cost of used cobra in 1969

[Tim7139]

Originally Posted by 4Scargo

Growing up I was absolutely enthralled by the classified ads in Road & Track. The Allards seem to catch my imagination. Would dream of owning a Buick powe....No wait, maybe a Cadillac powered Allard. Ferrari's had to have Borani (sp) wheels, although I had never seen these wheels in my life. They just looked cool. 356's, Carreras, speedsters, Alpha's Gullwings. It was a life lesson. Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Plymouth were transportation appliances. Those cars in the back of Road & Track, boy!

Back in 80-81 I started to make a couple bucks and ended up with a real nice Porsche 930 which was not very commonly seen then. The car I really wanted was a Ferrari. Had subscribed to the Ferrari market letter back then, you could buy a nice 365 GTC for $50,000 or a mint 246 Dino for 40-50.
Anyway, one of the cars that came out of the Miles Collier museum when it was moving to Fla was a damned nice '64 250 Lusso, one of the best looking road cars they ever did. I actually had a shot at it but it was $49,000 and that was serious money then.......ran it by my wife, who reacted...are you f..king serious....something about sleeping in the garage, changing locks, etc, etc.
Showed her that 4-5 years ago that same car went for $985,000. Don't mind sleeping with the dog now but it farts in bed.