<VV> last convertible 5997

[Tony Underwood]

Ladies and gentlemen:


Is anybody twisting the arm of ANY prospective buyer for 5997?    It 
doesn't matter what he paid for the car or who he got it from.   It's 
nobody's business but his own.   The "cute" little comments about the 
perceived net value of the car are kinda uncalled for.


The car is worth whatever the market will bear and that's that.   I 
seriously doubt that someone who is willing to consider buying the 
car is going to be troubled too much by a piece of worn weatherstrip 
around the deck lid because whoever is willing to pay market value 
for that car is going to know where to get NOS or repro.  For that 
matter, I would imagine that Mr Bristow would be willing to pop a 
piece of weatherstrip on the car just to stop the cutsie comments about it.


Let's remember the principle of supply & demand.   I recall how 
thermistors used to cost about 15 bucks new in the box, and that was 
from the vendors.    That same '69 ragtop likely initially sold for a 
lot less than what it's worth today.  In a couple of years its value 
is likely to rise still more.


...if the car sells and later on comes up for sale again with a 
larger price tag, are people gonna be bitching about the cost then too?



tony..