V8 for sale at Matthewsons on 4th Feb

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Originally Posted by goltho

So it made £6,900. Interesting.

Dougie.

Some rarer stuff is getting crazy money at the moment. Friends who buy and sell classic car are amazed at what some stuff is fetching, one of them recently sold a Bitter Coupe, normally these fetch £30 to £35k, he advertised it and was inundated with calls and emails and he thought he was being cheeky at £40K, the buyer did not even look at it just transfered the money and had it collected unseen.


As one of them was saying it could be the ULEZ thing as they can drive some of this stuff in the zone with no charge.

[Memphis Delaver]

Originally Posted by goltho

See this link

A little research shows:
The V5 was last changed in May 2017
MoT 5th May 2023
£360 road tax
122,713 miles - 7,100 annual average
500 miles only since last MoT which included advisories:-

Nearside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Offside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Nearside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
Offside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))

Video shows sagging headlining and front door cards, driver's seat electrics u/s, driver's seat bolster split & worn, gear knob worn. Estimated £6,000 - £7,500. It looks like a well-used example not especially cared for so I'll be interested to see what it goes for. Lot 627 on Sat 4th Feb which starts at lot 251 so it'll no doubt be p.m. Plan to find a good alternative on abetter.bid for a more affordable price.
V800JSM - someone's on here?

Dougie.

£6,900 seems to be quite a fair price for that car. I wish I had seen the lot earlier

[Pete]

Originally Posted by goltho

So it made £6,900. Interesting.

Dougie.

Just proves what happens when you get two people at an auction wanting the same lot. Hope the lucky new owner knows who Tom Hobbs is.

[goltho]

Originally Posted by Pete

Just proves what happens when you get two people at an auction wanting the same lot. Hope the lucky new owner knows who Tom Hobbs is.

Who's Tom Hobbs?

Someone had to ask.

Dougie.

[Pete]

Here you go Dougie:

[goltho]

Originally Posted by Pete

Here you go Dougie:

Hah. Thanks Pete. Every day's a school day.

[Pete]

No problem, I'm hoping to pop over soon to pick up some panels from him. The man is quite the genius.

[smudge.g]

Originally Posted by Les4048

In your dreams, lucky if it makes £5K and it’ll never be worth much more

Hey Les, have still got your V8?? So few 75s around this way these days and my 75 is off the road with possible terminal rust underneath, Doesnt seem to matter what I do to treat the rust, it just comes back!!

[CDT Player]

Originally Posted by smudge.g

my 75 is off the road with possible terminal rust underneath, Doesnt seem to matter what I do to treat the rust, it just comes back!!

I know many people don't like it as a rust treatment, but have you tried painting old engine oil underneath. I notice you are in North East Scotland so the winter weather isn't ideal for a cars underbody, i'm in West Wales which is similar weather wise and I've always found old engine oil painted directly onto rust protects the metal and stops it rusting further and it tends to just stay on there.

[2750 HP]

My Trophy Blue ZT 260 was bought in early 2011 for £5k with 28k on the clock and now has 42k. It is in very nice condition and has a good service history. Though i am not selling, if i was I would want £12k.

My ZT 190 is also in Trophy Blue, purchased in 2014 for £850 and again not for sale. No idea what its worth but a fraction of the 260. Best ZTs though i have owned were a brace of CDTIs - one scrapped at 262k miles as did not want to do the slave cylinder (again) and its identical replacement with 170k miles was recently sold last month and will live for another year with its new owner (club member).