[DeTomaso] "Interesting" P on eBay

[MARK CHARLTON]

Jerry,

I love your comments. And agree of course.

A couple weeks ago I inspected 6 DeTomasos for sale. ALL were ridiculously over-priced, and NONE had run in 20+ years.

One car was a Series 2 Deaville that was so comprehensively rusted out (and I mean everywhere) it could not possibly be repaired for much less than $100K. The asking price was well over $20K. I tried to explain to the seller that almost every Deauville I have ever seen is for sale, and while asking prices seem respectably “high” so as to convey “worth”, NONE are selling. Because there are virtually zero reference sales, few people really know what a good one is ACTUALLY worth. He wasn’t happy when I said that even as a parts car is didn’t have much value because how many people are in need of one.

Crazy world.

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com



> On Jul 19, 2021, at 12:50 AM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
> 
> Bless his little pointed head.
> 
> The first rule of street rodding is "If you are going to individualize your car radically and don't finish, you now have a car no one likes."
> 
> Of course there is the " rough but restorable", " it might buff out", " they stopped making these in 1972",  The serial number is for a car that there are only 6,000 of that year with the same paint". etc.
> 
> In my limited scope of virtual reality, I don't think I could look at that car for even the reserve price considering the out gassing of the fiberglass and rust potential of the body, every piece of rubber will need to be replaced.  The is an unlimited number of hours in a restoration.  10  to 30k in bodywork and 10k in paint, new tires, new interior, cleaning every part that is off the car and buying new bolts for everything.
> 
> Been there, done that, got the "T" shirt, wore it out, 50 years ago with a 1934 Ford sedan delivery that was setting in a field and used for target practice.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> jerry knotts
> 
> On 7/18/2021 11:28 PM, gt40 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
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