Seriously?

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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

I would guess if you factored in labour costs for any work he hasn't done himself and then also his personal labour costs, it probably comes out to maybe £60k including the results of firing an expensive parts cannon at it.

However, a rough but bodily sound 240 could be picked up for about £2k, an MoT failure Lexus LS400 for ~£1k, transplant the engine and box, fitting the Volvo tailshaft extension and housing to the auto box, fabricate engine mounts to suit and whatever else needs doing, find someone to spray it at mates rates and i reckon you're into about £6k total by that time, doing it all yourself.

You'll then have a lively 250bhp V8 that looks good for a tenth of what this guy says he spent on an older engine conversion.

Someone might actually be willing to shell out most of that £6k to buy it after you've had your fun in it too!

I take your point Dave. I think the seller must have included his own time charged at £50/hour to get to £60,000. One of the issues mitigating against the modified 240 is that (on paper at least) it is still a 39 year old 140,000 mile vehicle with no provenance. Not many folk will be keen to shell out £16,000 on that.

You make a good point about a Lexus V8 conversion - and perhaps ending up with a better vehicle. As a project for oneself that might be fun - and bringing it is at 6 grand would be a good challenge, but if one tried to sell it I wonder whether many folk would take a chance on a highly modified car with no provenance for £6,000?

There might also be an issue registering the Rover V8 240 as an historic vehicle when the time comes - if that proved to be a problem then it would become an expensive sheet anchor rather than an interesting assett.

Just the musings of a grumpy many with a beard before taking Bob for his first walk of the day.