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Offline jbcollier

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Tired Special Red Deer Alberta
« on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 07:22:53 AM »
Looks very tired to me.  Too much money and parking in grass probably means the chassis is now toast as well:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/red-deer/barn-find-rare-lotus-europa-jps/1510786263
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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #1 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 08:25:55 AM »
Looks very tired to me.  Too much money and parking in grass probably means the chassis is now toast as well:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/red-deer/barn-find-rare-lotus-europa-jps/1510786263


 :FUNNY: :FUNNY: :FUNNY: :FUNNY: Way too much!!!

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #2 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 10:06:56 AM »
IMHO $10,000 would be too much.

$8,000 would be a fair price.

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #3 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 11:23:00 AM »
How did it get out of the barn???

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #4 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 11:57:35 AM »
Still way over priced but it is priced in $CDN.  That makes it $14,770US.  It supposedly has a 365 transaxle, and you would want to know why it was parked -- vented block? -- but $10KCDN or $7.4KUS could be reasonable.  Of course you would be well underwater by the time it was restored.

AND, cars stored in a grassy fields are not barn-finds!

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #5 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 02:57:00 PM »
I don't see a numbered JPS badge, or telltale blemish where it was glued to the dash.
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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #6 on: Friday,July 10, 2020, 10:36:46 PM »
Sitting in a field in Alberta. Salt on the roads all winter. My guess is that much of this car that isn't fiberglass will be ugly.

I hate seeing cool cars looking like this. My neighbor has a few American classics that need to be restored but he will never get around to it. By the time he sells them they will be history.

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #7 on: Saturday,July 11, 2020, 06:51:20 AM »
But it does have an ashtray..... !! :FUNNY:

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Re: Tired Special Red Deer Alerta
« Reply #8 on: Sunday,July 12, 2020, 06:19:52 AM »
But it does have an ashtray..... !! :FUNNY:

I would like to place a bid for 30,000