**You and Gus are indeed correct. I did not factor in the "Wine & Cheeser
Rallies". That's not what Glen Wallace and I do with our antique rally cars,
however. In fact, my Capri still rallies against modern Subarus and Toyotas,
as well as Historic Class.

**Helmets, cages, fire suppression, tow cables, medical kit, as in REAL
rallying. Through the forest, hammer and tongs, not on a mirrored turntable
with flower petals and girls serving Moet. LOL!

**I did indeed underestimate the fatted class' appetite for the competition
gear that maybe 300 or so of us earnest rallyist actually need for our full
competition cars. Once again, the people who need the stuff get out-moneyed
by posers. Such is life I guess. We'll use a stopwatch, shrug.

From: <Lenpicton@...>

> You are underestimating the numbers. I have been buying and selling Haldas
> for over 10 years. Recently I stopped simply because the numbers on the
> ground
> are getting very thin. Historic rallying is very big in Europe. Lots of
> events have 100 to 150 entrants. I belong to the Historic Rally Car
> Register in
> the UK. They have over 2000 members and publish their own slick paper
> magazine.
> That's just the UK. Then there's the show car guys who restore something
> as
> a rally car and need a Halda to stick in there even if they never connect
> it.
> Then there are the collectors. I could go on.
> Len
>
> In a message dated 5/21/2008 7:54:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> blitz@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Who in the hell are buying these? They are antiques. It's like buying old
> tone arms when you don't even have a phonograph player. The old people who
> need antique rally meters are people who are fitting out antique rally
> cars.
> How many of us are there? Like 200 or 300 worldwide? All vying to buy
> 5000
> Haldas worldwide? How weird. Just weird. I don't think so. I think there
> are
> some vested sellers (and some clueless "wall-hanger decor" buyers) who
> are
> buying and selling to each other to keep market prices artificially
> inflated. Norm
>
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