How much is too Much ?

[Rod Diery]

Originally posted by Plushy
Hi Everyone ,
This question is more related to the Aussies on the Forum . The question is how much money is too much for a Blitz ?. After some interesting bargaining over the last few days i was wondering roughly what people think a Blitz is worth?.I found a F15A with a crane attched on the rear its missing the doors but has the engine still in and the engine cover after approaching the owner he asked what i thought it was worth so i said if it was running i would have thought 800 max [as that was what i had seen at clearance sales ]. He then told me how it belonged to him and his father before him and how rare these trucks are and so on and so forth he then told me he couldn`t part with it for less than 2000 . So are my price estimates wrong ? i dont think they are as so far i havent paid over 400 for any of my Blitz`s yet .

Any one have any ideas or comments on this ??

Cheers Plushy

This rusty old C15A was an ex radio van located in Albany, Western Australia. I contacted the owner of it about ten years ago and he told me I could have it for nothing.

Stupidly I did nothing about it until about two years later. I then found out that the owner had died so I had to talk to one of his sons. The son told me that it was a one of a kind truck and that it was worth at least $5000.00.

I told the son he was dreaming but he was adamant so I left it at that. The C15A was parked close to the road verge and about a year later the Albany Town Council impounded it, towed it away and crushed it at the local tip.

Sadly this is a fairly common story. Many people who have old vehicles, whether they are CMPs or whatever, can only see the prices that fully restored vehicles can bring. They do not appreciate the time and effort involved in restoration not to mention the money spent by the restorers.

Cheers
Rod