[DeTomaso] High priced Pantera for sale

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/8/13 15 49 17, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:


> They didn't cut any corners putting that car together.  Lots of $$$ 
> traded hands with that restorer.
> 
> 

>>>Oh yeah, for sure!

This just illustrates the point that if you want a car like this, you are 
way, WAY better off buying one that's already done.   This guy has a 
buy-it-now price of $140K, and judging by the appearance of the car, he may well has 
spent that much on it.   But there's no way he's going to get anywhere near 
that much for it if he sells it--he's going to take a financial beating.

If somebody has infinitely deep pockets, and more importantly, plans on 
keeping the resulting car forever, he can perhaps justify going to somebody 
like Don Byars and having a car built like that, to his exact specifications, 
with every bell and whistle imaginable.   Regardless of how much it costs 
him, he hasn't 'lost' anything until he tries to sell it.

But for most people, if they want to have a car like that, they are way 
better off finding somebody who is in some sort of distress and feels the need 
to dispose of their blinged-out Pantera.   It enables you to buy something 
like this for a fraction of the cost to build it.   Okay, so maybe you would 
prefer a yellow car rather than red, but if it means paying double to build 
one from scratch, most people can learn to live with the red!

Mike
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