Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Without thinking about how rare that body/engine combination is, the
> price does seem a bit high. But it's vintage and looks like it's all
> original equipment. <revision> Looked like a good price till I saw the
> age of the bike. It was made between 73 and 78, guess that could make a
> it cost more (better condition) or less (not really old).

Yeah I did some digging and came up with a price guide from 2 years ago 
giving an $1150-$1450 price on the A-350, some guy in Georgia is 
currently trying to sell his for $3500, someone in the UK has one 
they're trying to get £2300 (which is $4586), another place has some for 
$1200 but it notes they're not original paint job/condition...basically 
$4200 is kinda pricey, but not exorbitantly so given its quality.  3000 
A-350s were made from '72 to '74, for the Swiss military to be nice and 
rugged, half are apparently still in use 'til they swap later this year 
with some other brand.

Am waiting on opinion of mechanic friend before bouncing idea off of 
financial adviser; if can fix it up however it needs fixing, turn around 
and sell it for twice as much or more (dubious, given price range of 
other A-350s), will probably try to do that.  It's a damn sexy bike, 
though, and I'm not even particularly inclined to drool over vehicles. 
Wouldn't drive it myself, as I don't drive (don't like it, last time I 
did was when I got my license at 16) so most I'd do is be a passenger if 
that.  Would be nice to ride it at least once, though, just for sheer style.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.digitalartsuk.com

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