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Oct 27th, 2021, 11:16 | #1201 |
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So as I understand it the first owner died after having the car for two years. It was then stored by his daughter for a further 10 years. He then talked of long periods of no use, no mot until an enthusiastic bought it in 2017 as a non runner and recommissioned it, he bought it in 2018, and it had mot, but when it ran out he still uses it without it being mot’d, so it’s still in use but without mot! It is apparently fairly mint, with a little rust, but not on any of the brown paintwork, which looking at the latest pics it’s on the black wheel well or well on opposite side. It has a couple of bird poo marks on roof. I would say it’s probably worth 3k or close to what he was asking last year, but not the 5k now! |
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The bit about driving it around London with no MoT is astounding - there must be hundreds on ANPS cameras on poles and in vans between Twickenham and Luton. I suppose the chap is just chancing his arm in advertising the motor car at £5,000. It is probably quite nice, but only very good cars will make that much. I'm guessing it didn't sell at £3,500 last year, so its value isn't that high, perhaps between £2,500 and £3,000? Alan
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I noticed this old motor car for sale:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255198433...53.m1438.l2649 I like it: a fair bit of rust around the windscreen, and more on the rear wheel arches - which will need sorting and probably lead to finding a bit more here and there. The inside looks nice though, and it has a bit of history. How much will it go for: well, it is firmly in the 'middling cars' category, and still 6 years from qualifying as an historic vehicle, so £2,000 or there about?
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If it's a private sale, probably £1500-2000, if a dealer gets involved, who knows!
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I'm still not convinced there is sufficient mark up for a dealer if the motor car costs him £2,000. I have just checked those three 240s that are advertised on C&C that we discussed a few weeks ago (see the links above). There were variously for sale at £4,000 to £8,000 and none has sold in the intervening period. They all look like nice cars, probably a bit better than this one could be made to be, and all have better provenance. My point is that dealers may ask very high prices, but I'm far from convinced they ever (or hardly ever) materialise. If the bits of rust were sorted on this motor car, it has a good service and was well presented I'd still only see it at the top of the 'middling cars' range (so £3,000); if it was made really shiny then it might sneak into the 'very good' category - but I don't think it would be as good as the £4,000 one in one of the C&C links above, which puts its top value around £3,500. Now, how much would it cost to get it there? That rust around the window is quite a big issue because it is on show. To fix it properly the window would have to come out. It could be just scrubbed down and filled, but it will be back again in 6 months. The rusty arches might be just that - or they may lead to rusty sills and boot floor (all the normal suspects). I'm not convinced the motor car could be sorted for less than a grand - then the dealer's margin is only £500 - is that worth the trouble? You may have noticed a similar discussion with a chap in France in another recent thread, this is exactly the same point. It will be interesting to see what this motor car goes for. Alan
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