Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Someone is about to get burned

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You know guys, I had a 328gts for 7 happy years. And if somebody wants to pay 
stupid money for one then so be it. Not worth that money to me in a million 
years but I guess if you have more money then you can spend you don’t care….

However, that aside I have restored, to a proper level over 20 cars, mostly 
Italian and I learned from the best in the U.K. I have to say I don’t 
understand how you can spend 39k dollars to do the work listed in the advert 
unless US shop prices are a supreme ripoff, OR 2. There is more work being 
required than listed. And then the question is why? I had 80k miles on my 328 
and it didn’t require the majority of work listed. And a cam belt service at 
any number of shops in the U.K. with a water pump rebuild is still less than 
1500k GBP ( including 20% VAT) and a 3-4 day job. ( so about 2200.00 USD). So I 
don’t know what the hell somebody paid 39k for but sounds like utter BS to me 
but then hey, it’s their money  ( of course at that rate it soon will be 
everyone else’s money but stupid is what stupid does).
The second point however and I stand by this - the underside of that car with 
the pictures shown is many many times lower than I would expect for a car with 
this miles and that price. That car wouldn’t even get to start to compete at 
the FOC concours in the U.K. ( I entered many times) and there are at least a 
dozen 328s I know personally in the U.K. alone in much better condition both 
from the engine bay pictures and the underneath that are valued for insurance 
purposes at about 120k USD. My point is, that is not a “nice” car. I can see it 
in the pictures and I assume it’s worse in person. The seller and the buyer 
either don’t understand what a “nice” clean car is or they didn’t care. But 
that car is not even close to the condition that warrant 1/3 of the price. I 
really don’t think people understand what I good Ferrari looks like OR the 
market in the US is so distorted compared to the Euro market that this is 
“normal” for us buyers. Glad I don’t live there anymore (at least for the 
Ferrari market).

And yes, anybody can spend what they want on what they want so don’t reply and 
tell me that. I’m just saying that whoever bought that thing must either not 
know or not care but nobody is going to tell me the car is nice or in good 
condition. (And my 328 was a lhd which are worth less in the U.K. than RHD). 

Changing subject:

I’m taking the 512tr (ex-Clyde) to it’s big import inspection on Tuesday. wish 
me luck! It’s very strict, very long and without it I can’t use the car here. 
The snow has cleared enough that I can get it to the inspection station. Once 
inspected I can get plates and then it’s a summer of Scandinavian driving for 
the ex Atlanta car!

BR in Stockholm

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> On 31 Mar 2022, at 23:23, Robert Garven <rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I respectfully disagree!  Ha That price is insane, I wonder what this 
> earlier handbuilt fully restored much rarer
>  car with real carburetors would sell for!
> 

Re: Someone is about to get burned	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: BRITT ROTHMAN (britt2asaaol.com)
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 01:13:01 -0700 (PDT)