<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This thread started as a justification of the 1987 GT5-S that was "very nice cosmetically", as described by the original post.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">When I said that narrow bodied cars are not going for $67.5K, it should have been understood that I meant comparable, "very nice cosmetically", Panteras.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I think we agree more than we disagree about Pantera values, but you keep taking my statements out of context.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I was never talking about "bone stock, but basically perfect". YOU added that.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Are some Panteras selling for $65K and higher? Definitely, especially the nicer cars. If I had to sell my car, I would expect at least $75K (once it is put back together).</div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Are good runners, all there with everything working, very nice cosmetically but otherwise not spectacular Panteras selling for $65-$70K? I don't see it.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">--</span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Will</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Mike Drew <<a href="mailto:MikeLDrew@aol.com">MikeLDrew@aol.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:44 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Will Kooiman <<a href="mailto:will.kooiman@gmail.com">will.kooiman@gmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:mbefthomas@comcast.net">mbefthomas@comcast.net</a>>, <<a href="mailto:tecnosound@hotmail.com">tecnosound@hotmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:detomaso@poca.com">detomaso@poca.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [DeTomaso] 1987 GT5-S Black/Tan For Sale<br></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica"><div><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><br>
In a message dated 10/22/13 23 18 16, <a href="mailto:will.kooiman@gmail.com">will.kooiman@gmail.com</a> writes:<br><br><br></font><blockquote cite="" style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" type="CITE"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">You see Panteras from all around the world, and you remember the highs. That's fine, but you are trying to make the exceptions the norm.<br></font></blockquote><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><br><br>
>>>No, YOU are trying to pretend the exceptions don't exist. This all started from your assertions that an excellent GT5-S was overpriced, and when somebody else explained that they typically sell for about double the cost of a comparable early car, that "Panteras don't sell for $70K".<br><br>
SOME do. Quite a few, in fact. as I and several others have demonstrated. I clearly stated that my own car, which is very nice, and has $75K or more invested in it, is perhaps only a $50K car today. If it was bone stock and in perfect shape it would be $65-70K, all day long. That's not an anomalous price. That's the standard, going price for bone stock cars in excellent condition these days. (I just remembered that a very nice but not outstanding Pre-L that was repainted but incompletely (they forgot to paint the satin black trim) just sold near me for $66K).<br><br>
And a bone stock, basically perfect GT5-S is absolutely a six-figure car today. Maybe not $135K as he is asking, but he's not outrageously far from a reasonable price.<br><br>
If you don't believe that, try to buy another one elsewhere in comparable condition for less, and see how well that works out for you? :>)<br><br>
Mike</font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></font></div></font></div></span></body></html>