I'd be looking for an original one. But those aren't exactly easy to come by these days, or cheap when you do.
Easier to get the car first, build it the way you want to drive it, than spend the rest of your life searching for the original parts...
Ummm close to 75,000 with fees and Transport? Someone was drinking on a Tuesday. I would’ve guessed no sell high bid in the 50s for a rough driver with quarter panel’ed and fake carburetor.
My thoughts ... This was a very fair deal for both seller and buyer.... They really only made 81 of these cars.. not easy to find in decent (or any) shape. I'm sure the bidders knew this and also know the car has needs.... (every car has them) Congrats to both the new owner and the seller.... Frank
I have receipts! I like the car and color combo. 68K for “just a driver” stage 1 convert is nothing to sneeze at, even if it’s a lowly 72
Definitely nothing to sneeze at, even for a lowly '72 that some say is "just a driver." With the 5% BAT fee, 7% TN state tax, and transportation costs it would have been close to $80k for me to buy it even at the the $68k price. Also keep in mind that the guy that won it at $68k may have been willing to go higher so it might have taken thousands more to get around him.
The consignor caught lightning in a bottle with a buyer who didn’t know or care about originality. Just wanted a banana to ride around in . Interesting they only drove 2000 miles in 30 years . 20 years in Massachusetts took its toll . For over 70 grand at least put the correct tires on it .
I do not like the coker repos, I prefer the BFG even if the cost was the same. People like different things.
Driving a classic car on 13-year-old tires That’s dangerous . One that they promoted as a hot build , no less . When selling at auction , you want to put it in the best possible light . Not cutting corners . Shows the mentality of the build . At bare min spend a couple hundred on new radials that are safe . Especially when they only charged $100 bucks sellers fee .
I'd rather have old tires as long as no significant dry rot. Alot of these new tires are garbage.... The tire manufacturers perpetuated the 9 yr myth because there were so many used tire vendors.....IMO What the heck is that welded to the rim in the pic?
I would argue there is two sides to that coin. When I got mine, the tires were older BFGs with no dry rot though. Fine for driving around, and I did for a full year, over 1000 miles. I replaced them all 5 with repro tires because that was my preference. I'd let the new buyer decide. Couple hundred for BFGs? I'm guessing you haven't priced BFGs in a while. Tires have gotten to be outrageous like everything else, its going to be way more than a couple hundred, especially if you feel the need to replace all 5. With a wear item like that, I don't see it necessarily as indicative of a quality problem on the whole build. If the car was done 10 years ago, that is likely when it got tires. If the car sees sunny days and shows only, not many miles a year, I can see how we got there. If you saw it, then the buyers likely saw it, or if they didn't that's on them.
The whole car had a long list of little things like that. Think the owner was in his 70's & probably stopped caring awhile ago...
