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Not quite ....lol ...I had a message from someone who pointed the advert out to me ... I am genuinely watching this with interest , I think S*mmio's are undervalued ...I think that's partly my fault for pushing them as cheap ...I hope your different approach to marketing them works out ...
We all want our creations to return a worthy amount ....lets see where this goes ....They have made these numbers before ...
Thanks for reminding me I said that, Jag, but I've decided cremation is the way forward...
Truth is, I've absolutely loved my time with the Spyder but I need the space so I can get on with my 356. I'm not desperate to sell either, but I am hoping someone else will fall in love with the car and enjoy it to the full.
Great advert ....well written ...sod the car building get writing for a classic car mag!
Ha ha, thanks RRB. Funnily enough I've had quite a few messages from people complimenting me on both the car and the ad, and this one's fairly typical -
'What a beautiful car !
But what an even more incredible description, not ever seen an ad like that before.
You could teach a lot of the high class car dealers a lesson or two !
Fantastic ! Good luck with the sale.'
As for the length and detail in the ad, I believe that if you're going to sell someone their dream car you might as well do it properly.
In 48hrs the ad's had over 2,000 views and 160 are watching, so it appears to have attracted quite a lot of attention. I can't say I'm surprised as it gets positive attention from complete strangers every single time I drive it.
I'm sure there will be people who fall in love with the car and the (true) story of how I came to build it, and before long it will find a new home. When that happens I'll be genuinely sad to see it go as it's been a wonderful experience building and owning it. I can't thank Gary J enough for creating the shell, or James Martin enough for inspiring me to get off my backside and build my own dream car when his broke down on the Mille Miglia.
Oh, and if anyone on the forum is genuinely interested in buying my Spyder, you'd better be quick as I have a feeling it's not going to hang around for long.
Good luck with the sale Mr Towed, the latest mods are excellent. The need for space is understandable, Jag has a similar issue, (even if he can squeeze about 6 cars on his driveway).
I haven't even paid a deposit on my Tribute build yet (only days away) - always targeted to be my daily driver, but have already been thinking of a proper project. Scottie's car is very enticing, but I can't quite shake off the Minari bee in my bonnet. Keep posting update on the Outlaw.
Towed ..we both ended up Spyder builder/owners for very similar reasons , both can blame a James , not James Martin in my case but the somewhat unluckier James Dean ....
When the car sells , I'm hoping you wont be a stranger and the 356 build will appear in the classic roadster section of this forum for us to follow too ...
Thanks for the support everyone, my ad currently has 186 watching and I've had some genuine enquiries, but nothing concrete yet - one chap who arranged to view has pulled out for personal reasons, but he did say he was going to have to run it past his wife before coming to see the car...
As I'm not desperate to sell, if it hasn't sold by the end of September I'll withdraw the ad and carry on enjoying it when the weather's dry.
I'll just have to work round the space issue by moving the Spyder onto the drive and putting a cover over it when I'm working on the Outlaw Speedster, which will have its own build thread once I get started.
Ifi it doesn't sell, I may or may not put the Spyder up for sale next spring, it just depends on how I manage juggling the two cars around in my garage and whether I can actually bear to part with the Spyder.
Paul, your car may still get its chance to play d'Artagnan to our Athos, Porthos and Aramis, you just need to get your paint finished first or you'll end up with gloss envy. Have you thought of renting a lock-up for a month, buying a gun and cheap compressor and spraying it? Could be cheaper in the long run than carrying on trying to hand paint it on your drive and you'd definitely end up with a better finish.
Have a look out on Ebay for a decent cover. I picked one up for an Alfa Spider that fits the 250 perfectly and was as in new condition for the grand sum of £25, new it was £175.
You just have to be patient. I also managed to get 2 covers for the Mitsubishi's and one for the Jag made by the same company and the most I paid was £40.
Yup, it's going to have a new life playing Cinderella in a big, heated warehouse somewhere, alongside an awful lot of other classics and period racers, so it won't be lonely.
Will be collected next week and I'll take a picture of her leaving on the trailer if I can still see through the tears in my eyes.
I just hope the new owner can find the time to take her out for some exercise occasionally.
Won't be discussing anything so vulgar as money on the forum though as I don't think that would be fair to the buyer, but I had already turned down offers of £12k, £17.5k and £18.5k from other interested parties.
Right, time to start getting the parts together for my Outlaw Speedster build.
