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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Ha! That 15 year old ripping through killer=
=E2=80=99s gears in the VTR hotel parking lot about 30 years ago was me!&nbs=
p;<div><br></div><div>Mark, you boys from the Fat Chance Garage really set t=
he hook for me. Especially when I finished my hot lap of the hotel and y=E2=80=
=99all told me to go around again and push it harder! The blue hairs must of=
loved that, not. What a good influence you were on me =F0=9F=98=82&nb=
sp;</div><div><br></div><div>I guess that day I WAS Buddy Palumbo, but it wa=
sn=E2=80=99t my last, it was my first open road!<br><div><br id=3D"lineBreak=
AtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dusty Nicholson <div>281-871-9=
623</div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jul 22, 202=
5, at 10:33=E2=80=AFAM, David Cutter via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrot=
e:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=
=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Terry, tell us the story on your Spit! Were you su=
rprised at the BaT auction final price? Why do you think it went so hi=
gh?<div><br></div><div>I am sure all of us with Spitfires in the shed sent t=
hat auction to our friends/family/significant others and said something to t=
he effect of "I told you I was sitting on a gold mine." </div><d=
iv><br></div><div>:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Shelby just smiled at me when=
I showed her your auction.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, </div><div=
>Dave and Shelby</div><div>Spit #142</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 2=
2, 2025 at 9:08=E2=80=AFAM Terry Sopher via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@au=
tox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Love the marketing humor Mark!<br>
<br>
FWIW That $80k Spitfire came from a FOT member - Me!<br>
<br>
Good luck w/ Killer!<br>
<br>
Terry<br>
<br>
> On Jul 22, 2025, at 02:22, Mark Bradakis via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:=
fot@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> =EF=BB=BFWell, currently Spitfires are selling for $80,000 as we all kn=
ow. 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. O=
h what the ... for FOT members I'll cut it to $15,000.<br>
> <br>
> I imagine JS Performance in Ohio could source a nice motor and gearbox f=
or a mere $30,000 or so. So far that would be $45,000 for a running ca=
r. Way below the 80 grand mark! Such a deal!!<br>
> <br>
> Okay, time to be serious. Knock a couple of zeroes off that $80,0=
00 and you'd be getting closer to what I would actually expect out of the ca=
r. The wheels alone, Keizer 13 x 6 in the front, 13 x 8 in the back, are pro=
bably worth a few bucks. Well, once cleaned up and polished. And=
the rear spring, lowering block and welded diff are worth having, at least t=
o someone.<br>
> <br>
> But the car has been sitting outside under a tarp for close to two deca=
des. It is dirty, rust starting to form on some surfaces. Not a p=
retty 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 g=
et around to getting it going again in my remaining years.<br>
> <br>
> Would be nice to see it come back to life. Who knows, maybe somed=
ay 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 payin=
g customers in a resurrected Killer.<br>
> <br>
> A few pics of Killer as it sits at the moment. That rotting hulk o=
f a TR7 is another sad story. Sigh.<br>
> <br>
> I will consider all offers. Offered as is, where is. My tri=
ck, tilting, made for Spitfires trailer was stolen a few years back, so I ca=
n't help with transport. The carcass sits in Salt Lake City, Utah.<br>=
> <br>
> mjb.<br>
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