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Range Rover Blues:
Admittedly the 2 door is the one worth all the momey, but classic cars have become much more popular in the last few years. SO much so in fact that a lot of my mates have sold theirs because they have become too expensive to run or worth too much money.
As a case in point, if the 'tina was failry solid and mostly complete then it would cost a couple of hundred to get it back on the road and a bit more to make it a really nice example, it looks straight and things like the grille are still there, obviuoulsy it needs a screen.
It's tax exempt which increases it's value. If one were to appear in a film like "Harry Potter" or a series like "life on Mars" then prices would shoot back up.
Wheras for scrap it's worth about £100, unless the scrap man has designs on it himself. It could be cut up and sold in bits for more than that.
As for the Moggy, I saw a barn find recently, a split screen IIRC and that changed hands a couple of times, very quickly escalating in value. IIRC it chnaged hands for £2k in the end :shock:
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on March 03, 2008, 18:23:43 ---As for the Moggy, I saw a barn find recently, a split screen IIRC and that changed hands a couple of times, very quickly escalating in value. IIRC it chnaged hands for £2k in the end :shock:
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Well, there's no accounting for some people having more money than sense!!
The high headlight sidevalve (51-53) might go to £1500 or so in need of restoration. A lowlight (48-51) would fetch rather more. However, the OHV split screens (53-56) are close to worthless unless you *really* wanted one (couldn't imagine why.... they are painfully slow and very difficult to get some parts for. You can't even get oil filters any more!) and the Minor 1000's like the one in the pictures are still pretty abundant.
Surprisingly, we have found the tax free break has had little impact on prices of Minors or classic Minis. A really nice example of a 60's 4dr saloon Minor would go privately for around £2500.
Range Rover Blues:
Up here, depending on make, the tax free bit has made a lot of difference to cars that are already desireable, like MGBs and VW vans, funny that the people with money to run them are too tight to pay road tax :-k It's also easy to Clone a tax exempt one of these [-X
But I agree, no accounting for taste.
Another surprise for you, the price of old Ford VANS, http://www.seoc.co.uk/priceguide.htm
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: V8MoneyPit on February 28, 2008, 19:14:00 ---I've had 2 SD1's. A scabby Mexico Brown V8.... lovely colour :-> :lol: And a metallic red 2.6 manual with gold alloys. The latter was in amazing condition, but it drunk the juice like it was going out of fashion. Far worse than the V8. !
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There's a garage not that far away which had (still probably has?) 2 or 3 SD1's at the sideof the forecourt in various stages of repair, & possibly - from memory - a TR7 & Austin Ambassador (although I may be wrong on the last 2)
I'll try & have a trip past there to see if they're still there
Range Rover Blues:
TR7 :) my mate had one of them and it was a nice one, very solid.
He took it for an MOT and the tester looked at it very quizzicaly, looked at him, looked under the car again. Finally he admitted "well I suppose there had to be a good one somewhere".
I still keep seeing it a classic car shows and steam rallies, it belongs to someone else now though.
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