Love the marketing humor Mark!
FWIW That $80k Spitfire came from a FOT member - Me!
Good luck w/ Killer!
Terry
> On Jul 22, 2025, at 02:22, Mark Bradakis via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Well, currently Spitfires are selling for $80,000 as we all know. That's
> for a complete, running, driveable car. Which Killer is not. So I would be
> willing to settle for 1/4th the price, $20,000. Oh what the ... for FOT
> members I'll cut it to $15,000.
>
> I imagine JS Performance in Ohio could source a nice motor and gearbox for a
> mere $30,000 or so. So far that would be $45,000 for a running car. Way
> below the 80 grand mark! Such a deal!!
>
> Okay, time to be serious. Knock a couple of zeroes off that $80,000 and
> you'd be getting closer to what I would actually expect out of the car. The
> wheels alone, Keizer 13 x 6 in the front, 13 x 8 in the back, are probably
> worth a few bucks. Well, once cleaned up and polished. And the rear spring,
> lowering block and welded diff are worth having, at least to someone.
>
> But the car has been sitting outside under a tarp for close to two decades.
> It is dirty, rust starting to form on some surfaces. Not a pretty sight.
> Pugs and I put a LOT of effort into building that car, it deserves better
> than what I can give it. I am pretty sure I will not get around to getting
> it going again in my remaining years.
>
> Would be nice to see it come back to life. Who knows, maybe someday some
> young kid will have a Buddy Palermo moment in the parking lot of the VTR host
> hotel at a future convention, roaring around and scaring the paying customers
> in a resurrected Killer.
>
> A few pics of Killer as it sits at the moment. That rotting hulk of a TR7 is
> another sad story. Sigh.
>
> I will consider all offers. Offered as is, where is. My trick, tilting,
> made for Spitfires trailer was stolen a few years back, so I can't help with
> transport. The carcass sits in Salt Lake City, Utah.
>
> mjb.
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