I wonder if I know him either from other forums or through common aquaintences? The Quad4 and especially the W41 community is pretty close knit.
Odd that it took him that long - I could find one in a few weeks at any given point in time, for anywhere between $500 and $5000 depending on condition. Achieva SCX's are easier to find than Calais as they were built for 2 years totaling 1646 units vs one year and 204 442's, but the Achieva is still going to be very collectable, with a real racing pedigree and limited production. My trip with this discussion is that there's only one W41 of either model that anyone knows of nationwide that could bring that kind of money, and the owner has turned down literally dozens of offers over the last few years.
In any event, I'd sure like to talk to your boss sometime, since I can't see his car from here, lol! Congratulate him on the find for me, and let him know it's coming from someone who knows the car very well indeed. I really wish my W41 car hadn't been such a fiasco, I really wanted that car.
