[165th]

The car at the Volo museum has a very original, untouched engine compartment. A sure sign is the 3 tape bands (red, white, blue) that hold the vacuum lines together on the passenger side near the carb. You can also see the part no. sticker on the gold cad plated vacuum pot on the pass. side carb just under the air cleaner assembly. One trip to the power wash, and those are gone.

These cars are priced pretty much by the number of miles, how much original paint is remaining, the condition of the paint and how unmolested the engine compartment is. This is primarily because there are so many TATA's that were preserved, and kept as collectors from new. Most of the low mileage cars don't have issues with rust, crash repair, heavy restorations etc. Generally, what you see is exactly how it was since new, with blemishes and 30 years of age showing. This is very different than a restored car.


As Quicksilver said, the console and radio can be fixed easily, however, the radios in these cars is one off, and fairly hard to find.

In my opinion, it's priced right for the condition. And NADA is spot on with their assessment of value.

[Father&Son73T/A]

Originally Posted by 165th

The car at the Volo museum has a very original, untouched engine compartment. A sure sign is the 3 tape bands (red, white, blue) that hold the vacuum lines together on the passenger side near the carb. You can also see the part no. sticker on the gold cad plated vacuum pot on the pass. side carb just under the air cleaner assembly. One trip to the power wash, and those are gone.

These cars are priced pretty much by the number of miles, how much original paint is remaining, the condition of the paint and how unmolested the engine compartment is. This is primarily because there are so many TATA's that were preserved, and kept as collectors from new. Most of the low mileage cars don't have issues with rust, crash repair, heavy restorations etc. Generally, what you see is exactly how it was since new, with blemishes and 30 years of age showing. This is very different than a restored car.


As Quicksilver said, the console and radio can be fixed easily, however, the radios in these cars is one off, and fairly hard to find.

In my opinion, it's priced right for the condition. And NADA is spot on with their assessment of value.

Is the band that hold the vacuum lines you speak of on this TATA the same on this photo?
This is my car.