[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[Bill Lewis]

I've been watching th AH3000 also.  Beautiful car if it's what you want otherwise.     BILL

> From: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> To: knottsj at galstar.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:37:28 -0800
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Collective question
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> Obviosuly there's a personal slant on any recommendation, but assuming he's on a budget mine would be;
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> Staying modern for low maintenance;
> Lotus Elise (or an Evora if he likes coupes and needs to get buy in from the family as it's a 2+2, but at much greater $$ outlay)
> Dodge Viper
> Porsche 930/911
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> Older classics;
> Sunbeam Tiger (or Alpine if on a real budget)
> Jaguar XKE (stay with the straight 6, just as nice, lower $$ and maintenance) (not much of track car in road trim)
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> Austin Healey 3000Datsun 240Z (considered semi modern, still cheap, but rapidly becoming a classic)
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>  Julian
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> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 16:06:08 -0600
> From: knottsj at galstar.com
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Collective question
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> He is not particularly mechanically adept.  He works 50 to 75 hours a week, has a wife, has a child, has a house, yata, yata.  He is looking for something to drive to work occasionally, is different and distinct, can be tracked occasionally.  The essence of the sports car.  It used to be an MG TD or TR-4 or Healey.  Also that it won't depreciate and can be worked on by a local mechanic for big ticket items.  They also have two other cars for daily commute and grocery getting.
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> I just sold a Cobra kit car with a 351C.  I can't tell you the number of times people remarked that it was neat that I had a real motor instead of a 5.0 APU to drive around.
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> jerry
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> On 2/5/2013 1:50 PM, Julian Kift wrote:
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> I don't think anyone stopped to ask what 'a good toy for him to start playing with' actually means. Is it a project to wrench on? Is your son mechanically adept and if so does he like to do it and have time? If it's strictly to drive then is the intended use street, track or a mix? Depending on some of the answers the recommendation could be quite different.
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> Buying something is the easy part, it's maintaining it once you've got it. Used race cars are relatively cheap compared to their initial new investment, but they only get more costly to maintain.
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> Julian
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> > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
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> > > > While in Dallas this weekend, my son asked what would be a good toy for
> > > > him to start playing with. Since he is 40 I recommended a Panoz
> > > > Esperante. They seem to be down in value because of the economy and
> > > > have Ford power like my favorite cars. I am wondering if I have once
> > > > again given him a mental block to play with?
> > > >
> > > > Any insight would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Back in Oklahoma,
> > > > jerry knotts
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