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Is this a record ??

16 Jul 2022, 7:52pm
Gee whizz that is crazy money for a beach buggy , a very nice one. As you say, this must be a record.
17 Jul 2022, 12:45pm
There is a similar one - Manx and spotless - that regularly turns up at the pub classic car meet that I attend. I wonder if he knows how much it's worth!
Robin
1 Jun 2023, 7:20pm
I guess the youngsters who want a beach buggy no longer have the desire to build one for themselves. The only alternative is to buy one already built?
8 Jun 2023, 1:37pm
I sold this last September,

the chap who bought it added new wheels, exhaust, steering wheel and some F badges, along with a stripe.

He also added over 100K , fair play to him if he can get close to that sort of money.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304970057346?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D250025%26meid%3D19b2cfa6ef2d403fb8488f0cf4fdf8a0%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D304970057346%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A620bfa45-0601-11ee-860e-3234a775203d%7Cparentrq%3A9b387c5a1880a4d6b0c63bbdfff7f7d7%7Ciid%3A1
8 Jun 2023, 5:40pm
Same with my old 250 Testarossa. I thought I did well achieving the price I got but it was to a dealer. He promptly tripled the price and sold it, then it was sold again with another 20k added to the price !
I see the original Ferrari running gear and new body created from the above is up for sale. The seller now claiming it as an original, its a long story ! https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1587763
The classic and classic replica scene is where the money is at. Many of the cars at Malvern in the trade hall fell into this category , GT40's and most of the Cobra's and the Stratos etc etc. To think my first kit, a Brightwheel Viper was 995 for the body and chassis kit, totalled well under 5K to complete !
9 Jun 2023, 12:03pm
Lucky@LeMans wrote:
...To think my first kit, a Brightwheel Viper was 995 for the body and chassis kit, totalled well under 5K to complete !


I bought a Brightwheel Viper chassis but never got as far as building it. I sold it with Cortina Mk4 suspension and an engine out of my TVR Tuscan V6. It is registered as a 2door red Ford convertible NKH30A if it ever turns up.