spider prices

[Hal Taylor <taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> Since I know spider values, it was their wonkiness that struck me first.
> I, for one,
> would especially like to know where to pick up "excellent" '71-'74
> spiders for less
> than $5,000. IME, those don't exist anymore.
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>
> Scott,
>
> You're on the east coast, right?  Makes a bit of a difference.  I
> remember being amazed when I first moved from Philly to LA.  Rust free,
> or at least very clean, early spiders are not SUCH a rarity in the
> southwest.  I've seen a noticed a number of the early '70's spiders for
> sale here in the last year.  Although I admit that I haven't gone and
> looked at many of them, I've seen prices often bellow 2k, and cars
> advertised as "very clean" or "restored" for $3500-5000.  And I don't
> believe I've ever seen a badly rusted car here (unlike the '71 spider I
> bought in upstate New York in '84, with naive fantasies of
> restoring...).
>
> If we consider the NE and the SW as representing extremes of likely
> conditions of old cars, I would expect there to be a wide variety of
> "alfa-friendly" climates between the two.
>
> Yup, I gave the east coast in favor those alfa-freindly climes;  and do
> you know that there are so many alfa-specialty shops (mostly with good
> reputations) here that I can't decide who I want to go to?  Fortunately,
> my current '86 was a previous owner's "beater", and is giving my ample
> opportunity to sample all of theses shops...
>
> Sorry, my original intent was not to gloat (nor to be so longwinded),
> just to offer a diferent perspective on your comments.
>
> Happy motoring.
>
> Hal Taylor
> '86 spider veloce "Strega"
> Venice, CA
>

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