From: Mil-Veh Co. (milveh@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2005 - 10:27:43 PST
Well said and I agree completely.
This is a very interesting situation. With all due
respect to the owner who did a fine job on building
it, I wanted to ad this...here is a vehicle that has
been heavily modified from its original design. So
this defeats many of the prime reasons a true military
vehicle collector would buy it. So how that will
affect the final sales price is yet to be determined.
Like I said, the vehicle just great. But, its also
unqiue and falls into an unusual category.
This will be very interesting to watch and see what
kind of price it brings. It is sure an outstanding
piece of mechanical engineering with many quality
upgraded parts. The price of $26,500 for such a high
quality vehicle might be very reasonable to the right
person.
We shall see.
--- John Stewart-Smith <micdunn@ev1.net> wrote:
> Sarge here!
> Alive and well.
> You know, a lot of people ask me what my deuce is
> worth. Or what my Jeep (or
> this or that) is worth. My answer is always the
> same. It is worth what I
> paid for it. It is also worth what a person is
> willing to pay for it. Not a
> penny more, not a penny less.
> Having said that, this deuce on e-bay is the best I
> have ever seen. Far
> superior to any deuce ever built.
> No, I am not related to the seller, nor do I even
> know him. But the amount
> of time and engineering he has put into this project
> cannot be accurately
> estimated. We will see exactly what it is worth
> after the e-bay sale closes.
> I hope he gets a good price. If I was filthy rich
> (I'm not) I would buy this
> in a heartbeat.
> -Sarge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mil-Veh Co." <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] $26,500 for M35
>
>
> > Re: Deuce on eBay, "buy it now price $26,500.00"
> >
> > Will be interesting to see how the bidding goes on
> > this upgraded M35. It sure looks nice, kuddo's to
> > whoever put it together, obviously a lot invested
> in a
> > highly specialized vehicle.
> >
> > Reminds me of a friend who recently wanted to sell
> > some repeater equipment for $18,000. It's kinda
> > unusual stuff, so not a lot demand locally so he
> > decided to give it a shot on eBay.
> >
> > His final price after 7 days of bidding ....
> $31,000!
> >
> >
> > I think eBay probably generates the best prices
> for
> > MV's too...least on an average basis. Course,
> there's
> > always that odd chance you might find one person
> > somewhere who would pay more, but like I said, on
> > "average" that top bid on eBay is probably the max
> the
> > market will bear.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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