ur-quattro collectability (a.k.a. Anton's dilemma)

[MHLIGGINS <MHLIGGINS@aol.com>]

     Based on your notes to the list, your are looking to add a bit of
performance to your car, but don't want to damage possible collector value.
My comment would be that you should make whatever changes you want to make to
make the car more desireable to YOU.  BUT, keep all stock parts removed from
the vehicle.  That way, when you decide to sell, the next owner will have the
option of maintaining the current configuration or returning it to full stock.
     It is not likely that these cars are going to escalate in value like the
A/C Cobras.  They were designed to turn left and right in a sport known as
"rallying".  In the U.S. the cars that escalate in value are those that are
designed to a) go in a straight line, or b) turn left only.  Rallying has not
caught on in the U.S. and isn't likely to (that's an observation, NOT the way
I'd like to see it BTW).  Since the car is designed to do something that very
few people in the U.S. are interested in, there is little likelihood that the
value will ever exceed the original price of the vehicle (if it ever gets back
to the original value.)  So if the UrQs are going to appreciate in value, it
won't be in the near future.
     UrQs are neat vehicles, it's just that very few people are interested in
buying one to do what they are capable of doing.  And the number of people who
are willing to pay COLLECTOR prices for them is practically nil these days.
(And that ain't likely to change any time soon, unfortunately.)
     So I think my comments in the first paragraph are not far out of line.

     Later.
     Marty Liggins
     Imperial Potentate, Bucksnort Quattro Club (Un-Inc.)