You are correct you never seem to see correctly restored GTR s sell or even being sold.
Usually after people spend that much money and work, they do not sell them.
I remember about 18 months ago, someone from OK sold a beautiful red GTR that our Richard Clark
has owned before. It was really nice, much better than that one on ebay now, it was NOT rusty and
did not require the chrome to be redone. It was a really nice original bike that had been well taken
care of. I think it sold for 3500$ Which I feel was low.
That Dave guy on ebay is dreaming, 5000$ for it, since it needs 3500$ worth of chrome. Even though
it looks nice from a distance, it is still a restoration project. I would est it 3000$ tops, but that is
just my opinion. I bet he has something to say about my opinion. Ha ha. He is on this board but never
post anything except to promote his stuff. However he seems to be getting top dollar plus for some items.
Most people seem to pay 1500$ then restore it. as a rule of thumb all bikes will require chrome
so no need to pay too much for something to re-chrome anyway.
I heard Jay Leno paid 10,000 for one still in the crate, however I am not sure.
I think a properly restored GTR would being 8000$ easy. but they would most likely have that much in it too.
It will be interesting to see what the one that Steve and Richard are doing now, turns out. Looks like
Steve Reed is doing the work and Richard Clark will be supplying the parts.
Just my two cents worth.
Jeff Bar