Is this a real Group 44 car?
http://www.f40.com/inventorymanager.php?action=view&Id=372344
Or is it just overpriced?
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Oct. 20, 2011 1:52 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
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Oct. 20, 2011 2:01 p.m. bludroptop SuperDork
Wayne surcharge
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Oct. 20, 2011 2:03 p.m. oldtin Dork
I think group 44 came after the TR4s. I'm thinking Tullius was a driver for Kastner's factory-backed team in the days of the early TR4 - which makes this one something like 20k overpriced.
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Oct. 20, 2011 3:00 p.m. bravenrace SuperDork
I didn't see anywhere that it claimed to be a Group 44 car. Doesn't even look like one.
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Oct. 20, 2011 3:39 p.m. Kendall_Jones Reader
Shoot. He has a 1895 K5 blazer for $15k as well.
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Oct. 20, 2011 3:44 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
bravenrace wrote:
I didn't see anywhere that it claimed to be a Group 44 car. Doesn't even look like one.
Yeah I know it is missing the stripes but it is white and has a 44 on the side.
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Oct. 20, 2011 3:59 p.m. Basil Exposition Reader
Yeah, it is overpriced by a bit. Hard to tell from the information, but it seems like it is yet another SVRA overprepared-not-really-a-vintage-racecar. The price may have more with what it cost to build than what it is worth.
Kind of like this one:
http://race-cars.com/carsales/mg/1273004822/1273004822ss.htm
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Oct. 20, 2011 4:35 p.m. MG_Bryan Reader
I'm pretty sure Tullius ran a TR5/250, but not a TR4
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Oct. 20, 2011 6:29 p.m. gjz30075 Reader
Says "Raced since new......" This sounds like a George Washington axe car with no real provenance.
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Oct. 20, 2011 11:29 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
The seller better have Mr. Noyes & Mr. Battles' logbooks with the paperwork. Otherwise, there's no provenance.
"Because the PO said so" ain't worth $55K. If it's not a real Gp. 44 car, you can take $30K off that price. And really..if the seller can't prove that it's really a Gp.44 car as they're asking for so much, they're not someone you want to do business with in the first place.
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Oct. 21, 2011 4:25 p.m. Hal Dork
friedgreencorrado said:
The seller better have Mr. Noyes & Mr. Battles' logbooks with the paperwork. Otherwise, there's no provenance.
bludroptop wrote:
Wayne surcharge
Agree on the surcharge. For the rest I guess I'll have to watch the show next week - 10/25 to find out. According to the trailers I saw that car is to be featured.
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Oct. 21, 2011 4:34 p.m. Woody SuperDork
MG_Bryan wrote:
Must have been raining...
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Oct. 22, 2011 11:59 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader
To be featured in a upcoming episode.
