their originality.  What little I don't have to bring it back that way 
I'm going to buy as I go.

What a value these things are, though!  They look like $300k just sitting 
there.  The Pantera still gets my vote for one of the coolest things on four 
wheels.  It's even Ford powered, an absolute requirement for me.  Given the 
low production numbers, aesthetics, etc. I don't see why they aren't high 
dollar.  I'm just glad they weren't yet when I bought mine.  Perhaps in time 
they will be??  They should be???


----- 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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