Guess we are about to find out but I would defer to Dicky. Not been below 50K for some time, nearer 60K is the norm. Modern Classics article valued them at 70K at peak but there are very few points of reference.
Am I missing something? Most talking it down as its a bit unloved, unkept, but it's starting at £30k not 40 to 45k.
Quite true. With a bit of tlc, a new clutch, and a private plate, I could see it being re-offered for a lot more than £30k; assuming it's a genuine offer at that price to start with. It's also a nice colour combination even if it's not blue.Am I missing something? Most talking it down as its a bit unloved, unkept, but it's starting at £30k not 40 to 45k.
looks stunning but memories are also the most uncomfortable. GS seats are far better on the old bum.This. But also. The seats. The seats. Don't forget the seats.
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looks stunning but memories are also the most uncomfortable. GS seats are far better on the old bum.
That splitter is well scuffed and chipped......not surprised really, that’s gonna happen if you get anywhere near a kerb with that.The problem is for me that by the time you have spent a few k on a clutch, service and likely many other bits/bobs you have done £10k. You are still left with a higher mile MCV with many better ones around. That being said it isn't £50k as you say and is still rare.
I will try to get across to have a look at it. If the carbon front spoiler/splitter is as bad as the pictures I am not sure you can touch these up. Will at least be a car I could use and worry less about and it likely not depreciate at all ever.
Would leave me a very tough decision on whether to sell the 15k mile garage queen 4200 I have or keep it.
It is all very well to say it is a sub optimal/wrong colour but the reality is when buying cars this rare you do not have the luxury of being that picky.
My MC Victory is Nero Carbonio, I would have preferred Blu Victory but in my experience when you set out to buy a car this rare you have to take whatever colour comes up or you may never end up owning one. First time I tried to buy an MCV I hesitated a couple of hours before calling Dicky and the car was already sold. The next MCV that came up I think 6 or 9 months later was the same car again and I bought it and I think it was quite some time before another MCV came up for sale again (Dicky's memory might be better than mine). Overall the high specification and colour combination of the interior make up for the exterior colour for me.
It is the same when I bought my Triumph TR8, I nearly bought one but had just bought my 308 and couldn't justify another car so soon. It was three years until another TR8 came up for sale and again it was the same car. It was another five years before the next genuine RHD TR8 came up for sale. My car is white, again not my first choice of colour for the car but you can't be that picky and the fact it is number 1 of the 18 genuine RHD cars makes up for the colour.
Once again same with my Sunbeam Tiger Mk2 (which I bought in 1990 age 21) Orchid Green wouldn't have been my first choice but I was lucky to have the opportunity to buy it and the opportunity to buy one of the 12 RHD Mk2 Tigers only comes up once in a blue moon. I have now had my car 30 years and several of the others are in even longer term ownership.
I find the seats in the MCV perfectly comfortable even when we used it for Monaco or Bust but that aspect will very much be personal preference.