<VV> opinions on fair price please =)

[Bryan Blackwell]

I'll be blunt on the engine - if you can't hear it run, it doesn't, we don't know if it has ever run.  The auction ended at $455, which should really tell them something.  This isn't a "barn find" - those are original cars that were put away in the barn, not a partially restored car.  Yeah, the body has paint, but we have no idea what the body was like before the paint was shot.  All the interior parts present are pretty tired.  No front and rear glass, not much interior.

The car might be a great start and you could get it going in a couple months, but it could also need everything and take several years.  I don't think I'd go more than $1000.

One other note - I don't see the VIN in the ad.  Be sure it's a Spyder VIN and has the factory mods (exhaust cutout, etc.).

--Bryan

On May 2, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Ramon Rodriguez III wrote:

> I've contacted the seller and obtained some more info.  The engine is
> supposedly a fresh rebuild done 20 years ago.  I asked if it is documented
> and he said he's pretty sure they have the paperwork.  He also says the
> body resto was done on a rotisserie 20 years ago then put in storage.  They
> have recently started the engine and checked it out, he says it runs
> beautifully with good oil pressure yada yada.  I was also told that they
> now have the majority of parts to complete the car, but I also have a car
> here I'm parting out that can supply anything not Spyder specific that is
> missing.