• Registered: 2009-09-08
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Topic: valuing two for one

How do you value a car when the purchase includes a parts car?  I mean obviously we would sell mostly everything on the parts car, and sell the tub for scrap, this would probably bring our cost down to zero.  How is that handled?  One runs, one is yuck.

BTW-I tried to search and came up empty

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  • Registered: 2009-08-28
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Re: valuing two for one

Last year I bought a Ford Escort circle track car, it came with a doner street car.  When I told the BS judge that I had bought two cars he simply cut the value in half and then asked me what I had done to the car.  Dunno if that is offical or not but thats how it worked for me.

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3 Reply by Judge Phil (edited by MurileeMartin 2009-09-30 12:32 PM)

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Re: valuing two for one

It's a gray area once you get into multiple-car deals, which means it's up to the judges' discretion, i.e., what kind of mood we're in at the time. If you've obsessively documented everything (no, that doesn't mean showing us cryptic emails from parts buyers on your damn iPhone), you might be OK. If the cars are Miatas, you're probably screwed.

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  • Registered: 2009-09-08
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Re: valuing two for one

v6 camaro's

Lemons CMP spring- Dorkis Craptastic Racing-82nd place
Lemons CMP fall-Team Phoenix-Risen from asses!  We try again!!
Same car, but now we have a theme!  So at least we will look good while broke!
  • Registered: 2009-08-28
  • Posts: 606

Re: valuing two for one

dweymer wrote:

v6 camaro's

Groooooooovey!

Team Sucker Punch: Winner Class B Doing Time at Joliet 2023 Autobahn ,Winner Org Choice award Were the Elite Meet to Cheat 2015
Chevy Camaro (Tiger striped #38)  (1989-2017 RIP old friend)
Chevy Corvette 1984......and still racing!