Marshy

Anyone want to take a run at these questions for a GT newb ?

For the car listed below:

1) Is the cage OEM or aftermarket ?

2) What's the bottom line$$ on this car taking into consideration the spec and season of the year ?

http://www.thomasclassics.com/web/us...-Ohio/4750703/

TIA,

Geoff

Izzone

That is a gen 1 997 clubsport cage

Marshy

Thanks for the information !

Geoff

Serge944

I don't see any reason you can't get it down to at least 130k. There is a similar car listed for $130k in SoCal.

Marshy

I like your thinking on this Serge.

Geoff

volpenyc

Seems a little odd to install six-point harnesses with *** seats...I would ask if the previous owner of the car had different seats installed (which probably means he tracked the car)....just my $0.02 .....

Marshy

Good thought. I'll ask when I'm in contact with them again tomorrow.

Geoff

NorthVan

+1, I thought the same thing. He has harnesses in the car, so he must have had them.

Targa Tim

harness + roll cage + *** seats = all show and no go

Marshy

Thanks again for the extra input fellas.

I suppose the PO might have had 2 sets of seats originally, then pulled the GT3/GT2 seats when he put the vehicle up for sale.

Seems like too much of a coincidence that they'd have the matching leather seats with deviated yellow stitching. No ??

Geoff

NorthVan

Very likely he had what is commonly called GT2 seats.

You can buy them new (or used) and install them easily. The harnesses may not be useful without the other parts, particularly the buckle which would be attached to the sub mount bar.

Nugget

This seems very likely. The OEM seats which can be used with harnesses cost about $8K and basically do not depreciate. It's common for owners to buy the seats, install them, track the car, then sell them in a wash sale right before they trade/sell the car.

Leaving the "GT2" seats in the car isn't going to add $7K to the sale price, so it makes sense to part them out before sale if you've got the original seats to put back in.

tcsracing1

im willing to bet the previous owner bought a set of GT2 seats for track days and pulled em' for the trade in/sale.

He should have removed roll bar and harnesses along with the seats. Lazy i suppose.

Hot car all the same. Only needs GT2 seats to get back on the track!

BartN (TX)

Really. At very minimum pull the harnesses out. They're the last remaining real telltale item that it's been tracked. Lots of folks like the 'look' of the roll bar even for the street.

GT3DE

I don't think he had other seats in that car. If he did, they were not in there for much of the 7k miles. Look at the close-up shot of the side of the seats and you will see the wear on it from getting in and out of the car. Those seats have been there for most if not all of those 7k miles.