I'd like to keep the names out of this. But if anyone is actually hiring an appraiser in the St Paul area, send me a PM and I'll let you know if it's the same guy
. My guess is he just was'nt really much of a Nova guy and even made the comment that "it's unusual to see people invest much in these things". When he saw one with what he estimated to be 70K invested he made caved mentally, made assumptions, snapped a few far away shots and moved on. Nice guy but I found myself leading him down the path...from the initial conclusion of screaming deal to "good idea to back out". I was surprised when he didn't offer to refund my money. He can live with that one and frankly I didn't feel it was worth fighting over so I didn't even ask.
And yea, I was stalking that craigslist ad for months. Not a waste of time at all in the big picture and I'm not pissed in the least. What better way to begin a journey toward finding the right "investment grade" 70 L78? I'd still like to own it as a driver but it's not worth much over 25 grand in this economy regardless of how shiny it might be.