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polopharm
02-10-2018, 10:30 PM
Whose car is it? I don't recognize it
As always lots of comments on the "ugliness" , but also many positive ones.

Can someone please post the link of the blog where the guy freaks out when I drive past him.

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GTP#44
02-13-2018, 02:41 PM
Looks like the famous John Fitch"s car I know he lived in that area and it looks like it with new wheels and maybe paint.
They ripped out headliner and painted it black ...that makes me sad...

wheming
02-13-2018, 04:15 PM
^^^ That's who i was trying to think of! Thanks.

Chris W
02-13-2018, 05:08 PM
Looks like the famous John Fitch"s car I know he lived in that area and it looks like it with new wheels and maybe paint.
They ripped out headliner and painted it black ...that makes me sad...

John Fitch's car is on Long Island being driven by his Granddaughter. Our clutch vendor recently helped her with a few problems which is why I don't believe its the same car.

Chris-TU

Rrider
02-13-2018, 09:25 PM
John Fitch's car was red/black, the BAT auction is for a white/black car. Looks so good on the Gold mesh wheels!

Seems that either #18 or Johnny's car was the first to get the aero front wheel openings. The BAT car is #17 and has the round wheel openings.

https://youtu.be/poY25yKhoyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xeZyj5ymLc

Johnny
02-14-2018, 02:47 PM
I do want to see info on the 18 car!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do know, from the GTPlist...it is white/tender blue.

Thrillz
02-14-2018, 03:17 PM
Mine is car #21 and it still has the round wheel openings. The #17 car there only has 1 fan on the back though, so somewhere between 17 and 21 they switched to 2.

Johnny
02-14-2018, 04:03 PM
Mine is car #21 and it still has the round wheel openings. The #17 car there only has 1 fan on the back though, so somewhere between 17 and 21 they switched to 2.

Is your car a 1990? is 21 the last two numbers of your vin?????

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Because 21 (last of the vin on a 1990), 1990 is a targa converted to electric.

Thrillz
02-15-2018, 12:18 AM
Is your car a 1990? is 21 the last two numbers of your vin?????

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Because 21 (last of the vin on a 1990), 1990 is a targa converted to electric.

The last three digits of mine are 008, but I read the owners manual front to back and in there it says those race car tags are the order they were built in. I'll try find it again.

bfarroo
02-15-2018, 12:50 AM
The electric car looks like a roadster like mine. If you look at the pics close it doesn't have the same profile and the targa hoop. it's much more slim and doesn't have support for a window.

Johnny
02-15-2018, 12:55 AM
I see a targa bar.... just the old style.

polopharm
02-15-2018, 07:05 AM
Nice ad. I had never seen it before. Any idea on how well it performed in terms of range etc?

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Johnny
02-15-2018, 10:45 AM
No, but I know a guy in Texas that has one (same one?). Talked to him a couple years ago. Owns a company who converts cars to electric.
He had planned on updating everything to modern day technology electric.

Johnny
02-15-2018, 10:49 AM
I guess I should post a photo of his....

Johnny
02-15-2018, 10:52 AM
I do have this from the electric car program....

Rrider
02-15-2018, 02:33 PM
The BAT auction car VIN does end in #017, which matches the "race car 17" plaque. None of the other cars seem to match like that one does though. Mosler may have just randomly picked VIN numbers and built them out of order. Or maybe the builds were started in order, but the builds were finished on wildly different time frames, so earlier VIN numbers finished later.

player1up
02-16-2018, 10:06 AM
I've found that the VINs on these cars are definitely interesting.
For example the 10th digit is the year and in this case its a J ( 1988 ) and according to the build list, they were only produced for 2 years, 88 ( J ) and 90 ( L )
From the build list they are pretty sequential up to 17 but I think you're right. The cars could easily been "built out of order"

Johnny
02-16-2018, 02:36 PM
30 minutes left and over 35k...........

bostongsx
02-16-2018, 03:31 PM
WOW! I thought I overpaid last year, I'm feeling better now.

Rottie
02-16-2018, 03:36 PM
What a great finish to that auction. Lots of action!!

Ryanwild86@yahoo.com
02-16-2018, 04:40 PM
Well guys I put up a good fight but ran out of gas at the end. Who here has a car to sell me? I'm ready to move on one and have been looking for a while.

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Ill overpay for yours.


WOW! I thought I overpaid last year, I'm feeling better now.

2.216VTurbo
02-17-2018, 03:03 AM
52K is strong, benchmark for them I'd say.

Chris W
02-17-2018, 06:11 PM
It actually sold for $55K. but what a shocker for us all. I need to contact my classic insurance company to up the value.

Chris-TU