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Originally Posted by eaglesan13
In 1978 I was an apprentice mechanic at a local Lincoln Mercury dealer. I got assigned to do a Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) on a new Bobcat. The Bobcat was the Mercury version of the Ford Pinto. While it was a little more "upscale" than the Pinto, they were basically the same car. I got the car in my stall and some guy comes over to talk to me. He's the new owner, having already purchased the car. He tells me he wants all the protective plastic stuff on the carpet, seats and steering wheel left in place. When I asked why, he said since the Bobcat/Pinto was being discontinued, he purchased the car as an investment. He thinks it's going to go up in value, so he intends to take it home, put it up on jack stands, and store the car and sell it for big money some day. I remember thinking to myself, it's a f-ing Pinto!
Whenever I see cars like this one on eBay, I always wonder what ever became of that Bobcat, and what it might be worth today.
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I don't know what it would be worth. A guess might be around $7500.00 if he never drove it. Truthfully, it would have been worth more as a Pinto today as some Ford dealer may have wanted it on their showroom today. With Mercury out of business, that plan goes away. Along the same line, we have an excellent little car show in my home town each year. They close off the streets and do a nice job. Last year there was a plain Jane white 71 Vega 2 door. Few options but it did have a white and black houndstooth kinda looking interior. It was just in immaculate condition. I could tell it was unrestored. Looked in the window and it had 1500 miles on it. I remember thinking the same thing. What's the most $$ this car could possibly be worth? 5-6 K? Why would someone collect it? I guess the same reason people collect Pacers, Gremlins and Yugo's.