Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

Replying to: fintail (Dec 06, 2009 6:06 pm)

Is that a bobble-head on the dashboard?

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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 07, 2009 9:07 am)

Yep...it's about as old as the car too. A kind of dorky thing I bought when I was a teenager, right around the time I bought the car itself...both are hanging around due to sentimental attachment now

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Replying to: fintail (Dec 07, 2009 9:25 am)

No fair! You have to tell who or what the bobble head is!

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Replying to: qbrozen (Dec 07, 2009 2:40 pm)

That is cool...most of those early Supras were automatic. Condition looks very nice. I like the period wheels too.
 
When I was in high school a kid I knew found one of those Supras...maybe even the same color as that one. It was nice when he got it...not so nice as time passed

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• fintail (Dec 08, 2009 11:12 am)

Last night on "Pawn Stars" this guy brings in what appears to be a Shelby Cobra body to the pawn shop. He got it on a lien sale for overdue storage.
 
What was there was an aluminum body and front and rear suspension---that's it---no interior, drivetrain, gauges or paint.
 
Well the pawn shop guys don't know diddley about Cobras so they take it to a Vegas Cobra expert. Everyone is initially dubious since there are a gazillion replicas out there, some of which do work in aluminum.
 
Anyway, I'm lookin' at the car through the TV screen and I'm thinkin' "you know, this car looks pretty real".
 
SURE ENOUGH, the VIN #s are all there.
 
Guy (clueless) sells it to the pawn shop for $30K; the pawn shop invests another $80K or so to restore it (with a big-A 427 aftermarket block, and replica parts).
 
So the shop is into it $110K. Of course, it's not going to bring the same money as a correct Cobra, but still, he's going to come out pretty fat on it.
 
Why can't I find things like that in storage yards?
 
All I find are things like 1/2 a rusted Triumph Spitfire or a '95 Taurus with 4 flats and different colored doors
 
Oh that's not exactly true---I do get lucky once in a blue moon.

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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 08, 2009 10:28 am)

I saw that show (real coincidence, since that's the only episode I've ever seen), and was also amazed that they stumbled onto a REAL Cobra...
 
How much would that chassis have been worth untouched? I wonder if they might have netted more just selling it that way?