CSX 3112 For Sale through Canepa Design

[Got the Bug]

Sold!! Somebody bought that Cobra with those crappy wheels.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Got the Bug

Sold!! Somebody bought that Cobra with those crappy wheels.

There's a sucker born every minute.

[jhv48]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

There's a sucker born every minute.

If that "sucker" can afford $875k for this car, he probably has enough change in his pocket to buy whatever wheels he thinks are appropriate for this car.

No matter what wheels he puts on it, it's a damn fine car and I would be proud to build a house around it!

[computerworks]

hmm...tough bunch of spectators in the first few rows here.

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Maybe Canepa sells the wheels separately to make more money or maybe he collects them.

Originally Posted by Got the Bug

Sold!! Somebody bought that Cobra with those crappy wheels.

Originally Posted by RodKnock

There's a sucker born every minute.

I don't know much about Canepa, but I do know that quality houses don't usually replace original parts with obvious repros for no reason...least of which to pick up extra change on another sale.

Maybe....the orig wheels "magnaflux'd" with too many weaknesses (like most of the orig mag wheels that you see for sale) and felt safer with modern wheels. Like A-Snake said, I would think the orig wheels came with the deal.

Or, if I spent a megabuck on the car, it's chump change to get a set of Sunbursts, if that's what I wanted.

As far as "sucker".... well, I'll tell you I judged this car in Concours last year, and, unless the car was "de-restored" since then... it was one fine automobile worth top dollar.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by computerworks

hmm...tough bunch of spectators in the first few rows here.

I don't know much about Canepa, but I do know that quality houses don't usually replace original parts with obvious repros for no reason...least of which to pick up extra change on another sale.

Maybe....the orig wheels "magnaflux'd" with too many weaknesses (like most of the orig mag wheels that you see for sale) and felt safer with modern wheels. Like A-Snake said, I would think the orig wheels came with the deal.

Or, if I spent a megabuck on the car, it's chump change to get a set of Sunbursts, if that's what I wanted.

As far as "sucker".... well, I'll tell you I judged this car in Concours last year, and, unless the car was "de-restored" since then... it was one fine automobile worth top dollar.

Ron,

My "sucker" comment was said very tongue in cheek. Sarcasm does not come across well online.

I don't know the Canepa operation at all, but I've personally seen many people in my life try to squeeze every last buck out of anything that could be squeezed. An extra $5,000 is an extra $5,000.

While it's not $5,000, wasn't ex-Tyco exec Dennis Kozlowski who wanted to save a $1,000,000 on taxes with paintings he bought, even though he made "bazillions" of dollars.

[A-Snake]

Originally Posted by jhv48

If that "sucker" can afford $875k for this car, he probably has enough change in his pocket to buy whatever wheels he thinks are appropriate for this car.
No matter what wheels he puts on it, it's a damn fine car and I would be proud to build a house around it!

jhv48

I guess you missed this eariler post from Nedsel;

"The navy blue car Bruce sold at Monterey last August, which also had the black wheels, achieved a nice round number right at 7 figures. Which is why at last report Bruce's price for this one was $200K more."
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