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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would think the best thing to do is acknowledge
that we might not get any monetary benefit to all those mods we put into the
cars. And, in fact, if we start with a highly original car, we will be far
less likely to get any monetary benefit. But, is that why we modify the cars?
To make money? If so, well, then we ain’t all that bright.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Flip side, given the surprisingly poor
quality of many of the mods I have seen on cars I looked at when finding 5332 –
including 5332 – the reality is that all too many modified cars are
poorly done and really don’t deserve any premium – in fact –
they deserve significant devaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Do great work, and drive these great cars!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> DeTomaso
[mailto:detomaso-bounces@poca.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>michael@michaelshortt.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 30, 2014
10:18 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> detomaso@poca.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [DeTomaso] Autoweek
online Mention</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In a story about aJan auctions, Mecum vs BJ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><b><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>DeTomaso Pantera<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:9.8pt;vertical-align:
baseline;outline:0px'><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>At Mecum, <a
href="http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=FL0114-172060&entryRow=2893"
target="_blank" style='outline:0px'><font color="#bb3100"><span
style='color:#BB3100;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:
none'>you'd have paid $49,500</span></font></a> to take home a 1974
example of the increasingly desirable Pantera. At Barrett-Jackson, a 1971 car <a
href="http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1650&aid=525"
target="_blank" style='outline:0px'><font color="#bb3100"><span
style='color:#BB3100;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:
none'>would have set you back $48,400</span></font></a>. The difference is
originality -- the early B-J car is tuned, to put it mildly, with flashy
five-spokes and a nitrous-oxide system. Depending on your perspective, this is
either a huge improvement or an unacceptable desecration. Compare that to the
“highly original” Mecum car.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:9.8pt;vertical-align:
baseline;outline:0px'><b style='outline:0px'><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:bold'>Winner:</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> We'd vote for the unmolested car at Mecum, but that's
personal preference at play. This one's inconclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:9.8pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Michael Shortt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Michael L. Shortt<br>
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