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Old prices on a few Fcars (had I only known)

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  1. dstacy

    dstacy F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    So I'm looking through an Autoweek from 10/5/81 reading about the 400i and I look at the classifieds.......
    GROAN.......

    FAF in Georgia lists:
    '75 365GT/4 $39k
    '74 246 GTS $29k
    '65 275 GTB Short $36.5k
    64 250 Lusso $34.5k

    Thorobred in Virginia has:
    3 330's under $27k
    a 246 at $25.5k

    and it just gets worse the more I read.

    The moral to this story.............NEVER NEVER read old classifieds!
     
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  2. amenasce

    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    arghh.. i remember reading in a R&T an ad for a 250 LM for about 5k$ ..
     
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  3. 400iGuy

    400iGuy Formula 3 Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    The ones you didn't buy and the ones you got rid of can haunt you!

    What did Autoweek have to say about the 400i in 1981?
     
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  4. Whisky

    Whisky Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    I remember reading in AW around that time someone selling a 1966-67 (?) 330GTC (?? - 330 for sure, GTC not sure about) - for around 8K 'but it needs a ring job'.

    I am reading a Computer Shopper from 1994, 486-66, 540mb HD, 4 mb of ram (Upgrade to 8 mb for 'only' $160 more),
    no cd-rom, 15" tube, $2,200.

    Shall we delve into Rolex ?

    (I apologize for going slightly O-T here)
     
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  5. johng

    johng Formula 3

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    yesterday i perused a dupont registry from 11 years ago and i was a bit surprised at prices. TR prices have come down about 35K since then, but 328 and 308 are selling for 7-10K less. actually, you can still see 308/328s for the same money as 11 years ago. how's that for holding value!

    john
     
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  6. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Back in '88-'89, I had a Texas Instruments 99/4A... Any idea what they cost back then...?
     
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  7. George J.

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    I bought a 275 GTB/4 in '83; sold it in '85. Bought a 166MM in '85; sold it in '90. Have not been able to justify a Ferrari sense then (but it sure was fun). - GJ

    PS. My dad sold is California Spyder for $6000 (I think it was around '68). The guy who bought it sold it a few years later for the same princely sum. I remember trying to talk him into a '64 GTO at Spencer Buick around '67 that was $12 or 13k. A friend did buy one there a couple years before for $12k (now with B Wang).
     
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  8. dstacy

    dstacy F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Gave it a pretty good review. They kept talking about the US price tag of $80,000 and getting it US legal.

    If you want a copy PM me with your address and the next time I get near a copier I'll send one off to you.
     
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  9. MufflerMan

    MufflerMan Formula 3

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    No different then knowing the result of a sporting event and saying you should have put a million dollars on the winning team. Imagine if you had bought a bunch of commercial property in the real estate lull of the eighties, you could buy any Ferrari you want now. Hindsight is always 20/20.
     
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  10. wetpet

    wetpet F1 World Champ BANNED

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    lets not get into all the mopars i passed up just a couple of years ago. forget about 1981
     
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