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All right. What is a brand new Mercedes worth? If you really want a brand new 1981 240D how many chances do you think you are going to get to buy one?
If you bought a really nice one for say, $4000 how much would it cost to have it restored to perfect condition? And it still wouldn't be brand new.
It's a lot of money but I don't think it's too much for a car like that. If you want a car like that, which I don't.
If he doesn't get his price, he can put it back in the garage for another 24 years.
Did you guys see the low mileage, 1953 Buick Roadmaster sedan that used to belong to Howard Hughes? What would you say that car is worth? There is at least one person in the world who thinks it's worth $1.64 million and another who bid $1.63 million.
A friend of mine owns a 1914 Harley Davidson. The original owner rode it for one summer, went to France in the Army during WW1 and never came back. It is original, untouched, and still has the original paint, original tires and everything just as it was made. It had under 2000 miles on it when he got it.
In 1982 a Harley dealer offered him a brand new ElectraGlide with factory sidecar, worth at that time $14,000. My friend turned him down flat. The dealer called him a fool. My friend said "maybe you are right, but if I change my mind and want an Electraglide I can buy one anytime. Where are you going to get another bike like mine?"
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