Beautiful Stude on eBay

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J.Canne - 05 Jun 2007 17:52 GMT

yellow 1949 Champion: http://doiop.com/1949-Stude-Champion

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zoombot@cox.net - 05 Jun 2007 20:26 GMT

His prices are ridiculous.

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Heather & Joe Way - 05 Jun 2007 20:46 GMT

>His prices are ridiculous.

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I see only one price listed, that of the cost of the restoration.

If the car is as described, that number is not at all ridiculous.

Have you priced the cost of proper restoration lately?

He's offering the car subject to the buyer's full satisfaction after
inspection within 5 days of close. All in all, it sounds quite
reasonable to me.

Joe

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Jeff DeWitt - 06 Jun 2007 00:23 GMT

Looks like a very nice car but that BIN seems like a LOT of money for a
Champion. Fact of the matter is if your going to have a car
professionally restored the chances are somewhere between slim and none
that you will get your money back when you sell it.

Jeff DeWitt

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Heather & Joe Way - 06 Jun 2007 01:22 GMT

>Looks like a very nice car but that BIN seems like a LOT of money for a
>Champion. Fact of the matter is if your going to have a car
>professionally restored the chances are somewhere between slim and none
>that you will get your money back when you sell it.
>
>Jeff DeWitt

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That's true, of course, but you can't blame the guy for trying.

I agree that that's a lot of money, even for a near-perfect
convertible, but that doesn't make it ridiculous--just high.

That said, if the car is anywhere near what it's presented to be, he
shouldn't be trying to sell it on eBay. He should take it to one of
the name-brand auctions such as Barrett-Jackson.

Joe

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Otto Skorzeny - 06 Jun 2007 15:37 GMT

Various old car value guides list a #1 1949 Champion convertible at
around $20,000. We all know that the true value of a collector vehicle
is whatever someone is willing to pay. If '49 Studes are your thing, I
don't think you could buy one and restore it yourself to #1 condition
for less than what that guy is asking. If it's a car you really want,
what difference does the price make?

I wouldn't pay $35,000 for that car but I would happily pay that or
more for other cars in that condition even though the value guides
might show a much lower price.

Forrest

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