GRM Group car buy? Bloomington IL?

Is there any way this is legit? What do we think the seller is asking for the whole bunch? What would an auction company pay?

https://lasalle.craigslist.org/cto/d/bloomington-collection-for-sale/6814196041.html

mtn do you know this person?

Collection for sale as one lot

Will not price individual cars
They are worth what you think they are worth

All or none for best reasonable offer

1967 Alfa Duetto (needs throw-out bearing)
1970 Triumph Spitfire RAF clone (revs quick, burns oil, spare motor and lots of parts)
1971 Alfa Spider (rough stripped down body and parts)
1979 Alfa Spider (+/- $20K invested, ton of work and parts, won't start)
1982 Fiat X1/9 Bertone (ripe for Hayabusa, fair to good as is, needs wheel bearing)
1991 Ford Superduty (F450) Rollback (new clutch, trans, pumps, batteries, lines, many misc new parts, rides nice, great on Interstate or metro-traffic, slow drips engine oil and rollback hyd fluid, recent inspection)
1999 Suburban LT C1500 (new GM-waranty motor, drive anywhere, solid, reliable with tow package)
2000 Lotus Esprit V8 (needs engine rebuild, 1/1 silver with red interior)
2004 Mini Cooper (35K-miles)


Must sell soon
Big time opportunity and big time bargain for someone

Located in heated storage and garages in Bloomington IL

Interested buyers are welcome to call
Serious buyers are welcome to visit

Three Zero Nine 45-243-81
All calls are screened - please leave a message or respond by CL e-mail

I have no idea on the duetto, but in the rest I see maybe 20-30k.

Interesting because they are all cars right up our alley, and some could be valueable models, but they all need work. 

Seems legit in CL fashion. 

hmmmm.......needs sold quick but doesn't put a price and doesn't want to separate....think he'll take 2 hundred for the lot? 

Yeah seems CL legit. 

I’m in for tree-fiddy

I don't think I know that person, but I'm not sure. If he is really located in LaSalle/Peru, there is a good chance my FIL knows who it is, but it sounds like Bloomington. 

In any case, posting deleted.

Were there any pictures before the posting got deleted? I live in Bloomington but don't know anyone with that collection. The phone number is definitely the correct area code.

karplus2 said:

Were there any pictures before the posting got deleted? I live in Bloomington but don't know anyone with that collection. The phone number is definitely the correct area code.

Is that Emanuel’s old RX8 in your profile? And did you used to drive a focus?

In reply to karplus2 :

There were some pics - a nice looking later silver Esprit with the stock wing on back, and a few other cars that I couldn’t really focus on after seeing the Esprit...

Single pic of dark blue X1/9 looked OK on the left side.... Duetto looked OK on the left. Right side of spitfire looked as OK as it could. Esprit was the only other pic.Weird add, did he steal them??

What's sort of weird is that the ad was up for like 11 days before I saw it and posted it here. And then it was deleted in like an hour.

Just a coincidence I'm sure, but still weird.

I figured someone with a collection like that would be taking them to autocrosses, and that we might know one or some of the cars from autox or other driving events.

Robbie said:

What's sort of weird is that the ad was up for like 11 days before I saw it and posted it here. And then it was deleted in like an hour.

Just a coincidence I'm sure, but still weird.

I figured someone with a collection like that would be taking them to autocrosses, and that we might know one or some of the cars from autox or other driving events.

I’d wager that 90% of all vintage fiats and Alfa’s never see the road let alone the track/parking lot. I think the Mini is the only thing that I’d expect to see at an autocross, and they’re too common to single them out.