Some people are just frickin nuts.


S592R

S592R

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Dec 3, 2006
2,800
Ok... I'm gonna vent here for a moment.

I've been looking for a few rare cars and three times in the last two weeks I have run across rare cars just to have them recently sold or sold the day of contact. All of the cars have gone to Gennadi for the chop job! Guys, PLEASE if your gonna have the car chopped don't do it to a no stripes / stripes delete car! With so many stripes cars out there just bite the bullet and get one of those and then have gennadi do the paint work that they are already going to do. A chopped rare car is not more valuable than it is in unmodified form ... its just a car thats been modified. Thats kind of like knocking the teeth out of Ms America and giving her dentures. (sorry, like I said I'm venting)

If you are one of those three people mentioned above PM me, I'll trade you one of my cars for one of your no stripes/stripes delete car.

Sorry if this sounds hostile but I am just very frustrated right now.:ack :ack :ack

cheers (as in i need a drink)
Steve
 
Steve,

I hear what you are saying but chances are that the guys who bought those cars wanted the no stripe option, in GTX form.

I think I am the only GTX so far that actually has a custom paint job. I certianly agree with you if the Genaddi cutomer is simply going to paint over it, then 100% I'm with you.
 
MK2 GT Owner, you're the 2nd. There is a Tungsten car also on the site, Custom Paint/Red Interior. Not mine.
 
there is a GT with flames on it too and one that was painted white right down to the bumpers with orange stripes. stillens car is all orange
 
yeah, if your going to paint a car .... get something that is not rare who will know. If your going to go nuts on a car .... buy a high mileage car to save yourself some cash. But please don't buy a rare car because its cheaper and chop it.

From what I have been told any car that gennadi gets has alot of paint work on it due to the work. Which is not a bad thing, just good execution of the work ...quality control. But its not much harder to repaint the whole car ... that way you get the color right.

oh well,, I'm still upset as one of the cars going is a yellow delete car.:mad :mad
 
Anyone have pictures of the white , orange striped GTX? sounds cool...
 
MK2_GT said:
Steve,

I hear what you are saying but chances are that the guys who bought those cars wanted the no stripe option, in GTX form.

I think I am the only GTX so far that actually has a custom paint job. I certianly agree with you if the Genaddi cutomer is simply going to paint over it, then 100% I'm with you.
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Man, that is SWEEET!
 
I believe Genaddi has also done another Candy Chrome Roadster (not red) and at least a couple in Valencia like the prototype.
At this point, it's simple economics, a no option GT is less expensive than an optioned car, so a person buying a car for roadster conversion can save money by buying a no option car regardless of whether or not he has it painted. My guess is that a no option GTX1 will be an extremely rare car in and of itself, and perhaps even more valuable than if it had remained a GT.
 
I say paint 'em up. It just makes your "no striper" more valuable.
 
Kirby Vieira said:
My guess is that a no option GTX1 will be an extremely rare car in and of itself, and perhaps even more valuable than if it had remained a GT.
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Don't know, but what is a Ferrari Daytona coupe worth that was changed in to a convertible?

I agree with Fubar. The more that are cut up, the happier I am.
 
Kirby Vieira said:
I believe Genaddi has also done another Candy Chrome Roadster (not red) and at least a couple in Valencia like the prototype.
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hhmm, interesting... I would love to see that other Candy color...what was the base color if not red? Sounds very cool...
 
Sorry, but my 2c, Much ado about nothing.
 
I have an all black stripes delete GT and I don't think I could get a GTX conversion on it. Mine is one of 3 made with no stripes and mac red brakes. If I was going to do it I would buy a striped car. I never realized how rare a no stripe GT was.
 
It would be nice of Genaddi would let DBK know the VINs of cars that are converted. I am thinking that when we finally get numbers about how many cars were produced in certain colors and options, knowing which group the Genaddi cars came out of would be great so "real" numbers of existing cars could be looked at.

Just an idea.
 
Mine is black no top stripes, gray calipers, It will never be cut. Heck I would not even put a pully on it. I want it to stay the way it is. Heck I got another set of the optional wheels so I could take the original optional ones off to keep em perfect. Did change the exhaust, but did not cut the old so it can easily go back on......

Black GT said:
I have an all black stripes delete GT and I don't think I could get a GTX conversion on it. Mine is one of 3 made with no stripes and mac red brakes. If I was going to do it I would buy a striped car. I never realized how rare a no stripe GT was.
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Bone stock, original, factory always is worth more as a collectible.

Not bashing any modification as they all add value, power, uniquness, etc.

But, 100yrs of calssic car sales always point to bone stock.

ps, know of at least 3 Ferrari Daytonas that did a rountrip to chop top back to coupe for sale at higher price than chop.
 
Kayvan said:
Bone stock, original, factory always is worth more as a collectible.

Not bashing any modification as they all add value, power, uniquness, etc.

But, 100yrs of calssic car sales always point to bone stock.

ps, know of at least 3 Ferrari Daytonas that did a rountrip to chop top back to coupe for sale at higher price than chop.
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Daytona Market as follows today:-
1968
4=150k
3=195k
2=245k
1=275k
Cut spyder add $10k at each condition level

The above figures are current and reflect transactions. I am an owner 365GTB
 
Specracer said:
Mine is black no top stripes, gray calipers, It will never be cut. Heck I would not even put a pully on it. I want it to stay the way it is. Heck I got another set of the optional wheels so I could take the original optional ones off to keep em perfect. Did change the exhaust, but did not cut the old so it can easily go back on......
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I agree Mine is also black no top stripes, gray calipers. We bought it for a reason.......it's beautiful :thumbsup
 
bony said:
Daytona Market as follows today:-
1968
4=150k
3=195k
2=245k
1=275k
Cut spyder add $10k at each condition level

The above figures are current and reflect transactions. I am an owner 365GTB
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Suprised to see that -- at lower condition level i can see it being a positive at the concourse level, I cant seeing it adding any value, and detracting; esp. given bad after-taste of those miami-Vice knock offs; at ~130 original Daytona spyders its always going to be a debate whether a car is a chop/cut or original. The re-coupes obviously are a minority but present trend.
 
back in the sixties motion performance basicly added bolt-ons to corvettes and now they're worth big money.
 
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