"100K" Thing?

Shoyrtt · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:35 pm Post subject: "100K" Thing?

In the classified ads:

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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1714646

I just can't see with the current market that this car could be listed at 100K. So I sent a PM to the owner to see if it was a typo, no response. Rolling Eyes

My next thought was maybe it is a famous movie car from the 1979 Pink Panther film as listed. Maybe that justifies the hefty list price. I couldn't find a 1979 film. It looks like the closest date would be the 1978 movie Revenge of the Pink Panther, but its set in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, I skimmed through the movie without a Thing sighting.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28gn81_revenge-of-the-pink-panther-1978_shortfilms

Is this a 100K or 10K car? Question

GI Joe · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:26 pm Post subject:

There are some very expensive VW's in Cali... I see them on here all the time... Rolling Eyes

I did the same as you, on a sorta decent project roadster beetle(sedan with the lid chopped off)... Guy had it listed as a project at $29k(?)... I respectfully mentioned the suspected typo from $2900., and got a direct "don't be hateful" response email.. He was dead serious... Shocked

Anyway, I could see $10k on this Thing, as an Acupolco, but the movie heritage means crap to me.... Kinda like "magazine cars".... Not worth a premium to me.... Rolling Eyes

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Wildthings · Samba Member Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50352

Why wouldn't someone finish getting the wiring hooked up and a muffler installed before trying to sell a rig? Assuming you can't easily get the engine to run and take it out for a test drive, then maybe they will get $5000 if they are lucky. Maybe do some more subtractions for the lack of a windshield and whatever else is probably missing from the 316K miles of abuse this rig may well have seen.

Deckard · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:36 pm Post subject:

The sale price might be in Mexican pesos, since 100K equals $6,370US dollars

Shoyrtt · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:59 pm Post subject:

HMVWNAB · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:04 pm Post subject:

Must be Jon Voights thing.

Shoyrtt · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:55 pm Post subject:

I just got a response from the seller. It's not a typo. Surprised

I tried to talk him off the ledge. I sent him this comparable listing, without the movie car lineage: http://www.stellarautoplex.com/web/1923/vehicle/1495278

I called on the comp a while back and it was listed for under 25K.

Please note, I would love to see someone buy it at 100k. Bus prices are crazy right now (I'm looking) and if Thing prices start to match, I could really pad my retirement fund. Cool

Shoyrtt · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject:

GI Joe · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:59 pm Post subject:

GI Joe · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject:

Shoyrtt · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:03 pm Post subject:

Wildthings · Samba Member Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50352

Maybe we should start a poll as to what this particular Thing will sell for. Wink

I will stick with my value of $5000 though I think one could do better for that amount than buying this particular project car.

Note that the seller has changed the listing so that it doesn't mention the missing or incomplete wiring harness or the missing muffler. No longer any mention of the ridiculously low mileage claim either. I suspect it has a pile of other problems he isn't telling us about as well. Caveat emptor.

Ron Domeck · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:28 pm Post subject:

Looks like the ad has been deleted. Maybe some one jumped on this deal.

GI Joe · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:48 pm Post subject:

Yea, it was me.....I just couldn't let such a valuable Thing pass by.... Cool

I mean, think of the fan fare from ALL the hype from the Pink Panther series...I mean, Everyone Loved the Pink Panther movies... I mean, you Know this Thing will double in value in just a year or so....

You suckers can just sit and stew in envy!! Twisted Evil

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Shoyrtt · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:11 pm Post subject:

Damm you GI Joe! I really, really wanted to relive the Pink Panther movie that I have never seen (and may not even exist) and brag to all of my friends about the incredible find. Shocked

I guess i will have to live vicariously through you Joe and your "100K" Thing. Cool

Ron Domeck · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:52 am Post subject:

I guess I need to get more insurance on my Acapulco.


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