<VV> Motive WAS Value

[Ken Pepke]

And good point to you, Tony, but I have another side of the coin to mention.

I have known those that get an old car [or boat or bike] and put a lot of time into repairing it only to sell it soon after completion.  Then they do it again!  Sometimes they make a little 'profit' and sometimes quite a bit ... Still, when one thinks about it, the 'profit' is seldom, if ever, great enough to make it worth the effort!  Maybe their motive is not barter and trade but the need to exercise their skills; the satisfaction of re-creating the vehicle; maybe the time spent in the shop is their real objective and satisfaction. Once completed it must go in order to make room for the next 'exercise.'  Just thinking.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> Date: July 8, 2011 7:44:34 AM EDT
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Value
> 
> At 01:49 AM 7/8/2011, Ron wrote:
>> "when it's time to sell"?
>> Why is there a time to sell??
>> Once you get all of the bugs out of it and have it parade ready, it'd be
>> stupid to sell it!  I have four Corvairs that are NOT for sale.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Good point.  I've seen a number of people who bought someone else's 
> problems and after fixing them all and ferretting out every rattle 
> and squeak and polishing out the last scratch, then decide the car 
> was "too much trouble" and thus should be sold.
> 
> WTF??
> 
> I know one guy who did this THREE times in a row.   After #4 came 
> along we stopped helping him fix things, especially after noting that 
> each time he'd made a nifty profit... some of it from our efforts and 
> with hardly as much as a thank-you.    I always thought that if you 
> bought a project to refurbish, it meant that you WANTED the car and 
> was willing to do the work and spend the money to make it your own... 
> and then enjoy it.  Isn't that what it's all about with a vintage car?
> 
> I never ever thought that such things were to be considered as 
> nothing but commodities to barter and trade.
> 
> When I acquired that '65 Corsa ragtop that was in tatters, after 
> bringing it home and starting on it, someone asked "Are ya gonna fix 
> it up and sell it?"  That was 28 years ago... it's still here.
> 
> tony..