[DeTomaso] funny listing response? yellow L car

Wed Mar 17 20:25:49 EDT 2010

Have you seen that TV show "Pickers"? These guys travel all over the country
(mostly rural areas) and look for signs of potential hidden treasure. They
find all sorts of really cool stuff collectible bicycles, motorcycles, cars,
antique weapons etc. I have seen the show a few times and the one thing I
have found is that very few of the people are unaware of the value off their
"undiscovered" treasures and one reason that many of the items have been
sitting in a barn for twenty years or more is because the people think their
junk really is treasure and often they  want way more then the stuff would
be worth if it had been in perfect condition instead off left to rot in a
barn for twenty or thirty years. I have found that the best way to find "
undiscovered treasures " is at estate sales and even good old fashioned
garage sales. I have a real estate license and have a contact with an
attorney that does allot of elder care representation. I have been refereed
to several estates where a elderly person passed away and left their estate
to relatives who live half way across the country and don't even bother to
come and see what was in the house.I had one a few years ago where the
beneficiary was a professor at a college in California that  actually asked
to have people hired to come in and clean everything out of the house. This
guy was willing to pay a clean out service  Three thousand dollars to
"clean"out a house that had literally thousands of dollars worth of stuff
including valuable art work, crystal, Sterling silver, tools, cases of wine
and unopened single malt scotch , professional carpenters tools, two cars (
Toyota Camry's worth around $5000.00). I told the guy that there was
valuable property (in addition to a full dumpsters worth of junk) and I
arrange for a tag sale company to sell they stuff (they wanted something
like $2500.00 up front and 25% of the revenue) or I would take care of
getting the house cleaned out if I could keep any of the property I wanted .
The guy agreed and saved the $3000.00 clean out fee and I made out great.
There was some real treasure hidden among the junk. No Cobras, Panteras , or
Vincent Black shadows though. The bottom line is that there is allot of
treasure hiding out there but just like panning for Gold you have to sift
through a ton of crap for every Golden nugget you find and you really need
to know your stuff to spot the treasures. Just watch antiques roadshow once
and awhile and you will often see people that have found items worth
hundreds or thousands for a few dollars at garage sales or estate sales. You
also see people who paid $500.00 for something worth $50.00. Half the fun is
in the process of looking. It's a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and
every once in a while you find a real prize.
Boyd

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Larry - Ohio Time Corp <
larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

> Story Time
>
> Late 70's I bought a very clean 67 Lotus Elan with a blown motor and a 61
> Triumph "VAN" (TR1 motor) for $300. The owner was killed in an auto
> accident, driving an old car. Yup they were in a barn too.
>
> Sold the Lotus for a $1000 profit the same day. Gave the Van to a friend.
>
> It does happen...
>
> Larry (wish I had them both now) - Cleveland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Rob Dumoulin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:21 PM
> To: cullen mccann
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] funny listing response? yellow L car
>
> I remember seeing an add in Road & Track.  There was a picture of an old
> barn with a Porsche 356 covered in dust with flat tires but in apparently
> great shape. The ad went something like this:  You break down on a country
> road and walk to a farm house to call a tow truck.  You see this old
> Porsche
> through an open barn door. After some idle chit chat with the farmer you
> find out that his son parked it there when he went off to Vietnam and was
> killed. It hadn't moved in over 40 years.  He needs the space, but just
> couldn't bring himself to sell it. You assure him that you will honor his
> son by fixing it up and driving it.  He agrees that it would honor him and
> you ask him how much he would like for it.  He says, just take it.  As you
> reach for the phone to ask for a double flat bed tow
> truck........poof.......you wake up from the dream.
>
> All of you are going to kick yourselves if this is real.
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM, cullen mccann
> <clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > well, I knew it was a scam or a typo....plus I thought this car was on
> eBay
> > now or recently.
> >
> >
> >
> > but I thought, what the heck, leave it to me to take the bait. I inquired
> > about the car as an unsuspecting passer-by: here was the response I got.
> > definitely setup for failure. haha...how do these people sleep at night?
> > funny stuff. no attachment so don't be scared. copied the text into this
> > email from a secure network.
> >
> >
> >
> > where do I sign? let me give you my complete name and address, plus my
> > social just to be sure you have all the  info you need. hehe.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: Rhonda K [mailto:1852863454s30804738 at anon.oodle.com]
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:51 PM
> >
> > To: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com
> >
> > Subject: RE: 1974 Other Makes De Tomaso Pantera L
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > First of all I want to thank you for your interest for my car.The car is
> in
> > excellent
> >
> > working condition, no scratches, flaws or any kind of damage,
> >
> > slightly used in 100% working with a clear title.
> >
> > >From the begining you have to know that for the payment I request only
> > secure pay, I
> >
> > prefer the payment to be made using Oodle services.
> >
> > We will use a safe payment method because I am affiliated at Oodle .
> >
> > The final price that I want for this car is $3600
> >
> > including shipping and handling costs.
> >
> > If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and
> > address so I can
> >
> > initiate the deal through Oodle .
> >
> > I will wait your answer(if you are interested to buy) very soon.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> >
> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> >
> > DeTomaso mailing list
> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Rob DuMoulin
> 904.476.8744
> rob at dumoulins.net
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>