<VV> 2. Re: $185,000 Stinger for sale (personal knowledge)

[The Bristows]

Well, I guess I did not make a mistake when I bought the car. "My wife would 
have made it difficult for me when I got home. (No. 1  reason
-- by far)" Well Joe I do not have this problem with Wendy so this is not a 
divorce sale.  Let me address acouple of points Joe brings up.  One I only 
weigh 168 pounds and the drivers seat does not sag.  I do not know how much 
Joe weighs. So if it sagged then he must be much heavier that me.  The car 
had a small spot on the passenger side fender where it had a antenna hole 
and some of the lead next to the windsheld was repaired.  Thats the 10% of 
the paint that is not original.  The car has no rust period.  It would be a 
cardinal sin to repaint this car with its original paint.  It has a couple 
of minor areas with some cracking but over all has a very nice shine for 45 
year old paint. The car came with the originial wood wheel which I have but 
the Nardi wheel is expensive beautiful and a smaller diameter which I like. 
I will be glad to hang on to that.  I sold the non stock wheels and put the 
original Yenko wheels on it.  The original motor has 19k on it and runs 
great.  I will put that engine back in and change the steering wheel for the 
asking price.  " Mr. Bristow's idea of what it is worth presently, is 
...well,  let
me think of an appropriate word."
Shocking, is probably not a proper descriptive" Well I am not smoking crack 
cocain Joe.  I do not know Joe Dunlap's expertice and authority on Yenko 
Stingers but I would agree that 180k for a Corvair is insane but when you 
have one of 100 made with the the original body non retaged with that silly 
little word Yenko on it thats a different story.  Ignorance is bliss. A 
clone retaged or rebodied car is worth nothing to a collector. An original 
paint interior low mileage car is easily worth 2x as much to a collector. 
This car has never been undercoated and is unbelievable unrestored 
condition. I am in negotiations now on a pending sale well over six figures 
in excess of what Dave Diedrichs Yenko in Cincy went for. All of of my cars 
are for sale if someone is willing to pay the price. Any offers on 5997 the 
last convertible built can't say I should have bought that car too because I 
did.  "The only saving grace for me in this auto vignette is that David(?) 
LaPorte
 is likely the bigger loser in this that I am.  Of course, I don't know
what  he got for the car."  Thats not a very nice thing to say.  At the time 
I paid what he wanted which at that time was what the car was worth and did 
not nit pick the car apart.   Its a shame you did not buy the cars you could 
have bought instead of a set of Ieco headers. The guy here that bought the 
headers i guess is the real winner.  You should think twice about comenting 
on people and their cars that are for sale in a open public forum especially 
where sales may be pending is that could open you up for litigation. Open 
any one of the trunks on my well prepared Corvairs I take on road trips you 
will find tools and assorted spare part.  Hitting the road this weekend in 
the well prepared Camper Brier with a smile on my face, a tool box and a few 
spare parts.  Allen






>   2. Re: $185,000 Stinger for sale (personal knowledge)
>      (Taruffi57 at aol.com)
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> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 21:38:20 EST
> From: Taruffi57 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: <VV> $185,000 Stinger for sale (personal knowledge)
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> Well, if this is in fact, the same car the Allen Bristow bought (I
> believe) from a guy named LaPorte down around the Melbourne, Fl. area, I 
> would say
> 2 things.  (a) that I made a very bad decision the  day I drove the car in
> Feb. '05 and could have bought it for $22,000 with  the orig, 140 (sitting
> on the garage floor) - and
> (b).  Mr. Bristow's idea of what it is worth presently, is  ...well,  let
> me think of an appropriate word.
> Shocking, is probably not a proper descriptive.
>
> The reason I didn't buy the car....it had slant intake triple choke Webers
> on a non-original 140 at the time, were the following:
>
> My wife would have made it difficult for me when I got home. (No. 1 
> reason
> -- by far)
> The car had obvious filler lumpiness at the usual bottom corners of the
> front windshield.
> I believe I saw other small evidences of filler or rust underneath the
> paint.
> Drivers seat was sagging a lot under my weight.  I thought that a car
> showing so little miles just couldn't possibly have such a worn  seat.
> Paint (for the most part) may have been original, but the car definitely
> needed a re-paint.
> It had some big shiny chrome rims on it wrong wood steering wheel and some
> gauges in the center of the dash that may have been orig. Stinger  issue,
> but I thought were add-on's.
> I figured it may have been worth a max. of say $35K with everything nice
> and done, but $22K + paint, etc. would have had me at $30K or more into 
> it.
> (condition of the orig. 140 was unknown)
> I do remember that it sure did run strongly on the  Webers though.
>
> I was ready to buy it and could have written the check, but left there 
> with
> only a good set of IECO headers - which are now on my '69 coupe.
>
> I guess you could add this one to many others I have run across over the
> yrs.  Like the white w/gold '61 Chrysler 300 coupe in solid condition 
> that I
> found way down south of Tallahassee in the forest that I could have 
> bought
> for $17K.  I drove that one, and even as big & heavy as it was,  it got
> down the road pretty well.  I still have pics of it on my hard  drive. 
> And
> then there was the red Ferrari 246 Dino coupe I drove in  downtown 
> Orlando.
> Nice condition and a sweet driving sports car  for $22K.  I had the 
> Pantera at
> the time and probably decided the Dino  was just a little bit too tame for
> me.  Sharp Dino's are at $125 - $175K  right now.   BIG mistake.  I could 
> go
> on and on.........
>
> The only saving grace for me in this auto vignette is that David(?) 
> LaPorte
> is likely the bigger loser in this that I am.  Of course, I don't know
> what  he got for the car.
>
> Joe Dunlap
> Lady Lake, Fl.
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