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1967 Shelby GT350/500 / Re: 67 Grille Identification...
« on: August 24, 2023, 03:53:39 PM »
I've got an original outboard grille I am selling... If anyone is interested.
Thanks.
Mike C
Thanks.
Mike C
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Interesting topic, and one I have had to wrestle with. There's different ways to look at this, and every car owner has different priorities & goals. If someone called me and said they had something that belonged to my specific '65 and they wanted to sell it to me for $6K I might think they believe they have me over a barrel and are attempting to gouge me. Looked at from another perspective, I could say that person only has 1 prospective customer so their chances of getting top dollar are pretty slim if I am not interested. I can see both sides and it really depends on how far the owner is willing to go to get the car back to "original".
In this case, the car will run just fine without the manual. With rising values these cars have become investments, and the expected ROI has to be there to spend $6K on a document.
I guess that the 8 1/2 million dollar price is fair then.
The car apparently is something quite special.
A World market car, way out of my and most car guys pay grade.
John
The term is "exclusive". That means it excludes most of us from ownership but if you really think about it, why do you want it except for it's exclusivity?
You can drive a current reproduction for a lot less and it is probably a better car then the original ever was AND save on the 2.5% yearly stated value insurance. It is gonna' come to a much smaller number.
That $212,000 comes up too fast for me.
The Cincinnati Concours Invitational is truly a class showing.
We were accepted by the Invitational committee for a factory werks car we have.
The Invitational is first class all the way and politics seemed to be non-existent.
A very enjoyable and welcoming group.
I would recommend that a person participate in the pre showing events, one was at the airport as I recall.
Against all odds with competition from Porsche, Mercedes, Corvettes, Lambo's etc, we managed a Blue Ribbon in the factory werks race class and a rather large 1st place crystal trophy in another class.
We would highly recommend anybody with a Shelby, Cobra or GT 40 to enter and participate.
Congrats to SFM5S159 for being a recruiter for the event !
Respectfully
John