Wanted: CAV GT40 small block car

[fdjake]

Still here Rodknock!!!!!!

Purchased a car out of CT last week for $57,500. The seller had the opportunity to purchase a 550 Maranello at a great price from a divorce situation. He needed to move fast and we got a deal done.

Small block car with A/C.....Red with white stripe.

For the people here who followed this thread....

Don't EVER let anyone tell you it CAN'T be done. I run TV ads looking to buy distressed property....I get calls from people everyday in situations where they just want to sell FAST...

Years ago I had a meeting with a retired Rolls Royce dealer named Howard Van Bortel....Howard was a GENIUS (literally)
He said something to me that I will never forget...

I asked him how he became the largest Rolls dealer on the East Coast?

He said......"I made sure EVERYONE knew I wanted to buy their Rolls Royces regardless of the situation...and then I made it EASY for them to sell to me."

I buy real estate the same way.....I let people know I want it, and I make it easy for them to sell it.

GT40's are a TOY......A very limited market TOY.....Let people know you want theirs, do what you say you'll do, and follow EVERY LEAD...

My car came from a FRIEND of the owner who saw one of the ads I ran. He passed my contact info along to the seller who had gotten tired of the car. He did EXACTLY what I predicted...He exchanged a car he never drove for one he'll drive a lot more. Incidentally, the car came from a CRAIGSLIST WANTED AD that I ran.

It can be done....If you DO what everyone else is doing....DON'T expect different results.

I'd be happy to share some of the tips I've learned over the years with anyone interested....FOR FREE!! All you have to do is ask! Just to clarify that last sentence....I DO NOT sell anything...No "programs" no guru BS....Just offering free advice HERE via this thread.

I've purchased some really nice cars over the years by simply letting people know I WANTED TO BUY that certain car.....In my experience most people do exactly what you guy's noted in a previous post...They throw out the wanted ad, but never follow through. FOLLOW EVERY LEAD!!!!

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by fdjake

Years ago I had a meeting with a retired Rolls Royce dealer named Howard Van Bortel....Howard was a GENIUS (literally)
He said something to me that I will never forget...

I asked him how he became the largest Rolls dealer on the East Coast?

He said......"I made sure EVERYONE knew I wanted to buy their Rolls Royces regardless of the situation...and then I made it EASY for them to sell to me."

AH yes, Howard, the Guru of Palmyra! Ask GMAC about what a "genius" Howard was.......they are still looking for a few million from him.

And was he wearing his fur coat when you met him?

Yes, he was the largest RR dealer in the East. And one of the five biggest Corvette sales volume dealers. All from "Mormontown NY"...after he "closed" the Chevy/RR store he travelled around the country selling dealers the "$100 over invoice" marketing program ("so what you do is advertise and sell at $100 over invoice........ten-thousand please.....make the check out to Howard")

[1ntCobra]

With this being a car website, I can understand how some small minority of users like RodKnock might want to see some car pictures. If I was fdjake, I would probably start a thread on this site Saving Money Forums - Saving Advice
I could briefly mention saving some money on a GT40 and then proceed to post dozens of pictures of the car there, where the audience would appreciate the car pictures more than the story about saving money.

With that in mind, I thought I would add to this thread about my financial genius in selling a car. A bunch of years ago, I broke the back window in the hatchback of my Merkur XR4Ti. I called around and was having trouble sourcing new glass. With the broken glass, I had the car in my garage, where my twin turbo RX-7 was supposed to be. Could you imagine RodKnock leaving his Kirkham in the driveway so he could put his keep the interior of his damaged Prius dry in the garage? This would not do, I needed to get the RX-7 back in the garage. I remembered a friend once offered me $100 dollars for any car, so he could use it in the annual demolition derby. Who needs Kelley Blue Book? I now knew the fair market value of my car, $100. So anyway, I found a Merkur forum, signed up and posted in the "for sale" section. I said, anyone interested in my XR4Ti? I've got an offer for $100 to use it in a demolition derby. There were a number of users who outraged about the demolition derby thing for some reason. But one of them bought the car from me for $160.

Wow, 60% over my asking price.

Even though I was a motivated seller, it turns out that I did not have to settle for a fraction of my car's worth. Hey that makes me a financial genius.

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

With this being a car website, I can understand how some small minority of users like RodKnock might want to see some car pictures. If I was fdjake, I would probably start a thread on this site Saving Money Forums - Saving Advice
I could briefly mention saving some money on a GT40 and then proceed to post dozens of pictures of the car there, where the audience would appreciate the car pictures more than the story about saving money.

With that in mind, I thought I would add to this thread about my financial genius in selling a car. A bunch of years ago, I broke the back window in the hatchback of my Merkur XR4Ti. I called around and was having trouble sourcing new glass. With the broken glass, I had the car in my garage, where my twin turbo RX-7 was supposed to be. Could you imagine RodKnock leaving his Kirkham in the driveway so he could put his keep the interior of his damaged Prius dry in the garage? This would not do, I needed to get the RX-7 back in the garage. I remembered a friend once offered me $100 dollars for any car, so he could use it in the annual demolition derby. Who needs Kelley Blue Book? I now knew the fair market value of my car, $100. So anyway, I found a Merkur forum, signed up and posted in the "for sale" section. I said, anyone interested in my XR4Ti? I've got an offer for $100 to use it in a demolition derby. There were a number of users who outraged about the demolition derby thing for some reason. But one of them bought the car from me for $160.

Wow, 60% over my asking price.

Even though I was a motivated seller, it turns out that I did not have to settle for a fraction of my car's worth. Hey that makes me a financial genius.

Great post, I wish I were that creative.