10/22/10

I'm in a bit of a quandary, again. I have a plan which might just get me out of debt. Unfortunately it involves selling my one asset with any true value, The Seven. When I posed the idea to one of my friends, he asked why don't I sell Nadine instead. I said that selling Nadine would be like taking an antacid for my upset stomach. Selling The Seven would be like having the appendectomy to actually cure what ails me. In other words, Nadine probably wouldn't fetch the money I need to get out of debt whereas The Seven could. I'm thinking about putting it up on e-Bay (because I don't know how to use Doug’s List, or whatever it is called) with a reserve of $20,000.000 and a “Buy it Now” of $25k. Those amounts would zero-out my debt, and then some. I could probably take a little less and sell it as a roller so I can keep that engine, and especially those carburetors, for the Spitfire. Another thought which puts chills up and down my spine just thinking about the work involved, would be to swap the hot rod A-14 back in to appeal to the “I gotta have more power than that” idiots out there. Were I to do that, it would get a four speed so I could keep that fiver. Besides, fifth gear is useless with that engine. I really don't want to swap engines again though. I suppose, if I were to sell it as a roller, I could throw in that Zetec engine I have sitting in Marty Smith’s shop. In fact, I'd probably throw it in no matter how I sell the thing. No, not unless I get first dibs on the existing engine and transmission. I don't see how I can arrange for that to happen unless I sell it to someone I know. No one I know has the disposable income to buy it. Well, I probably know one or two folks. Hell, if I were out of debt I'd just about have the disposable income to afford it. How’s that for irony? Yeah, it’ll hurt having to let that car go, but a nice pile of cash might ease the pain. Except all that cash would be gone immediately. Hmm. That sucks. OK, so I can't think about the money coming in, but I can think about the money that won't be going out as fast. And then there’s the fact that I'll have at least one, and maybe two if I renege on the offer to John, Triumphs at my disposal to fill my top-down hooning needs. Have I ever mentioned that I have always wanted a Spitfire? Anyhoo, I guess I really shouldn't be getting my hopes up like this. There is no telling what the reaction will be to my price. It is possible that all I'll get are “flames” telling me I'm high. Well, I don't “want” to sell it, nor do I really “need” to sell it. I am “willing” to sell it and by selling it I'll dig myself out of a hole. If it doesn't sell I'm no worse off than I am now, except for the e-Bay fees. But what are you going to do? Well, I'm going to do something else for a while. I probably won't be back to talk to y'all again until Monday so... deal with it.