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Is it just me or are classics overpriced....
clockwork - 12/12/07 at 09:55 PM

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C27617
I'm (still) looking for a Volvo Amazon but mis-clicked and found the above.

4K for a mk1 fiesta. What is the world coming to.
Some-one please tell me I haven't lost the plot.

edited to say that I'm sure it is a lovely example, and I'm not having a go at the owner...

[Edited on 12/12/07 by clockwork]

Volvorsport - 12/12/07 at 10:03 PM

have you tried the volvo owners club ?

TimC - 12/12/07 at 10:04 PM

Mate, you're spot on but I still love that car!

blakep82 - 12/12/07 at 10:10 PM

don't think £4k is too bad. at least its not £15k

its a belter too!

indykid - 12/12/07 at 10:10 PM

it'd be worth even more if he took that crap chav mod ducting out of the engine bay!

hardly a daily driver though is it? i'm strangely attracted none the less
tom

BenB - 12/12/07 at 10:12 PM

Classics at the moment are very popular. Prices for soft-tops have even stayed pretty constant going in Autumn and Winter whereas normally they dip quite a bit.....

Still, you can get something like a nice Triumph 4a for 5k which isn't too shabby!!!

For some reason "classic" Ford motors are making loads of money.........

onzarob - 12/12/07 at 10:13 PM

I've seen a few overpriced on that website, usually dealers saying one of a kind etc etc.

One was a MK1 Golf GTi for 9K you could get any other for 3K or less.

I understand cars with a proven history in racing or very limted number produced, but that is a mass produced car

donut - 12/12/07 at 10:16 PM

Old Fords are getting more and more expensive. Look at Mk1 escorts!

onzarob - 12/12/07 at 10:18 PM

what about this little bargain

More Classic Bargains!!

WHY

clockwork - 12/12/07 at 10:21 PM

You lot aren't giving me much hope by agreeing

Volvosport, yes, but they are all dear, or in need of lots of money spending. Every-one in the Volvo forums seems to know how much they are worth, not what I want at all :-)

clockwork - 12/12/07 at 10:22 PM

OnzaRob : It's on Tri-Spokes as well !!!!(!!!!)

TimC - 12/12/07 at 10:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by onzarob
what about this little bargain

More Classic Bargains!!

WHY


Oh MAN! That is shocking! Nice 3-spokes.
Shirley it's a pee take?

Volvorsport - 12/12/07 at 10:35 PM

ebay turns up some that need work .

onzarob - 12/12/07 at 10:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clockwork
OnzaRob : It's on Tri-Spokes as well !!!!(!!!!)


They might of been fashionable when he started in 1999

quote:
Every-one in the Volvo forums seems to know how much they are worth, not what I want at all :-)


I always find that someone else gets the bargain and I pay through the nose....frustrating!!!

[Edited on 12-12-2007 by onzarob]

Confused but excited. - 12/12/07 at 11:08 PM

I've got an XR2 with CVH engine under wraps alongside my garage.
May have to give it another coat of looking at.

Edit: How long do you have to wait before that pile of old sh1te becomes a 'valuable classic'?

[Edited on 12/12/07 by Confused but excited.]

bonzoronnie - 12/12/07 at 11:30 PM

I am delighted at the value of some classics

The sale of my crusty 40 year old Triumph vitesse parts will pay for my entire build.

I had no idea the stuff was worth so much.

I must admit though. Modern classics, in particular Fords, do fetch silly money.

Ronnie

Danozeman - 13/12/07 at 06:30 AM

The prices have gone mad!!

That fiesta is nice though. Iv always liked the mk1's. How much must a mk1 super sport be worth nowadays then?

worX - 13/12/07 at 06:54 AM

Not just Three spokes, but Cosworth ones!
Which I have to admit (and could easily be wrong) weren't ever fitted to a Cosworth!

Steve

quote:
Originally posted by onzarob
quote:
Originally posted by clockwork
OnzaRob : It's on Tri-Spokes as well !!!!(!!!!)


They might of been fashionable when he started in 1999

quote:
Every-one in the Volvo forums seems to know how much they are worth, not what I want at all :-)


I always find that someone else gets the bargain and I pay through the nose....frustrating!!!

[Edited on 12-12-2007 by onzarob]

D Beddows - 13/12/07 at 09:25 AM

quote:

The sale of my crusty 40 year old Triumph vitesse parts will pay for my entire build.


Only if you're building your car for £250 I fear It only seems to be Ford bits that bring silly money - I picked up most of the front end of a GT6 in good nick for well under a tenner on ebay a couple of weeks ago. The poor guy selling it had 90% of the rest of the car in his garage but he said he couldn't be bothered listing the rest as all the bits he'd sold so far had only raised a couple of quid each

jono_misfit - 13/12/07 at 10:29 AM

i like the fact that its listed as sports/convertible.

To me a lot of MK1 & MK2 escorts are valued too high, but if thats what the market is willing to pay thats the going rate.

Avengers & sunbeams are under valued though. Not that i have a few and a shed loads of parts.......

speedyxjs - 13/12/07 at 12:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by donut
Old Fords are getting more and more expensive. Look at Mk1 escorts!


Could be something to do with this site and a certain book

bonzoronnie - 13/12/07 at 02:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows

Only if you're building your car for £250 I fear It only seems to be Ford bits that bring silly money - I picked up most of the front end of a GT6 in good nick for well under a tenner on ebay a couple of weeks ago. The poor guy selling it had 90% of the rest of the car in his garage but he said he couldn't be bothered listing the rest as all the bits he'd sold so far had only raised a couple of quid each


To my great surprise. The first sale of Triumph vitesse parts raised over £1,300.

The overdrive gearbox alone sold for over £300.

I am fortunate enough to have approx 3 entire cars in pieces.

Ronnie