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Want2buyporsche
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:37 pm    Post subject: What would a concourse Thing cost Reply with quote
I have always been a fan of the Thing, and after not finding a Jeep as a beach cruiser, thinking maybe can find a perfect thing?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: What would a concourse Thing cost Reply with quote
Want2buyporsche wrote:
I have always been a fan of the Thing, and after not finding a Jeep as a beach cruiser, thinking maybe can find a perfect thing?


a.) A "Concours" Thing used as a beach cruiser? Shocked

b.) If you couldn't find a Jeep to use as a beach cruiser, you won't be able to find a Thing. There were only 64,000 181s made in North America versus 611,000 Jeep CJ-5's (that's just CJ-5's, mind you. Doesn't include CJ-7s, TJs, YJs, ad infinitum.)
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
In 2005, a Thing sold at Barrett-Jackson for $38,800.
Is that "concours" enough for your tastes?
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/auctionresults/common/cardetail.asp?id=178710
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
$38k for a car that has little or nothing to do with an "original" Thing.

The paint is wrong, the seats are wrong, the steering wheel wrong, and and and...

It's a pretty typical grossly overpriced Barret Jackson car.

For that kind of cash, I could have a fleet of very nice air cooled VWs and a Porsche or two as well.
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