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yikes! but if you read into the article and assume a million to restore recreate you will at least break even selling it and potentially find up to 2 million in profit - not a bad deal but, still, yikes!
 
JPSmit said:
yikes! but if you read into the article and assume a million to restore recreate you will at least break even selling it and potentially find up to 2 million in profit - not a bad deal but, still, yikes!
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That’s a lot of “ifs”
 
NutmegCT said:
How to make a million dollars in classic cars: start with two million.
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True, but not so much at this (Ferrari) level. North of Toronto is the company that made this:

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They had a bugatti chassis so, even thought the body is completely new (in Magnesium) it is considered a rebodied Bugatti and not a replica. They had to create methods to bend the metal (resulting in patents) they had to commission specially created tires for it (I think they ordered a dozen) I don't remember the exact dollars but, I do recall that they paid 4000 euros to get the original engine fan back to increase the provenance. I do know that they made money (6 zero money) on the sale. These cars and their buyers/sellers are in an entirely different orbit than we are - and frankly if they do lose their pockets are more than deep enough to absorb it. :cheers:
 
The guys that play with these are swimming tidal pools at their Mediterranean villas, while I am relaxing in a kiddie pool in my humble backyard.
 
I like the car in the same lot that came with the post that fell on it. At least you can use the light post while you are spending years and millions fixing the car.
 
waltesefalcon said:
The guys that play with these are swimming tidal pools at their Mediterranean villas, while I am relaxing in a kiddie pool in my humble backyard.
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You’re doing much better…. I use the grandkids slip-n-slide :ROFLMAO:
 
JPSmit said:
True, but not so much at this (Ferrari) level. North of Toronto is the company that made this:

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They had a bugatti chassis so, even thought the body is completely new (in Magnesium) it is considered a rebodied Bugatti and not a replica. They had to create methods to bend the metal (resulting in patents) they had to commission specially created tires for it (I think they ordered a dozen) I don't remember the exact dollars but, I do recall that they paid 4000 euros to get the original engine fan back to increase the provenance. I do know that they made money (6 zero money) on the sale. These cars and their buyers/sellers are in an entirely different orbit than we are - and frankly if they do lose their pockets are more than deep enough to absorb it. :cheers:
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I watched the entire build on "Restoration Garage" from inception to the eventual sale.
Brilliant work, informative and most entertaining.
 
equiprx said:
I watched the entire build on "Restoration Garage" from inception to the eventual sale.
Brilliant work, informative and most entertaining.
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I have seen it in person - it is an amazing car
 
NutmegCT said:
JP - that car sure reminds me of the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS:

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Tom, it you're ever at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, they have a Bugatti airplane there. It was stored in a cave during WWII to prevent the nazi's from getting their hands on it.
That said, the plane has the engine ~behind~ the pilot and the prop is driven by a drive shaft that runs under the pilots feet! It's a strange plane indeed. Don't ask me how it is balanced with the engine so far aft.
 
Thanks Elliot. I got to see that twin-engine Bugatti a/c at the EAA museum when I made my cross country drive in the old Mercedes-Benz.

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You couldn't pay me enough to sit in that cockpit, with the twin propshafts turning at ten bazillion rpm a few inches from the pilot's legs. eek

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A replica of the a/c, was destroyed in a crash back in 2016.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBugatti100pProject/posts/1459891730754628
 
Restoration or recreation when you only have a few original bits. I've wondered about that same thing when I've seen photos and stories about some aircraft rebuilds from old recovered wrecks that have little of the original structure remaining.
 
mikephillips said:
Restoration or recreation when you only have a few original bits. I've wondered about that same thing when I've seen photos and stories about some aircraft rebuilds from old recovered wrecks that have little of the original structure remaining.
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My understanding of that is (and it may be incorrect now) as long as you have the actual build/identification plate from the aircraft, you can essentially construct an entirely new aircraft of the exact same type and it is considered the same plane. You can't use a small plane identification plate (use a Piper Cub for example) and construct a jet fighter (and then register it as a Piper Cub), but in theory you could build an entirely new Cub from parts and it would legally be the airplane that is indicated on the identification plate.

Cars get more picky especially depening on the state you are in - legally you can't build a whole new car from parts and rivet the VIN tags from a wrecked car onto it, even if you have own the wrecked car and have all the paperwork to prove it. It probably happens anyway, if you are a good enough restorer who would know but by law you aren't supposed to do that.
 
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