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Originally Posted by mdemyanek This CAV appears to be an earlier CAV chassis without the numerous upgrades deemed necessary by many in the know. The car has never been registered which begs the question - why not?
Hypothetically, it wouldn't do me or anyone else much good even for $50k if it was determined that another $50k was necessary to get it road-worthy for registration. "Clear title" doens't mean the same thing at all.
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$50K to get an early CAV on the road??? Are you planning to gold plate the thing?
IMHO While I think $85K pricing is stretch thinking on e-Bay (it's not exactly Barrett-Jackson), I have one of the earliest MONO CAVs and I use it as a weekend driver and the modifications to drive it were minimal. (I have a little over 3K miles on the car). Most of the mods I've done (except the paint) were "sweat equity" and with the help of the factory were mostly minor changes. Heck, my rear wheels are even in the center of the wheel well
Bob Childress has taken his CAV to a level that is spectacular and I suspect he will end up with a top shelf car comparable to anybody. I've been offered $75K for my car several times and one never knows what the market will bear when I choose to sell it. If I was to e-bay the thing I would start as a minimum bid $65K and buy now at $80K and see what happens. But then I'd have taken the $75K bid if I owed the car in question. A similiar optioned CAV with a Roush engine and ZF recently auctioned here locally for $79K and I think that is market for the injected engine and ZF.
Now if I wanted to turn my car into a nose bleed capabable track day trailer queen, then the rear suspension link kit, the roll bars, the ZF, the MOTEC, 17 inch wheels and other goodies might make sense. But that would never approach $50K and given the license tag on the e-bay car (California) it appears to be road worthy.
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