How rare is this?
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How rare is this?
Seller states this car left the St Louis Plant in primer.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1981-...QQcmdZViewItem
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I'm quite sure I've never heard "rare" and '81 used in the same sentence before now.
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That was almost funny, but valuable or not is in the eyes of the collector, you have to admit it is rare!!!
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But even rare doesn't mean a thing if no one wants something. According to the Black Book at least one documented case of a "SPEC" primered car left the factory but others could exist. But the code was SPEC, not SPC (see ebay pic of tag) from what I have seen.
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You hit the nail right on the head. Rare, by definition, means that they are hard to find. This doesn't translate to desirable or valuable. A great example is the three speed manual transmission. Rare and for a good reason. No one wanted it.
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Will this type of very rare option ever carry over to value? I don't very much at all IMO