Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The uber-rare Saratoga top

Back in the 80's, I remember hearing about a company called Saratoga that made plexiglass targa tops for cars with a factory solid targa top like the Porsche 914 and the Ferrari 308. The Saratoga company went out of business many years ago and their tops are extremely hard to find. Mention one of these tops to people in the 308 GTS community and everyone starts salivating. Having one go one sale is like the shark tank at feeding time. One of these uber-rare tops popped up on eBay last week and just closed on Sunday. The result? 35 bids and a selling price of $2,635.00! Wow! Sure, it'd be cool to have one, but $2600? I bought a BMW E30 325is for half that! What an odd comparative...car...Saratoga top...car...Saratoga top...