Rick Kopec's "What's Your Beef?"

[ERA Chas]

I'll repeat myself.
Pat, you have too much time on your hands. Now I know how someone can get 8500+ posts in 4 years.
Also, nice portrait of you on the last line.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

I Now I know how someone can get 8500+ posts in 4 years.

I have a staff of obsequious minions that tirelessly use my CC account to post humorous, insightful (and occasionally incite-ful) banter....

[REAL 1]

Whatsa: The folklore is the old $1.00 for the name bit. The reality I'm sure is more involved.

No, I don't get into values. Anything is worth what you can get. The cost of the actual parts on any of these cars doesn't put them that far apart in many cases except when you are talking aluminum body and original spec components.

What separates these cars in value is the intrinsic value we place in them based on where they came from, where they were manufactured, original spec or mustang components etc.. As far as the originals go, part for part many cars such as ERAs, Kirkhams, New Shelbys are built better and are better cars. As someone I know who has an original 427 street car and still does once remarked about the chasis tubing that he's seen better tubing on lawn furniture. But who wouldn't rather have an original?

This may all change one day. None of us know what tomorrow brings. For all we know, fiberglass becomes the in thing and people have to have Mustang suspension. FFRs now just passed originals in value. This is a hypothetical, repeat this is a hypothetical and a wild one at that. But point is values change based on many factors some out of of our control.

Hell, if our Messiah and all the libs get their way all these cars could be MANDATED into the clunkers for cash program. Don't laugh. They are already on the way to telling you how high and how low you can put your thermostat.

Continuations original? No. Real Cobras? Yes. Absolutely. Value? today X tomorrow maybe Y. That goes for originals too.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

This may all change one day. None of us know what tomorrow brings. For all we know, fiberglass becomes the in thing and people have to have Mustang suspension. FFRs now just passed originals in value.

I can't believe Patrick let this one sail by without comment. He must be sick today.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I can't believe Patrick let this one sail by without comment. He must be sick today.

No, I viewed that as Evan's outstretched "hand of acquiescence," and I accepted it by my silence.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

I'll repeat myself.
Pat, you have too much time on your hands. Now I know how someone can get 8500+ posts in 4 years.
Also, nice portrait of you on the last line.

Yes, and approximately 8,400 of those posts are slandering Factory Five replicas.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Yes, and approximately 8,400 of those posts are slandering Factory Five replicas.

Libel. Slander is oral only. I'll discipline the minions accordingly.