[DeTomaso] We're all rich!

[mallnera at gmail.com]

Hi, My name is Anton and my car's serial # is 7349. It's currently undergoing restoration (with some upgrades) in NJ.

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of audionut--- via DeTomaso
Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] We're all rich!

"Rich" is in the eye of the beholder?
Factor in the purchasing power of $1 in 1974 vs. 2018, this person is just about breaking even if the car sells @ $120K.
Which is not too bad, really, considering as a whole "cars as investments".  A very small percentage of cars are capable of escaping the merciless vortex of inflation.
So, here you have it, clear as day:  You buy a zippy car in 1974, drive it for a few months, park it for 45 years based on speculation that you will at least break even on a long term investment that has provided you (and others) with precious little fun other than having possession of an "art piece" under a cover inside your garage.
Makes no sense to me whatsoever.  In terms of what is truly valuable about living life, one would have to chalk this venture up as a net loss.
May the buyer of this car not be a similar kind of fool.  May he/she choose to dive into the cockpit and spin the clock on that sucker.
(#7346, wow that is the highest domestic market s/n I have ever seen)  Sent using Hushmail On 12/6/2018 at 9:25 AM, "Laurie Ferrari via DeTomaso" 
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