Escort Price!

[Richard A Thackeray]

Want!

Me too, but I'd settle for a much cheaper one

Will you be saying that when in a few years its value has maybe doubled.
I was a very busy car dealer between 1976 and 1988, I resist lokking at the value now of some of the cars that passed through my fingers.

My son sold his 308 GTS about 8 years ago for only £25,000 maybe £60,000 now. I sold mine for £7,000 in 1979 maybe the same, I am the one needing bumps felt.

Agreed,
Back in the early 70's, even such cars as the AC Cobra (real ones, not 'fake-snakes') were just second hand cars that no-one wanted, & could barely give away especially with a 289 (4.7litres), or 427 (7 litres)
Nowadays, a genuine, unmolested 427, can fetch £250,000 - as one did last year

It's a similar situation in the States, with 'muscle cars', eg;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Challenger-/291756619538
(have previously read of a similar Challenger breaking $400,000)

It's called scene tax. See also MGBs, air-cooled VWs, pre-2001 Minis and Land Rovers.

And early Range Rovers
'Number 1' was sold by the garage that had owned it for years, & at (as stated) less than expected - think it stayed in the UK though
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-29047632

 

[screenman]

how much will they be worth when there no fuel for them....

A lot, there are plenty of cars going up in value that are never driven.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Plenty of 'future classics' out there surely?

 

[screenman]

Plenty of 'future classics' out there surely?

There is if only I had a crystal ball. Pop up headlight MX5 is still affordable.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

There is if only I had a crystal ball. Pop up headlight MX5 is still affordable.

Think Japanese. Think 'hot'. Think European, think quirky, think power-to-weight. Fiat Multipla, Panda 100bhp.

MR2 much better car than MX5 imo but both are future classics.

 

[screenman]

The early Uno Turbo, must have had 10 of them cannot remember for how much but not the £7500 and upwards they are now.

 

[Brandane]

Fiat Multipla

Possibly THE ugliest car ever built, IMHO..
Why oh why would anyone ever buy one of these?
Quite apart from it's ugliness, it is also a FIAT (Fix It Again Tomorrow).

 

[screenman]

It has some appeal, I never saw it as ugly, unusual maybe but not ugly.

 

[Lullabelle]

....and I thought it was the name of Jordan's latest offspring.

 

[NorthernDave]

It's nice, but £78k?

Mind you, if I still had my MkII Escort Ghia (sold in 1992 for £300, double what I paid for it), it would be worth knocking on for £10k...

 

[stephec]

On a similar theme, about twelve years ago I sold a Capri 1.6 Laser for £500, I've just seen a similar one on Autotrader for £6000, ah well.

I think I may be having a midlife crisis now though, as whilst on there I started looking at TVRs.

 

[fossyant]

Cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCO...id=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=252356555383

 

[Tanis8472]

I had 3 different VX Chevettes, all 1977-1978.
All would be about £2500 upwards now.

Also saw a Opel Manta Mk1 on Sunday. They are £8000 upwards

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Zero to sixty in a shade over 3 seconds, and cost me £3k..

A Honda VFR 800.

Have you seen the price of Yamaha FS1Es on ebay lately? Your VFR would only be a trade-in for half the cost!

GC

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

On a similar theme, about twelve years ago I sold a Capri 1.6 Laser for £500, I've just seen a similar one on Autotrader for £6000, ah well.
I think I may be having a midlife crisis now though, as whilst on there I started looking at TVRs.

Wonder what a grade 1 condition 2.8i, or 280 Brooklands would be?

We almost bought a Cerbera back in 2008, but I couldn't quite talk SWMBO into it, so ended up with a XKR instead


It was far too civilised, but it did mean I got the chance to test-drive Chimera, Griffith 500 (although I first drove one of those back in 2005) & a 4.5 Cerbera

Cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-RS2000-RS-2000-MK2-MK-2/301790233674?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=36561&meid=df99c45036ea484e8e8972db93a47557&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=252356555383

I'd prefer the yellow one, & unless it's just whilst it's in the garage, the white one (strictly speaking) is illegal for road-use