Posted on 05/19/2024 9:28:06 AM PDT by lowbridge
“Value changes radically depending on how original the car is. That model was going for $100k over decade ago. I had a ‘59 vette so I kept up with kind of stuff.”
A professionlly restored numbers matching 290 fuelie with 48k miles is listed at $140k. Nothing even close to $200k.
Thanks for your orig comment. Where we get ideas is interesting.
Note it emphasized no legal hanging for horse thieves.
Sure they can. Most rare high end vehicles are put on boats and shipped overseas, never to be seen again. Happens all the time.
“and you just could bolt speed stuff on in those days,”
My 2019 has a “bolt-on” Eaton supercharger.
Problem with that tracker is, it uses an OBD2 port, which is the first place thieves check when they steal a car. Also, this car is too old to have an OBD2 port.
That’s for the insurance company.
The worst thing is that the thieves will probably have trashed it, even if police can trace it and return it.
A friend had a 1964 Porsche 912. He spent 3 years restoring it. It was beautiful white with red interior, manual tranny of course. After he was done fixing it up he spent less than a year living in daily terror of it being stolen. Afraid to drive it anywhere and park it. Rushed home after work every day. Locks and alarms. He finally sold it. Said it was a huge relief. And this was Salt Lake City. I can’t imagine trying to own something like this in freaking Oakland.
Probably on its way to China or Russia or Mexico.
Operative word: Restored. Worth less than an original in very good shape.
“The worst thing is that the thieves will probably have trashed it, even if police can trace it and return it.”
It is already in Mexico on its way to a new owner in the Mideast.
Wait, what is the US even doing in Oakland?
GET THE US OUT OF OAKLAND!!
I just asked for the highest sale of a ‘59 Vette:
USD$825,000
Highest Sale Value USD$825,000
Auction Results and Sales Data for 1959 Chevrolet Corvette C1
www.conceptcarz.com/valuation/211/chevrolet-corvette-c1.aspx
“My 2019 has a “bolt-on” Eaton supercharger.”
Don’t be tempting me to put one on my Frontier!
He still lives in oakland with a $200,000 car in his garage? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There’s a reason I left Seattle for rural Kentucky 13 years ago. Perhaps this guy needed to leave Oakland for a similar reason.
Betting it’s on a container and headed to the ME.
“Operative word: Restored.”
I guess you missed the part where his wasn’t all original.
A steel to order car probably. Easy to spot on the road so probably in a shipping container.
From your link:
Excellent condition: $82,500 - $123,750.
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