Hot Rods Want to sell it?

Slightly off topic here, but the ultimate way to say NO, was from an incident with Ettore Bugatti in the 30's, this is from Automobile quarterly, volume 6 # 1 by Ken W. Purdy. I still crack up when I read this, hope you all will too!

 

I was on a long road trip in my 46 Willys Jeep somewhere in Tennessee I think, a black SUV flagged me down off the highway, I pull over and they pull over behind me. 4 middle eastern guys in turbans all come out and start looking over the jeep.

After answering a bunch of their questions for a few minutes, the guy driving asks me how much I want for it. I told him it wasn't for sale, and besides that I'm in the middle of a 6,000 mile road trip and don't exactly know when I'll be back home home. They didn't press me to sell it at all, but I could tell they were like a kid in a candy store, I kind of wonder if they had ever seen one in person before!? They wanted photos of them sitting in the jeep, I didn't mind so I let them take some photos.

After talking with them some more, they said they were living in Vancouver (I think) heading to some city on the east coast to buy a strip mall and some other business. After I heard that, I thought to my self hm.... I wonder how much they would give me for my jeep!? what if I said $100k!? haha!

I don't want to sell any of my vehicles, but for the right price, they are all for sale I should have at least asked them how much they would be willing to give me for it.