So how should we take this?

428street · #1 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 10:30 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_500wt_1182

rustyBob · #2 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 12:43 PM

a $6250.00 dollar slap in the face to anyone who ownes a replica Cobra. My question would be what happened to the original Cobra street car they came off of?.

tcrist · #3 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 12:44 PM

Quote from Ebay add,
"Don't let some POSER put these on his ERA or Kirkham Street Replica!!!"

Some people just don't get it do they?

Terry

Doug I · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 12:50 PM

so putting them on a BDR would be ok?

428street · #5 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 01:04 PM

I generally would not post something like this but I could not get over that comment...He had them on probably a year or so ago for I think 8k. The other issue I don't understand is there are probably 1000 times more people who have replica's then originals so his comment alienates 95% of his market of someone who would consider buying them. I am sure someone who wants them regardless of the comment will buy them but it's a crappy thing to say...I know in the scheme of things this World and Country are going through this is not important but it's worth a comment...

patrickt · #6 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug I

so putting them on a BDR would be ok?

Yes, sort of like Roseanne Barr wearing Manolo Blahnik.

Dangerous Doug · #7 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 08:06 PM

I'm a poser?

Hey! I'm a poser!

How cool is that? Better than being a prick, like the guy selling the over-priced wheels.

What a weenie!

DD

Tim Brewer · #8 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 09:23 PM

How much would it cost to CNC a set?

RodKnock · #9 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 428street

I generally would not post something like this but I could not get over that comment...He had them on probably a year or so ago for I think 8k. The other issue I don't understand is there are probably 1000 times more people who have replica's then originals so his comment alienates 95% of his market of someone who would consider buying them. I am sure someone who wants them regardless of the comment will buy them but it's a crappy thing to say...I know in the scheme of things this World and Country are going through this is not important but it's worth a comment...

These wheels would unlikely appeal to anyone with a replica, since it's highly unlikely anyone with a replica would pay $3,000+/wheel and hope for a 2nd pair to show up someday and if and when they do show up on the market, they'll likely be sold in a set of four. Sure, there might be one replica owner out there, but I think these wheels would appeal to the owner of a CSX3000 car. His market is very thin at that price level anyway, regardless.

428street, sure makes your buy from Fran Kress look like a deal, but having bought and sold many sets of wheels over the years, a set of four always seem to sell for less per wheel than singles and doubles.

Excaliber · #10 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 10:46 PM

He says "Local pickup", guess he can't be bothered to ship them. So he's looking for a CSX3000 owner within driving distance of his house who needs to replace his "ugly" wheels with originals. Now THAT is a very short list of potential customers, VERY short.

LMH · #11 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 10:54 PM

Did you see he also has a Holley carb for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Origi...QQcmdZViewItem
Little pricey I'd say!
Larry

Russ Dickey · #12 (**permalink**) 08-15-2009, 11:17 PM

Yeah, but he's sure generating a lot of traffic to his listing.

428street · #13 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 03:39 AM

I'm not commenting on his price, it is what it is and pretty much what I paid Kress for mine. I wanted them and I bought them. I know I paid a lot of money for them but it was emotional. I got 5 rims.

As for the traffic you're correct and I thought about that before I posted originally but no one has bought them yet so I guess that speaks volumes.

I wonder if he has a Cobra. My guess is no. Isn't it nice to be a poser.

mickmate · #14 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 06:12 AM

Hey Frank we meet some great people in this sport. He's a small minority at the waaaay other end to us. I think he's working on the principle it doesn't matter what they're saying as long as they're talking about him. I hope that type of advertising doesn't work for him as it doesn't deserve to.

1985 CCX · #15 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 07:12 AM

Frank

W/O posers or what I would like to say "Those of us with a Champagne taste and beer budget" Cobras would be unknown for the most part.

Guess the wheels you have from Fran were a deal?

mickmate · #16 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 07:37 AM

I just made an emotional purchase myself Frank. We understand.

patrickt · #17 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mickmate

I just made an emotional purchase myself Frank.

But those are the most fun! C'mon, when was the last time you heard someone say "I just bought some high yield debentures and I'm really excited about it."

mpanten · #18 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

But those are the most fun! C'mon, when was the last time you heard someone say "I just bought some high yield debentures and I'm really excited about it."

As a broker I say that everytime !!!!

428street · #19 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 08:42 AM

It's all good.

Buzz · #20 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 11:04 AM

What the fellow doesn't realise is that the price of entry for a proper Kirkham - and to a slightly lesser extent ERA - today is close to (if not higher than) the adjusted equivalent of buying an original Cobra back in the day. Cobras weren't always rare, collectable automotive heirlooms; as a matter of fact they had a hard time practically giving them away at the end. The person who could buy a Cobra back then is the same "type" of person who can buy a high end replica today. Posers my arse.