427 Baldwin Motion Nova For Sale

[Racefan]

Jeff- Pretty tough for an average Joe to turn down more than he was asking especially that kind of dough!

Not to mention, how many people would have shown up only to try and get him down off of his initial asking price. It ain't sold, 'til it's sold. Not to mention, what is the car WORTH? There have been many discussions regarding ethics on various topics on this board-- the least of which is grossly underpaying a seller only to turn HUGE profits in the end. Seems to me that someone just stepped up and gave a fair offer to ensure he could get a car in a long-distance deal. A guy has to do what a guy has to do to get what he wants.......

The days of "I'll be over at 5pm to give you the money for the car, consider it sold" went out the window once these cars became such a treasure. Now, a person will be getting twice what his top dollar was on the car. You can't argue with the ethics of either the seller or buyer in this case IMO.

[JChlupsa]

Your right it would be hard to say no to a higher price, but if you have someone you told you would take his deposit esp after either driving a few hundred miles or flying in and then the guy gets there and hes told the car just left, thats just not right.

Oh well if Enoch doesnt end up with it I would be its a fast resto job and then sold within the year

[Jeff H]

I agree with you Jeff. It comes down to the seller's honor and integrity. I had a buyer flying in from WA state for my first JL8 car and I told him I would hold the car for him without a deposit. Then I had guys calling me and wanting to wire me cash to buy it on the spot. I told them "no" and the guy from WA bought the car. But it seems to be all about the money now. I bet if someone drove to the guy's house right now they could still undercut the deal and buy the car.

[Charley Lillard]

Geez...Back off already. We have no idea if it was a done deal. How many times have I had someone tell me they are coming tomorrow, they no show and don't even bother to call and tell me. The decent thing would be for the seller to call the first guy and let him know not to come because someone else called and offered alot more. "A Bird in the Hand". We might find out tomorrow that someone else stepped up and paid the guy another 25K.

[Charley Lillard]

JeffH...What would you have done if you had promised to sell your car for 25K but before you ever get money you get told your car is worth 50K and you get offered that much ? Would you have still sold it for 25K ?

[Jeff H]

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JeffH...What would you have done if you had promised to sell your car for 25K but before you ever get money you get told your car is worth 50K and you get offered that much ? Would you have still sold it for 25K ?

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I would have started with contacting the person I told I was holding the car for. Since he had already booked a flight there was some cost involved for him so there's no way I could screw him over without reimbursing him. I've never flipped a car for a profit like most people do so I would stick to my word and honor the deal.

[Kim_Howie]

[Zedder]

The decent thing to do would be to keep one's word. If he made a deal at $25K and said he would hold the car until the following morning that is what he should have done (and I hope that is what he did). I sold one of my '67 Z's a number of years ago to a guy over the phone and he promised to snail mail me the deposit. I agreed and half an hour later someone else called me and offered $5K more. I stuck to my original deal and would expect someone to do the same for me. I know it's $5k and not $25K, and maybe that's enough to make some go back on their word, but the least he should do is offer the car to the first guy for the same as the subsequent offer.

Since none of us really know what transpired this is all just conjecture at this point anyway...

[njsteve]

I say the big $$$ buyer shows up at the house to pick up the car and it turns out to be a Naldwin-Botion car. (As may may recall, this was the dealership down the street from Baldwin Motion that would take the big blocks out of hipo cars in the late 70's and install six cylinders and then sell the original motors for scrap)

[Fhakya]

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I say the big $$$ buyer shows up at the house to pick up the car and it turns out to be a Naldwin-Botion car. (As may may recall, this was the dealership down the street from Baldwin Motion that would take the big blocks out of hipo cars in the late 70's and install six cylinders and then sell the original motors for scrap)

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Wow, I don't read the site for a couple of days and it gets Uber-Nutty around here!

But even after reading through the whole thread, I'm still laughing my ass of at Steve's Post...just hit me right I guess

I'm going to check the batteries in my carbon dioxide detector now.