For Sale Nice 1972 Monaco 2 Door for Sale

[Samplingman]

Old wiring is my biggest fear after spending 10 years on a resto. Have to say, what Stan said was my first thought, but we don't really know. The original for sale thread is over a year old. Sad that amaizinblue82 didn't win it to begin with, might have been a different outcome.

 

[commando1]

The subject of insurance jobs really makes me mad.
Just taking the last 10 years alone, I have known 4 Classic cars getting torched for the insurance after being For Sale forever and not selling. I never liked any of those scumbags from Day 1 and they proved me right.

Of the other three claims on Classic Car insurance, I can think of in the last 10 years dow here, two were for windshields broken by the owner (gray area) and one was a legit. collision.

So of the seven. . .
Four Jewish Lightnings.
Two cracked windshields by the owners.
One legit accident (to me, anyway) .

AND these were just the guys that went to my Thurs. night car show.

Humans suck. What's the Humane Society's address so I can make a donation please.

 

[Ironwolf]

The subject of insurance jobs really makes me mad.
Just taking the last 10 years alone, I have known 4 Classic cars getting torched for the insurance after being For Sale forever and not selling. I never liked any of those scumbags from Day 1 and they proved me right.

Of the other three claims on Classic Car insurance, I can think of in the last 10 years dow here, two were for windshields broken by the owner (gray area) and one was legit.

So of the seven. . .
Four Jewish Lightnings.
Two cracked windshields by the owners.
One legit (to me, anyway) .

AND these were just the guys that went to my Thurs. night car show.

Humans suck. What's the Humane Society's address so I can make a donation please.

 

[Beep Beep Dave]

I don't think this is the same owner that had it on E-bay. The car is in Michigan now but the E bay auction was in NY.

The fellow in Michigan bought it right after the ebay auction ended...flew in and drove it home.

I guess its a good lesson for all of us. I usually don't carry a fire extinguisher with me either but I am going to start.

Dave

 

[sixpkrt]

The sight of that car engulfed in flames obviously would be a nightmare for any real car guy to see, especially for such a rare and nicely optioned 440 car.
I hope this car didn't burn for money. That would really suck.

 

[The Horvaths]

I am fairly certain that he did not. He is giving away the 440 for another block to replace it with (insurance reasons). The owner seemed genuinely upset to me.

 

[saforwardlook]

I really doubt that anyone who would pony up the funds to buy that car in the first place could have the heart to set if on fire for insurance reasons. Even a robot couldn't do that!

 

[azblackhemi]

I really doubt that anyone who would pony up the funds to buy that car in the first place could have the heart to set if on fire for insurance reasons. Even a robot couldn't do that!

The current owner as far as I know wasn't tying to sell it so I don't see anything other than a tragic fire that destroyed a great car. I really love that color!

 

[75LandYacht]

I don't think this is the same owner that had it on E-bay. The car is in Michigan now but the E bay auction was in NY.

All the more reason to consider what Stan is not really saying.. hint hint.

 

[fury fan]

the guy showed me it had over 150 watchers as of sunday morning. in fact it crossed $9,000 while i was standing there. Folks seemed to like it, so figuring it was positioned for late action, when i got home i tried a "kamikaze" thing with about 15 seconds left but didn't get in (damn frustrating too..i got a fast computer and hi-speed cable internet too)

amazinblue -
Don't let somebody wool-pull on how many watchers a car has, it doesn't mean anything. The more spectacular the car, the more curious the citizens are. Overwhelming majority of them are just wanting to see where the bidding ends up, IMHO. Bidders are what matters, and if somebody bids on it the listing it's automatically linked into their ebay account anyway.

2nd thing - a last-second bid means very little on ebay, that only works against other last-second, first-time bidders. Anyone with a proxy bid that is higher than your bid will be recognized by ebay every time. Ebay's server knows at any given millisecond who the truly highest bidder is, and it's gonna compare everything in the milliseconds between auction's end and the webpage refresh. No outside computer or server is gonna overtake that.

So the moral is - if you really want something, let your judgment put in a proxy at the absolute highest you're willing to pay, and do not let your heart increase that number later on. You might even get it cheaper than that depending on the #2 horse in the race, that's the beauty of proxy, you'll never pay more than you initially planned for, but sometimes you pay less.